Week of November 20

Bridgehampton Child Care and Rec. Center Needs Help

East End Special Players at Bay Street Theater - Dec 5

LI Wins: Letters to Suffolk Pols

LI Wins: Pat Young on Racial Attacks; Bart Jones Reports from Ecuador for Newsday

NY Times: Teenagers Violent Sport Led to Killing

Lynching in Patchogue- Pat Young Commentary

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Bridgehampton Child Care and Rec. Center needs help

From WPKN/WPKM* radio news, November 21, 2008:

A Bridgehampton, Long Island social service agency says needed repairs to its roof and other physical infrastructure is threatening its ability to deliver services to its clients who are low income families in the area.

The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center is on the Bridgehampton - Sag Harbor Turnpike. Its executive director Bonnie Cannon says the center is a lifeline to many in the community.




"Primarily we service the low income families in the area. 
Through educational services we have our Head Start program that is housed here. We also have an after school program for the children. 
and we have adult programs here in the evening. 
Adults come here for 10 weeks to learn how to use a computer 
and at the end of the 10 weeks they actually get a computer. 
 That's one of our programs. We also have a Spanish class that's taught here. 
We do parenting classes. A Single Parent Discussion Group meets on a weekly basis. We also work with our teens. 
In Summer we do a Day Camp. We had 90 kids here this summer, 
and we also have a food pantry here."


Cannon says children from 70 families participate in the day care and after school programs and many of these families also benefit from the food program, which is needed more than ever this time of year.


"Winter time is when it is most needed because a lot of individuals - their work stops because they do seasonal work"
But, the state of the economy has affected the Center's pantry.
"We usually get about 50 turkeys from Island Harvest for our families for Thanksgiving Day and this year they were only able to give us 10 turkeys."

Cannon says many organizations and individuals contribute to make it possible for the center to do its work. But there’s now an even bigger need to maintain its buildings.
"There is a leak where we have the Head Start Program. We need to get a $6000 roof put on there and for the administration building we need a new furnace and that's going to run us, I guess 6 or 7 thousand dollars as well."
She says the leak has damaged the floor which means an additional expense.
 Cannon says the Center has applied for a grant from the Town of 
Southampton for repairs. But the grant has not been approved so far.

The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center can be reached

by phone at

631-537-0616

or by mail at 


P.O. Box 1197 

Bridgehampton, New York, 11932

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Long Island Wins: Pat Young on racial attacks in Patchogue Area -CLICK HERE

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Letters to Suffolk Pols

From "Long Island WINS"


Dear Friends,

Many of you have asked to be kept up-to-date on any events surrounding the tragic death of Marcelo Lucero and how you can get involved. Letters you can send to your Legislators and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy are below.


Below are two sample letters, one is a direct appeal to the Suffolk County Executive and Legislators; and one is directed to other Long Island or New York State Elected Officials urging them to contact the Suffolk County Executive and call for a change of course in Suffolk County. Please use these letters, add your own thoughts, and send them! Circulate them far and wide.
Contact us at longislandwins@gmail.com if you need help finding the contact information of your elected officials. Please let the Long Island Wins team know if you have sent one or both of these letters as well as to whom you send them. We are hoping to track how many letters are sent. The letters will also be avalible on the website in the coming days.

The time for action is now. Keep checking-in with www.longislandwins.com for the latest updates.

In solidarity,
The Long Island Wins Team


LETTER ONE



Dear County Executive Steve Levy and Suffolk County Legislators,

I am a concerned _________________ (citizen, mother, student, teacher, clergy member etc) and a _________________ (Long Islander or New Yorker). Last Saturday night 7 teenagers from Patchogue and Medford murdered Marcello Lucero. The assailants were specifically looking to inflict violence that night on “some Mexicans.” Marcello and his friend became their targets simply because of the color of their skin.
This is not the first time Long Island immigrants have been the victims of a hate crime. When will immigrants be able to walk the streets of Suffolk County without fear of attack?
In contrast to County Executive Steve Levy’s recent statements, I believe that hate does not occur in a vacuum or spontaneously, it is learned from others. Hate of this sort is fed by discriminatory policies, attitudes of our local leaders, and general intolerance of difference. There is an undeniable link between the way politicians advocate for the treatment of immigrants and the way they are in turn treated in their communities. Regardless of the color of one’s skin or the country of one’s birth, all people deserve equal treatment.
Long Islanders have continued to express their outrage on what feels like deaf ears. You, as an elected official, are both empowered and obligated to actively work against the spread of hatred towards immigrants. Education is necessary to increase tolerance but education alone is not enough. We as politicians, parents, teachers, business owners and Long Islanders, must set the example. We must lead by our example.
I call on you to 1) Stop using harsh and irresponsible rhetoric demonizing immigrants on Long Island; 2) To support a moratorium on divisive legislation that seeks to penalize and marginalize immigrants, and 3) To promote practical legislation and policies that ensure opportunity for all Long Islanders, foster better understanding of diverse communities, and build trust and cooperation between local government and the communities they serve.
Please contact County Executive Steve Levy and your fellow elected officials to let them know that significant change is needed in Suffolk County. Without drastic changes to the political ideology of Suffolk County we leave ourselves vulnerable to another hate crime in the future. The responsibility falls on all of us to take action now.

Sincerely,
Full Name (Printed) Email Address
Street Address City and Zip Code Signature Phone Number


_________________________________________________________

LETTER TWO




Dear _________________________,

I am a concerned _________________ (citizen, mother, student, teacher, clergy member etc) and a _________________ (Long Islander or New Yorker). Last Saturday night 7 teenagers from Patchogue and Medford murdered Marcello Lucero. The assailants were specifically looking to inflict violence that night on “some Mexicans.” Marcello and his friend became their targets simply because of the color of their skin.
This is not the first time Long Island immigrants have been the victims of a hate crime. When will immigrants be able to walk the streets of Suffolk County without fear of attack?
In contrast to County Executive Steve Levy’s recent statements, I believe that hate does not occur in a vacuum or spontaneously, it is learned from others. Hate of this sort is fed by discriminatory policies, attitudes of our local leaders, and general intolerance of difference. There is an undeniable link between the way politicians advocate for the treatment of immigrants and the way they are in turn treated in their communities. Regardless of the color of one’s skin or the country of one’s birth, all people deserve equal treatment.
Long Islanders have continued to express their outrage on what feels like deaf ears. You, as an elected official, are both empowered and obligated to actively work against the spread of hatred towards immigrants. Education is necessary to increase tolerance but education alone is not enough. We as politicians, parents, teachers, business owners and Long Islanders, must set the example. We must lead by our example.
I urge you to contact County Executive Steve Levy and call on him to 1) Stop using harsh and irresponsible rhetoric demonizing immigrants on Long Island; 2) To support a moratorium on divisive legislation that seeks to penalize and marginalize immigrants, and 3) To promote practical legislation and policies that ensure opportunity for all Long Islanders, foster better understanding of diverse communities, and build trust and cooperation between local government and the communities they serve.
Please contact County Executive Steve Levy and your fellow elected officials to let them know that significant change is needed in Suffolk County. Without drastic changes to the political ideology of Suffolk County we leave ourselves vulnerable to another hate crime in the future. The responsibility falls on all of us to take action now.

Sincerely,

Full Name (Printed) Email Address
Street Address City and Zip Code
Signature Phone Number

East End Special Players - Dec 5 at Bay Street Theater Sag Harbor

Dear Friends,

December 5th marks another milestone in the history of our company. The benefit performance of You Are a Petunia In My Garden at Bay Street Theatre will launch an exciting fund drive that will expand the horizons and services of our organization.

We’re going global!

Plans are in the works for a theatrical collaboration with the Volta School for the Mentally Handicapped in Ghana, West Africa. The Artistic Director for the East End Special Players, Jacqui Leader, traveled to Ghana last summer to work with the students in this school. The work she did with them – drumming, dancing, singing and reciting folktales – gave her the vision to develop a collaborative performance piece combining the approaches and techniques of these two mentally challenged groups half a world apart. The working title of this multi-media theatrical performance piece is IT’S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD – GHANA, YOU AND ME

We invite you to join us on December 5th at Bay Street in Sag Harbor for our gala FINAL performance of our current show - Petunia - and to hear more about these international plans for the future. The show starts at 7 p.m., but come early and bid in our silent auction and stay afterwards for a wine reception. Tickets are only $15 and will be for sale at the door or you can reserve in advance by calling 631/267-9101.
Your participation on December 5th will help to advance our mission to develop the extraordinary untapped potential of this special population.

Sincerely,

Paul Rogers
President

PS For a short video and information about our EESP, please visit our web site.

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