Education Opportunities, Help for Immigrants and Free Donuts!!

Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession Summer Program at LIU Brooklyn

The Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession aims to encourage high school juniors to pursue careers in accounting. This free weeklong program runs June 24 – 29 and includes accommodations in the residence halls. In addition to a hands-on view of the accounting industry, students will experience campus life and participate in sessions on resume writing, etiquette, communication and business ethics.

Download the application here »

For more information, contact community@brooklyn.liu.edu or Linette Williams at 718-488-1072.

Free Immigration Services

The Center for Law and Social Justice is providing free citywide immigration services at Medgar Evers College’s School of Community and Professional Development, located at 1534 Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn.

Clients are seen by appointment only every Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 718-804-8893 to make an appointment.

Take the 2013 Pledge!

We want a new direction for public schools. After a decade of Mayor Bloomberg running the schools on a corporate reform agenda, only half of White students, half of Asian students, and only 13% of Black and Latino students graduate ready for college. Yet a new campaign supported by hedge fund managers and corporate CEOs has committed to raise $50 million to continue those same reforms. We refuse to allow Mayor Bloomberg's failed policies a fourth term.

We pledge to only support candidates for mayor who will:

• Embrace a new direction for public education that emphasizes collaboration over competition, and speak out against the failures of Mayor Bloomberg’s school reforms;
• Prioritize real and meaningful learning that develops engaged youth who are prepared for college and careers, not just to take standardized tests;
• Respect parents, students, educators, and communities and work with them to improve our schools instead of working against them;
• Keep our public schools public by rejecting the support of the $50 million coalition and the privatization of our schools.

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For more information and to sign the pledge visit www.nygps.org/pledge

Lots of Chances for Free Doughnuts, Starting Tomorrow

So many doughnuts.

Granted, they aren't fancy ones, but there are still lots of chances for free doughnuts coming up. It all starts tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Penn Station with a ribbon cutting to commemorate three brand-new Hudson News/Dunkin' Donuts mashups on the building's Amtrak side; mascots Mr. Sprinkles, Hudsy the News Hound, and, um, Joe the Cup will dispense freebies from their variously shaped and sized foamy hands. Do free doughnuts trump creepy mascots? You'll have to decide that yourself.

Then on Friday starting at 7 a.m. in conjunction with the 75th annual National Donut Day (which started in 1938 as a war relief effort), the Salvation Army will hand out free Entemann's doughnuts and coffee southwest corner of the Madison Square Park at 23rd and Broadway.

Also on Friday, the only corporate-sanctioned Krispy Kreme in the city, located conveniently in Penn Station, is also participating in the promo day by offering customers a free doughnut of choice.

And finally on Friday, purchase any beverage at Dunkin' Donuts and get a free doughnut. Granted, that could possibly mean two free Dunkin' Donuts in a week, which depending on your feelings is either a very good thing, or a very sad thing. Either way: lots of free doughnuts!

Penn Station Runs on Dunkin' [Nation's Restaurant News]
Entenmann’s® and The Salvation Army Honor 75th Annual National Doughnut Day on June 1st with Sweet Celebration [Official Site]
Sweet Deal: Dunkin' Donuts Announces Free Donut Offer For National Donut Day On June 1 [PRNewswire]
Stop in to Krispy Kreme on June 1 for a FREE doughnut of your choice [Restaurantnews.com]