One young man did time upstate for a crime he says he didn’t do. Another waited two years to have a case against him dismissed. Both got involved with a Harlem group that helps court-involved youth prepare for work or college. The program didn’t solve all their problems, they say, but it gave them tools to wage their own fights.
Two of the young athlete-advocates from the Bronx’s Mary Mitchell Center demonstrate how a simple park bench can be the key to your plan to get in shape—and talk about their broader work to make the Bronx a healthier place.
An advocacy group says the Summer Youth Employment Program, a valuable but limited tool, ought to be improved and expanded to increase the connection between what city kids study in the classroom and their entry into the job market.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with projections about what the U.S. workforce will look like a decade from now.
Advocates contend that a high-profile killing and police raid at the Grant and Manhattanville Houses reflect a need for programming for kids, and wonder why a multimillion-dollar fund has not provided it.
Point-in-time surveys of the street homeless can yield important data, but—contrary to how politicians sometimes cast the numbers—not a precise tally of who’s unsheltered at night.
Ten years ago the controversial Venezuelan leader promised petroleum revenue to help the South Bronx. While Chavez’s legacy is complicated, a youth worker argues that an upcoming concert is proof his vision had merit.
From distributing books in barbershops to recruiting a giant-sized Dora to explore the steps of City Hall, advocates and experts are trying to match inadequate public resources to the serious problem of summer break literacy losses.
BCS hosts its annual BCS Human Spirit Awards gala dinner Monday, June 1, 2015, at the Grand Hyatt-Manhattan Ballroom (109 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017) with inspiring honorees
Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) has launched ONE Brooklyn Campus a platform to mobilize students through volunteer service, to effect change for Brooklyn residents living in underserved communities.
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