Every year our Board member, Alex Z. organizes a fundraising SoulCycle event to benefit Grace Outreach! Here’s a message she sent out to her friends and colleagues to get them in the spirit! In anticipation of Grace Outreach’s 2017 Hour to Empower Annual Board SoulCycle fundraiser on, Tuesday, June 20th at 7:00PM, we’re asking you : Are YOU smarter […]
On Tuesday, May 9th we celebrated the power of education at the 2017 Grace Outreach Benefit honoring Lauren Bush Lauren (Founder and CEO of FEED) and awarding the Humanitarian Award to Sharon Bush. This fundraising dinner, held at the Racquet and Tennis Club of New York, was packed with over 180 attendees. GO student, Yaren Santana
Earlier this afternoon, Grace Outreach’s four College Prep students, Aileen R., Bintou K., Eliana R., and Nadine A. penned a group reflection on Maria Aponte’s visit: “On Tuesday, April 4 at Grace Outreach, Maria Aponte, poet and activist came to inspire women with her story. High school equivalency, college prep students, and teachers came together
Grace Outreach is thrilled and honored to welcome Maria Aponte—award-winning poet, author, and women’s rights and community arts activist—to the classroom next Tuesday, April 4th. Maria was named by the Bronx Times in June 2016 as one of 25 Bronx Influential Women. She has also been featured on Bronx Net, News 12, NBC Latino, and
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A big THANK YOU to all the committed advocates, organizers, residents, students, instructors, and HSE and TASC program directors who joined us this past Friday morning for the second-annual BRONX Adult Literacy Gathering at Hostos Community College. Our opening panel—deftly moderated by Jon Gabay of East Side House Settlement—featured Elvin Aviles of CUNY Prep,
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This Friday, March 10, 8:30 am – 11:30 am: Join us for the second-ever Bronx Adult Literacy Gathering in The Savoy Room at Hostos Community College. We’re thrilled to be working with our partners at Eastside House Settlement, CUNY Prep, and Center for Bronx Nonprofits to bring you this rich community of educators, leaders, organizations,
Executive Director Andrew Rubinson had the opportunity to present Grace Outreach’s work, and dialogue with colleagues in the field, as a panelist at the NYC Employment & Training Conference symposium on January 31st. “It’s always interesting to share best practices with colleagues, and to also learn about their successes and concerns.” The main thing I heard
As part of our ongoing efforts to increase the skills and employability of our students and alumni, GO hosted a Customer Service Training last week. This valuable training, created and implemented by partner organizations Center for Frontline Retail and Retail Action Project, was led by a dynamic instructor, Ryan Field, RAP Education organizer. A dozen
This semester at GO thirteen career prep students, dressed in their most professional attire and armed with polished resumes, took to the streets and subways of New York City to attend a Mock Interview event at Dow Jones. Students participated in one-on-one mock interviews, breakout sessions on career development, and individualized resume reviews. The Dow
Yesterday GO students and staff welcomed Dr. Simone Rodriguez-Doresta, Dean of Academic Success Programs at Bronx Community College to speak with our community about working hard to get to college. Dr. Rodriguez-Doresta is newly appointed at BCC and she will be overseeing the engagement that the University has with Community-Based organizations like Grace Outreach. She shared
