Membership
The DemocracyReady NY Coalition is convened by the Center for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University. Our members include educators, academics, education stakeholder groups, youth leaders, civic education practitioners, youth-development specialists, parents, civic leaders, and advocates.
We strive to represent the entire state and be multigenerational, politically inclusive, and racially and socioeconomically diverse. We prioritize memberhsip recruitment to meet these goals.
Organizations
Alliance for Quality Education
Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rico/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute
Capital Region Institute for Human Rights
Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook
Citizens' Committee for Children
Civics for All, New York City Department of Education
New York Library Association (NYLA)
New York State Council for the Social Studies
New York State Council of School Superintendents
New York State Parent Teacher Association
New York State School Boards Association
New York State United Teachers
School Library Systems Association of New York
Individuals
Gail Ehrlich, Member, Law, Youth and Citizenship (LYC) Program, NYS Bar Association
Shira Epstein, Associate Professor, Social Studies and English Education Program Director at the City College of New York
Lisa Kissinger, Academic Administrator (Grades 6-12), Shenendehowa Central Schools; President of the New York State Council for the Social Studies (NYSCSS)
Brett Levy, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the University at Albany, SUNY
Ioana Literat, Associate Professor of Communication, Media and Learning Technologies Design at Teachers College, Columbia University; Associate Director of the Media and Social Change (MaSC) Lab
John McNally, Middle School Grade Level Dean and History Teacher at the Horace Mann School
Jenny Osowski, 7-12 Social Studies Teacher at Otselic Valley Central School
Beth C. Rubin, Professor of Social Studies Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
Gail Sider, 4th grade teacher at Hutchinson School in Pelham, N.Y.
Laura Smith, Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University
Paul Tomizawa, Elementary Technology Teacher at Scarsdale Public Schools
William Yang, K-12 Coordinator of Digital Learning and Literacy for the Scarsdale Public Schools
Youth Members
Leila Adelstein, Latham, NY
Olivia Bernier, East Irondequoit/Rochester, NY
Zachary Carino, Westbury, NY
Martine Dosa, Syracuse, NY
Ava Fung, Brooklyn, NY
Ashley Erin Holness, New Rochelle & Albany, NY
Chris Kobara, Manhattan, NY
Jhan Motta, Queens, NY
Anna Potekhin, East Setauket, NY
Kiera Reilly, Guilderland, NY
Azmira Suljic, Syracuse, NY
Chyanne Swain, Mount Vernon, NY