Dirt Days at the P.S. 134 Garden, are for students, parents, teachers, community members, and anyone who wants to get involved in helping our garden grow! Come dig in, plant seeds and help us build a new compost system!

Saturday
May 12th
10AM-3PM

at the P.S. 134 Garden
293 East Broadway
between Grand Street and Pitt Street
Start Time: 10:00 am
Date: 2012-05-12
End Time: 3:00 pm

On The Waterfront: Re-Imagining the East River Esplanade

Until recently the East River waterfront remained largely underdeveloped. As redevelopment moves forward along the East River Esplanade, particularly at Pier 15, Rutgers Slip Pavilion, the malls at Pike and Allen, and the EcoPark at Pier 35, questions arise about long-term vision and community engagement. What changes will development bring and what role will culture play in shaping the future of this long-neglected area? This program will bring together representatives of the NYC Economic Development Corporation, the Hester Street Collaborative and Two Bridges Neighborhood Council to discuss the history of and visions for the East River waterfront.

Start Time: TBD
Date: 2012-03-28

Description: SAVE THE DATE!
May 3rd 2012
HSC’s 10th Anniversary
Benefit Party!
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
210 Lafayette Street at Kenmare Square

Start Time: 7 pm
Date: 2012-05-03
End Time: 10 pm

Please Join Hester Street Collaborative and Leroy Street Studio to celebrate the Year of the Dragon at our annual Lunar New Year Party!

5:30 pm design activities for children in the HSC workshop
7:00 pm drinks and hors d’oeuvres
113 Hester Street (between Eldridge & Forsyth)

That week HSC will also be unveiling the 5th annual installation of Lunar New Year lanterns, created by local youth from M.S. 131, the Chinatown YMCA in nearby Sara D. Roosevelt Park!

Start Time: 5:30pm
Date: 2012-01-26
End Time: 10:00pm

WHEN: Friday January 13 – Sunday January 15, 2012
WHERE: The New School in New York, NY
ADMISSION: $10/youth; $25/adult

MORE INFO:

http://www.recycleabicycle.org/about-us/youth-bike-summit

OVERVIEW: Recycle-A-Bicycle’s Youth Bike Summit is a three day gathering geared toward youth, bicycles, education, and advocacy. This national conference aims to bring people from different disciplines to explore, network, and learn how bicycling can be a legitimate and safe form of transportation for today’s youth. Planned with a Steering Committee of officers and educators from youth bike education programs throughout the country, the Youth Bike Summit will offer a dynamic inter-generational exchange through educational workshops and panel discussions that are both interactive and practical. The Youth Bike Summit will also provide tools and information on fundraising and best practices for schools that wish to incorporate bikes into the physical fabric of the learning environment.

This year’s conference will feature a “staff track” of workshops led by officers, administrators, managers, and instructors from organizations dedicated to working with youth and bikes. These sessions will highlight practical issues such as fundraising strategies, challenges, and best practices.

More than 200 people traveled from 14 states and Canada to attend the first annual Youth Bike Summit in January 2011. The conference took place at The New School in New York, NY and featured a Keynote address by NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Youth Environmental Justice Advocate Kimberly White.

HISTORY: In March 2010, Recycle-A-Bicycle (RAB) attended the League of American Bicyclists’ National Bike Summit with two high school interns who had completed a comprehensive job training program and Earn-A-Bike program at RAB. Both participants learned they loved bicycles and expressed an interest in learning more about how bicycling fits into policy, the environment, social entrepreneurship, and community-building. Traveling to Washington DC for the first time, the 17 year old participants explored the nation’s capital by bike, attended the conference, and lobbied elected officials. As we debriefed on the bus ride home, we discussed the importance of engaging youth in the national dialogue of cycling education and advocacy. As a result, the idea of the Youth Bike Summit came into being. Both young advocates were active participants in the planning of the conference in 2011.
Start Date: 2012-01-13
End Date: 2012-01-15

We will be presenting models for collaboration between designers and community-based partners that help to engage local residents around planning issues, demystify complex public policy, and empower people to make real-world change in their communities.

Free and open to the public, RSVP to prattpspd@gmail.com

Date: 12-16-2011
Start Time: 3:00 pm
End Time: 5:00 pm

Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) hosts a panel discussion about the East River Waterfront redevelopment. Featuring Anne Frederick, Hester Street Collaborative, Damaris Reyes, GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side), and Esther Wang, CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Moderated by Kaja Kühl, GSAPP.

About Where is New York: Each month, one program at GSAPP will identify a site within the five boroughs that has been important to their discipline within the past year and bring designers, policymakers, developers, community activists, and other New Yorkers together to discuss the site and question where we are.
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2011-11-28
End Time: 20:30

Free Food!
Bike Raffles!

Meeting conducted in English with Spanish and Chinese
translation, Facilitación de Español. 有中文翻译)

Start Time: 6:30 PM
End Time: 9:00 PM
Date: 11-15-2011

Start Time: 6:30 PM
End Time: 9:00 PM
Date: 11-02-2011