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Carmen Colon
Location: Brookyln, NY United States Joined: Jul 22nd, 2008 |
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I am Co-founder of the Association of NYC Education Councils, an independent parent
group that assisted, supported and advocated for parent leaders. I was born in Brooklyn. I have spent the last 15 years working for National Grid US, (formerly KeySpan), starting off as one of their first female draftspersons and now as an Assistant to the Engineer. Currently I'm also a "Virtual" Journalist and Blogger. An additional career that began in 1994 when I created web sites part-time. I created KeySpan's Department of Tax's website internally and also political campaign sites for many of Brooklyn's elected officials like Councilwoman Letitia James, Assemblyman Roger Green, and District Male Committee Leader Francis H Byrd, whose current governance website was also created by me. I've worked on many internal projects providing content for the intranet at Brooklyn Union and KeySpan, working closely with the Creative Services employees and all the members of the Boards of the Diversity Groups and Community Volunteer Groups that provided additional time towards the company through their volunteering. I belong to many networks and am familiar with the latest internet applications currently being used by online marketeers. I have been an ACCESS FOR WOMEN Role Model, lecturer and instructor for over 15 years. I have spoken before groups of 30 to 3000 on the benefits of women taking on non-traditional roles. I have taught with Junior Achievement for over eight years (for Brooklyn Union) and have received recognition for my outstanding contributions towards the education of young children and teens (Junior Achievement's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1997). I have been an instructor for the New York City Summer Youth Program, the Open Doors Program, and Gear Up for Success, another non-profit program that provides instruction to young teens right here in downtown Brooklyn when I was in college. I am a life member and a former member of the Board of Directors for the Brooklyn Technical High School Alumni Association. I currently am a "Role Model" Speaker for African American Role Models dot. com, and a member of Women For Hire, Downtown Women's Network, and LatinaPAC. My activities and civic duties have brought me many experiences; one being chosen to meet President Bill Clinton in 1992 during his visit to the downtown Brooklyn Colleges for a forum on education. I have testified on the importance of expanding the sciences and technology field to include women and minorities before the NYS Legislature and NYC Council as well as have devoded the last decade to advocating for the rights of parents whose children attend the NYC Public School System by creating online networks for parents and teaching them how to connect to the internet. I have co-founded the independent Commission on Public Education, founded the Universal SISTAS Network, and am currently working as a Producer on the ANYCEC Radio, a blog/Talk/Radio program on just how to utilize social agency services for the NYC parent of the NYC Public School System. Carmen M Colon, mother of three Black and Latino sons. I am Co-founder of the Association of NYC Education Councils, an independent parent group that assisted, supported and advocated for parent leaders. I was born in Brooklyn. I have spent the last 15 years working for National Grid US, (formerly KeySpan), starting off as one of their first female draftspersons and now as an Assistant to the Engineer. Currently I'm also a "Virtual" Journalist and Blogger. An additional career that began in 1994 when I created web sites part-time. I created KeySpan's Department of Tax's website internally and also political campaign sites for many of Brooklyn's elected officials. I currently am a "Role Model" Speaker for AfricanAmericanRoleModels .com, and a member of Women For Hire, Downtown Women's Network, and LatinaPAC.
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how are you? Tagged by Michael Francis on 05/25/2009 |
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hello friend. Tagged by Michael Francis on 03/28/2009 |
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Sometimes I would love to hear more about your creating websites or if you could direct me to a source for the novice. Tagged by Bill Cooper on 01/14/2009 |
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HI Carmen! It's nice to have you as a friend... Tagged by Bill Cooper on 01/14/2009 |
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