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Paterson Education Organizing Collaborative is an affiliate of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee (SEOC), which is comprised of public school parents and community leaders from urban and low-income school districts who have come together to work and fight for improvements in the education system.
CPER Funded Project
Paterson Education Organizing Collaborative's CPER funded work includes:
- Developing and engaging a core leadership and membership team from at least two neighborhoods in at least one district-wide issue;
- Participating in joint organizing/advocacy planning and strategizing with other organizing and advaocy groups, churches and unions; and
- Building a base of parents who participate in state-level campaigns on school funding, new school construction, the provision of supplemental programs and teacher quality.
Issue Area(s)
Teacher QualityParent Leadership Development
School Funding Reform/Fiscal Equity
School Facilities
Supplemental Programs
Fund
New Jersey Contact Representative
Fernando Martinez
Lead Organizer
451 Van Houten Street
Paterson, NJ 07501
Paterson, NJ 07501
Tel: (973) 278-7900
Fax: (973) 684-0532
Fax: (973) 684-0532