Multi-faceted organization providing underserved NYC children & youth in K-12 with educational programs that prepares them for their future.
Bronx, NY
Joined October 2020
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Did you know that there’s an audiobook for Ruby Bridges’ memoir, Through My Eyes? AND it’s narrated by the civil rights icon herself!
🎧 Listen to Ruby’s story in her words now: bit.ly/3Binc2f
This department sounds super cool! Congratulations @That_Astro_Chic! 🎉 #representationmatters #womeninscience #WomenInSTEM – at Bronx, NY
So exciting!! #representationmatters
Y’all get ready because this is what the labs and classrooms are gonna look like real soon!! We out here!! 👨🏾💻👩🏾💻🌌🔭🌟☄️ #BlackandSTEM #blackastronomers
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Bessie Coleman beat all odds and became the first Black female pilot in the United States 100 years ago! Learn more about Brave Bessie and other Black aviation pioneers in #ScholasticNews for #BlackHistoryMonth ➡️ bit.ly/3o4iMFD
ALT Bessie Coleman beat all odds and became the first Black female pilot in the United States 100 years ago! Learn more about Brave Bessie and other Black aviation pioneers in #ScholasticNews for #BlackHistoryMonth ➡️ http://bit.ly/3o4iMFD
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The new Magic School Bus Rides Again Special, In the Zone, launches TODAY on Netflix! Join the Frizz for an electric night as the class catches every show on a pop star’s New Year’s Eve tour! To the bus... and to NETFLIX! #MagicSchoolBusRidesAgain
Check out our reading program featured on @FordhamNews! We're beyond thankful to all our volunteers! #literacymatters #Bronxkids #nonprofit
Schoolchildren in the Bronx have had virtual story-time partners since September: student volunteers from Fordham and other local schools. It's all possible thanks to Olga Baez, executive secretary in FCLC's residential life office: news.fordham.edu/education-a…
CHANGING THE GAME 👏
Sarah Fuller just became the first woman to play in a Power 5 college football game.
@SECNetwork
StriveHigher Inc. retweeted
🦃 Community Turkey Giveaway
📆 Monday 11/22
📍 Lexa Bar & Grill
⏰ 3PM - until supplies last – at Bronx, NY
Join us tomorrow November 22nd at 11am EST for our I Can Be storytime with author and registered dietitian @shanonmorrisrd!
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#representationmatters #authors #read #bronxkids #readaloud #education #icanbe #careers #weneedmorediversebooks #literacy
Check out our line up for our I Can Be virtual storytime series!
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#representationmatters #storytime #read #literacy #careers #nonprofit #kids #zoom #Bronx #education
New storytime series: I Can Be A... Professionals from different fields will read a story & talk about their career. Free book raffle! Storytimes will take place on either Saturday or Sunday at 11am EST.
More special guests will be announced!!
#icanbe
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StriveHigher Inc. retweeted
Why not leave open possibility of a another time in the spring to opt into in-person learning, given potential lower rates of transmission at that point & even (possibly) an available vaccine?
'If you go and look at what has happened to New York, it’s a ghost town. Take a look at what’s happening to New York. It’s dying.” — @realDonaldTrump
As part of our virtual reading buddies program- we ship books to participants who expressed a need for more books at home. Having access to books positively influences a child's development and literacy skills!
#literacy #accestobooks #bronxkids #bronxkidsarereading #nonprofit
Yesterday we hosted a Storytime and Zombie Run with @justabxmom! The kids enjoyed a Halloween storytime, arts and crafts, a run around the park and "Zombie Elixir and Pumpkin" smoothies. It was an amazing event! Thanks to all the parents who joined us!
#bronxkids #healthyhabits – at Bronx, NY
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#FridayFeelGood Have you heard of the Million Girls Moonshot? The aim of this project is to bring 1M girls into STEM programs. Click here to read more ➡️ bit.ly/312XkYC!
Virtual storytime tomorrow at 11am EST! Join us for our last Latinx Heritage month storytime celebration with Bronx drummer Anthony Anderson! #LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth
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Looking for books to read this #LatinxHeritageMonth? Check out our recommendations on the blog: bit.ly/3iKGdlh
