Eric Adams Reverses Cuts to Community Schools Program, Finds City Funds for Summer Rising

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Source: Chalkbeat

Note: In 2022, The G-Man Interviews featured “Sister Bisi,” the executive director of Imani House (IHI), and four parents, Shanna Garrick, Carmen Caraballo, Yarniris Fernandez and Tiffani Hope, whose children were removed from the Summer Rising program at Camp Imani without justification or warning by the Department of Youth and Community Development, also known as DYCD, and the Department of Education.

The children, who are Black and Brown and live in low-income communities, were replaced by white children from wealthy families. Sister Bisi and the mothers provided details, and the executive director also revealed Mayor Eric Adams, elected officials in her district, and the noted agencies did nothing in the wake of the removals.

Shortly after the episode was published, New York State Senator Jabari Brisport submitted a letter of inquiry to the office of Mayor Adams and the aforementioned agencies. An investigation was conducted, and the majority of Camp Imani children were reinstated in 2023. Sister Bisi was also honored as a New York State Senate Woman of Distinction for 2022.