Amote Sias

Amote Sias is an American activist and educator based in Brooklyn.[1] She is a founding principal of Brooklyn Collegiate in Brownsville, Brooklyn.[2]

Amote Sias
OccupationActivist and Educator
NationalityAmerican
Alma materLong Island University
Notable awardsCongressional Citation

Career

Sias was active in Brooklyn politics throughout the 1970s and 1980s with a focus on social justice, women's rights and Black Nationalism.[1] She was involved in the committee to Elect Jesse Jackson for President throughout the Jesse Jackson 1988 presidential campaign, and ran for New York City Council herself the following year.[1]

As an educator, Sias taught various subjects and grades from 1985 to 1999, when she became the Leadership Development Coordinator for Brooklyn and Staten Island high schools.[2][3] She wrote a proposal for the creation of Brooklyn Collegiate,[4] a College Board school that opened in Brownsville, Brooklyn in 2004. In 2010 she was recognized by the United States Congress for her achievements as an educator.[2]

References
  1. "Guide to the Amote Sias papers 2008.017". dlib.nyu.edu/. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 111th Congress. Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 2010. p. 4559.
  3. "Amote Sias". elipd.org. 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. "Brooklyn Collegiate Preparatory High School". brooklyncollegiate.net. 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.


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