On May 11th, CPC Brooklyn hosted our Annual Education Resource Fair in partnership with A-Plus Academy and Academic Approach, at PS 310. Our Education Fair. Our Event provides education resources for all ages, from UPK to Adult ESL.
Saturday, May 4th was a very exciting day for seven children from CPC Chrystie Street School-Age Child Care Center. Surely, the force was with them as they competed in the 22nd Annual Cullman Rookie Chess Tournament and won the first place team trophy!
College transition is a stressful stage for any young person, but how would the experience differ for youth coming from a minority background? Or from an immigrant household? Or as a first-generation college student?
Tara Klein, policy analyst at United Neighborhood Houses, wrote an opinion piece in CityLimits on May 19th, 2019 titled "Stop Pitting Home-Care Workers Against Employers."
On Friday, May 10th, 2019, college students from CPC’s BEST Mentorship Program took advantage of the motivational advice provided by mentors from JPMorgan Chase (JPMC).
The interactive workshops included engaging videos, sugary drink ranking and matching games in which participants had to guess how many grams of sugar are in different drinks, and even a Kahoot! quiz game.
In April, Carlyn Cowen, CPC's Chief Policy and Public Affairs Officer, and Bryan Lucero, Program Director of CPC LEAD, graduated from Coro New York Leadership Center's Immigrant Civic Leadership Program.
On Friday, May 17, the Community Health Services (CHS) team ran our annual Asian American Pacific Isalnder (AAPI) HIV/AIDS Awareness Event at Project Reach.