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Thanks to BK Reader for shining a light on Brooklyn Conservatory of Music's Jazz Leaders Fellowship!
Applications are open now until May 15 for this amazing opportunity.
Check out the news: BK Reader visited a Girls on the Run practice and highlighted our program! Their reporter Jessy visited one of our twelve program sites in Brooklyn this spring, and you can learn about what girls throughout NYC will be doing in GOTR over the next few months.
Read their article here: bkreader.com/2022/03/21/the-after-school-program-building-bk-girls-confidence-decision-making-skills/
“Nonprofits helped me succeed and I know they can and will support many other youth. Being part of the advisory council gave me the opportunity to be part of the solution to a more just world that creates opportunity for all.”
- Brayan Pagoada, Invest in Youth Advisory Council Member
BK Reader recently covered Brooklyn Community Foundation's #ParticipatoryGrantmaking as conducted with our Invest in Youth Advisory Council, which works alongside the Foundation’s programs staff to inform grantmaking strategy, review grant applications, conduct site visits, and make funding decisions—including our distribution of $2.5 million in grants in late 2021.
📰 Read the article today:
https://bkreader.com/2022/01/27/brooklyn-youth-give-2-5m-in-grants-to-bipoc-led-groups-supporting-young-people-in-the-borough/
📷: Members of Kings Against Violence Initiative - KAVI, one of our Invest in Youth grantee partners.
#RacialJustice #Brooklyn #ParticipatoryGrantmaking #ParticipatoryGrants #Community #PowerSharing #InvestInYouth #Youth #BrooklynYouth #Brooklyn #BrooklynNY #BrooklynNewYork #NYC #SocialJustice #Philanthropy
Clean transportation options must be prioritized for the communities most impacted by environmental injustice.
That is why I sent this letter, along with my friend and colleague Rep. Ritchie Torres and 12 of my NYS colleagues, calling on New York State Department of Transportation to center equity in their upcoming EV Charging Infrastructure Plan.
Thank you BK Reader for highlighting this priority on behalf of our constituents.
FINDING AN OUTLET FOR HER CREATIVITY AND HER BIG IMAGINATION:
Last year, Tiffany Depeña was a Youth Apprentice in the first Creative Art Works Character Design program with FunPlus. We are revisiting Tiffany's 2021 interview because we are excited to announce we are once again offering this program at five New York City Department of Education Career and Technical Education (CTE) High Schools. #CTE schools focus on ensuring students with disabilities, Multilingual Learners/English Language Learners, and students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds are offered equitable access to high-quality internships.
We will be posting interviews with Youth Apprentices from our current Character Design Program soon. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this profile from 2021.
"I am interested in many aspects in the cartoon industry including Character Design. I am always creating new characters and fantasies for them. I wanted to learn more, and I thought this internship was a great opportunity for me. I also wanted to get feedback from different people who are at different levels with their art."
-- Tiffany Depeña
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York City Council ManhattanTimes
New York Amsterdam News
The Brooklyn Rail
BK Reader
City Limits
WNYC
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Uptown Birdies
The local nonprofit, GrowNYC is bringing a free Stop ‘N’ Swap community reuse event to East Flatbush.
BK Readers, attend this virtual workshop on how to start a block or tenant association where you live! There's money to be given, voices to be heard and progress to be made!!! Take action!
Bridge Street Development
THE 16TH NATIONAL BLACK WRITERS CONFERENCE CALL CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO : January 14, 2022!!!
Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY