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Publication Launch Event: How Can I Improve My Park?

Thursday, July 24, 2014, 6:30pm-8:30pm
At The Arsenal in Central Park

Register online today because we have almost reached capacity. This event will fill up!

Attend this launch event to be among the first to receive a newly illustrated step-by-step guide to getting involved in your park.  Download the poster here.

Featured speakers:

Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, NYC Parks
Sabina Saragoussi, Director of Partnerships for Parks
Tupper Thomas, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Parks
Valeria Mogilevich, Deputy Director of The Center for Urban Pedagogy

The event features a panel discussion on the topic, “How can citizens partner with government to improve our parks?”

Moderator:

Alison Tocci, President of City Parks Foundation

Panelists:

First Deputy Commissioner Liam Kavanagh, NYC Parks
Councilmember Mark Levine, Chair of the Committee on Parks and Recreation, The New York City Council
Fay D. Hill, Volunteers for Springfield Park, Queens
Brad Taylor, Friends of Morningside Park, Manhattan

How Can I Improve My Park? is part of the Center for Urban Pedagogy’s Making Policy Public program. This publication is a collaboration of The Center for Urban Pedagogy, New Yorkers for Parks, Partnerships for Parks, designer Elana Schlenker and illustrator Leslie Wood.

Partnerships Academy is a training program of Partnerships for Parks that supports community-based park groups and individual volunteers to achieve success.  Partnerships for Parks is a joint program of NYC Parks and the City Parks Foundation that helps New Yorkers work together to make neighborhood parks thrive.