Meet The P.S 156 News Team!

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The P.S 156 News Team poses for a group photo

The P.S 156 News Team launched last week. 3rd and 4th graders at P.S 156 will be participating in an 8 week program and producing 3 multimedia based stories about the Laurelton community. The students will learn the fundamentals of community journalism. This program is funded by the Department of Cultural Affairs and with the support of Councilman Donovan Richards. We are excited about the upcoming stories that will be produced by our youth.

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 Some of our Future Citizen Reporters for Laurelton.nyc
Some of our Future Citizen Reporters for Laurelton.nyc
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Clarisa James
Clarisa James is the Co-Founder/Executive Director of DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice. For the past seven years DIVAS has provided free or sliding scale technology training to youth in underserved communities in Central Brooklyn and Southeast Queens. Ms. James has been dedicated to youth development work for the past 15years in the roles of Teaching Artist, After School Director, Curriculum Specialist and artist. Her life's work encompasses empowering youth in underserved communities to use technology for social change and think critically about the issues that are affecting them most. For the past seven years Ms. James has facilitated workshops that help youth develop multimedia projects around environmental justice, housing, leadership development and reproductive justice. Ms. James holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College's Film & Media Department. In addition to DIVAS for Social Justice, Ms. James currently serves on the advisory board of the Children’s Cabinet, Office of the Deputy Mayor Strategic Policy Initiatives at City Hall. Clarisa James is full of gratitude to her parents for providing such a wonderful upbringing and having the foresight to move into the community of Laurelton in the early 1970's. Clarisa is proud to be a daughter of Laurelton.