Annapurna Schreiber just started a [ [link removed]- ]petition addressed to Columbia
University: 

Save the Red Balloon Preschool in Harlem!

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Columbia University is trying to close Red Balloon Preschool, leaving
parents and children to uncertain futures.

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Tell Columbia University to keep Red Balloon Preschool open!  

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Dear John,

I just started a petition titled "[ [link removed]- ]Save the Red Balloon Preschool in
Harlem!"

Red Balloon Preschool needs your help.

Columbia University, which owns the building where Red Balloon operates,
recently revealed that they will not renew our school's lease next year,
leaving dozens of kids and parents to uncertain futures. Red Balloon is a
non-profit, community-based preschool founded to serve working families in
the Harlem/Morningside Heights neighborhoods in 1972 to address a lack of
affordable, high-quality childcare in the area. Unfortunately, this
problem persists, and Harlem was recently named a child care desert by the
NYS Division of Child Care Services. We are asking Columbia to renew our
lease so we can continue to serve families for years to come. The
accessibility provided by Red Balloon is at the heart of our ability to
care for our families, sustain careers, and be part of a school that
aligns with our values in the community where we live and work.

[ [link removed]- ]Sign the petition: Demand that Columbia University renews Red Balloon's
lease now!

At Red Balloon, we strive to serve every family that wants to join our
community. We do not turn children away based on factors such as
disability status or neurotypical development, which unfortunately happens
every day at other preschools across the city. We serve an economically
and ethnically diverse community: immigrant families and those new to New
York. We serve the families of graduate students, adjunct professors,
essential workers, rank-and-file Columbia staff, and members of the Harlem
and Morningside Heights communities. Our community demands that Columbia
University extends our lease and lets Red Balloon continue its mission to
educate children and support working families. 

[ SIGN ]Tell Columbia University: Let Children Learn! 

Thank you for your support,

Annapurna Schreiber

President of the Parent Board at Red Balloon Preschool




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