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CACF applauds new CHancellor's regulation regarding bias-based harassment, but more work is needed to protect students

On September 3, 2008, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Chancellor Joel Klein, and Speaker Christine Quinn were joined by CACF, advocates, and policymakers to announce the creation of an historic new Chancellor's Regulation that defines, tracks, and aims to prevent bias-based harassment in New York City public schools. After years of urging the Department of Education to implement such a regulation, CACF applauds the Chancellor and Mayor for taking this very important step in making New York City's schools free of harassment for not only Asian Pacific American students but also all students. While this regulation is a good start, CACF recognizes several shortcomings which will need to be addressed in its implementation.

Click here for CACF's response.

Click here for the New York Times article, "New Rules Are Aimed at Deterring School Bullying".

Click here for the NBC article, "Schools Get New Anti-Harassment Rules".

Click here for the Education Week article, "NYC Schools get new anti-harassment rules".

Click here for the amNew York article, "Bloomberg: Schools to go after bias-based bullying".

Click here for the News Times article, "NYC schools get new anti-harassment rules".

Welcome our newest staff member, Choua Vue!

Choua will be joining CACF's staff as our Policy Coordinator on issues of Child Welfare and Education. Read more about Choua on our staff page.

CACF Fundraiser at The Painted Pot!

Thank you to everyone who came and was inspired to paint a pot and support CACF! Special thanks to the fabulous women at the Painted Pot for hosting us.

ASAP 5th Anniversary Kick-Off!

We kicked our year-long celebration of the 5th Anniversary of the Asian American Student Advocacy Project (ASAP) on Thursday, August 13th. Thank you for everyone for attending and look out for more 5th Anniversary events in the future!

Thank you to the Asian American Writers' Workshop and the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory for co-sponsoring the event.

Community Briefing on New Early Childhood Education Report

Over 140 people attended CACF's community briefing on our newest report, Breaking Down Barriers: Immigrant Families and Early Childhood Education in New York City. CACF was selected as 1 of 5 organizations nationally by the Center of Law and Social Policy (CLASP) to conduct research on immigrant families' access to early childhood education, which includes Child Care, Head Start, and Universal Pre-K.

Click here to view the report. You can also contact CACF to have copies of the report sent to you.

upcoming events

Gala Kick-off

More information coming soon.

SAVE THE DATE!

10th Annual Caring for Children Awards Gala

CACF invites you to celebrate our 10th Annual Caring for Children Awards and a special celebration of ASAP's 5th Anniversary!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

6-10pm

Bridgewaters, South Street Seaport, NYC

Purchase tickets here. You will be redirected to a secure site for online ticket purchases.