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Uniondale students spend summer with ERASE Racism “We talk about structural racism on Long Island and its impact on housing, education, While most of their peers health care, the environment were working summer jobs or and leadership,” Laura Hardsunning themselves at the ing, ERASE Racism’s president, said. beach, two UnionThe interns dale High School worked on a varistudents — sophoety of projects more Kayori Robthroughout the bins and junior summer, including Cyniah Alder “zines,” or small Laguer — spent b o o k l e t s, wh i ch their summer workshowed off what ing with ERASE they learned. Racism. They also heard The organizafrom six guest tion, based in Syosspeakers. One was set, aims to “expose Skyler Johnson, 23, forms of racial diswho, despite his crimination, advoloss in the June cate for laws and Democratic primapolicies that elimiry for the 4th nate racial dispariAssembly District ties, increase seat in Suf folk understanding of C o u n t y, will how structural racremain on the ism and segrega- KAyoRI RoBBINS Working Families t i o n i m p a c t o u r ERASE Racism intern line for Senate Discommunities and trict 1 on the region, and engage November ballot. the public in fostering equity and inclusion,” Robbins said she enjoyed his according to its mission state- presentation. “He talked to us about how ment. The girls were two of eight he wants kids to get more interns working with the group involved,” she said of Johnson. T h e i n t e r n s we r e a l s o for six weeks, ending on Aug. 16. This is the third year of the required to complete personal internship, and it was the larg- projects, apply what they est group so far. ContinueD on PAge 11
By KELSIE RADZISKI
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his internship really had opened my eyes to what happened before, what happens now, and what happens in the future.
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Marking up a good time At the Back2School Health and Wellness Fair last Saturday, Melki Dijon, far left, and Anesty Codio, both 8, and Princess Dijon, 11, designed their own backpacks with markers and stencils. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Eyeing a change in school funding By KELSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
With another school year set to get under way, the conversation about school funding has reignited. The Rockefeller Institute of Gover nment held a public hearing about foundation aid for public school funding on July
30 at Weldon E. Howitt Middle School in Farmingdale. Charmise Desiré, a Uniondale Board of Education trustee, spoke on behalf of the district. Desiré, who is also the New York State School Boards Association’s Area 11 director, took to the stage to express her desire for the foundation aid formula to change. ContinueD on PAge 5