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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Josh Skaller |
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Brooklyn, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | http://skaller09.com/ |
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Unknown
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Modifed | Craverguy
May 26, 2009 02:43pm |
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| Info | Josh Skaller loves Brooklyn and is committed to making sure that Brooklynites have the support they need from the City Council to meet the challenges they face.
It's only natural that Josh Skaller would grow up to be passionate about serving our community. On one side of his family are Jewish immigrants who fled Germany in 1939 to build a new life in America, and on the other side, a grandfather who served as shop steward in the tailors' union. Born in New York, Josh's dad taught environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania, and his mom teaches children with learning disabilities.
Creating a more economically-just society, protecting the environment, contributing to the community, improving education...these are the things that Josh grew up discussing around the family dinner table. It's these values that form the foundation of all his work on behalf of our community and the reason why he is running for New York City Council.
Education has been a central theme in Josh's life. A graduate of Hampshire College, Josh holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University in music composition and theory. He served as the Associate Director of computer music at Harvard University before becoming the Director of Technology for GlobalWorks Group. Josh's wife, Kelly, has graduate degrees in Judaic studies and early childhood education. These days there's a new reader in the family -- their young son, Wolf, who is eight years old. Wolf’s educational experiences have heightened Josh's already keen concern about our schools and whether they are preparing our children to live informed, productive, and successful lives. He has strong ideas about what we need to do to improve education for all our kids.
Josh and Kelly, a science teacher at the Audobon Center in Prospect Park, settled in Brooklyn to start their family and fell in love with the energy and diversity of the neighborhood. The more Josh became involved in the community—looking for a school for their son Wolf, joining the Park Slope Food Co-op, attending local block meetings—the more he became aware of the pressing issues we're all facing in our neighborhoods: out-of-control development, struggling schools, disappearing green space.
Josh asked himself: What can I do about it? The answer was clear: Get involved!
Josh joined the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats (CBID), one of the most admired reform groups in the city, to change the things that needed changing. During his tenure as president, CBID tackled tough community issues, including unchecked development, poor urban planning, and the future of the Gowanus canal. Josh made greater community control of our political institutions his first priority.
That was just the beginning. Today, Josh serves as a director for the all-volunteer grassroots organization Democracy for New York City, whose mission is to make government accountable to the citizens and to put the needs of neighborhoods above the powerful few. He is also a volunteer organizer with Brooklyn For Barack and Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn.
If elected to City Council in 2009, Josh looks forward to representing the people of the 39th District in Brooklyn and bringing his passion, experience and fresh ideas to city government.
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