At the Mitchel Community Center Annual Turkey Giveaway, we had a special guest appearance by Brooklyn Nets player, Kyrie Irving, and rapper, Common. They helped our community center staff hand out 200 Thanksgiving Feast Bags, containing turkeys and food items to make Thanksgiving sides provided by FreshDirect. The event was also attended by other notable
Diana Rodriguez, Director of Government Relations, and Dawn Heyward, Deputy Director of Early Childhood, were invited by The National Center for Families Learning to lead a workshop on our innovative intergenerational learning strategies at their annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Intergenerational learning aims to promote greater understanding and respect between generations and contributes to building
Check out NY Live’s segment featuring Aurora Straus’ visit to our program at Mitchel Community Center! We’re so appreciative to the Monticello Motor Club for their support, and to Aurora for spending an afternoon reading and talking about race cars with our kindergartners. Watch the segment here!
Congratulations to our Executive Director Daniel Diaz for being featured as one of Crain’s 40 under 40! Daniel stands out for his passion for bringing equity and education to the Bronx Community, and expanding our programs to reach as many community members as possible. Read on about Daniel and the other 39 amazing young professionals
Our Executive Director Danial Diaz participated in an impactful and stimulating panel at this year’s #FundCon2019. A big thank you to the other “Marketing Your Nonprofit – The Right Brand Story” panel participants for sharing their wealth of knowledge so that nonprofits can get the crucial funding they need to make a difference in their
Read the op-ed in the NY Post that explains how the NYS Charter School cap is impacting our students.
East Side House thanks all those who made the holidays bright for our children and families.Thanks to our friends at Fresh Direct, Federation for Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), United Neighborhood Houses (UNH), and friend Kells Barnett, over 100 students received gifts for the holidays. As high lighted by Dianda Shears, the Program Director of after
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day of 2019, East Side House’s Mitchel Community Center hosted its 3rd Annual Keeping the Dream Alive Youth Forum. The event was open to the entire community and welcomed more than 100 youth participants. The event focused on addressing issues of diversity and leadership in today’s culture, using lessons of
This year, the Winter Show will celebrated its 65th year as America’s leading art, antiques, and design fair Park Avenue Armory from from January 18th-27th. The Fair features 70 of the world’s top experts in the fine and decorative art and hosts a dynamic mix of works dating from ancient times through the present day, and
Harry Montas takes pride in being a self-taught photographer. In his teen years, his hunger to learn more about photography led him toward YouTube, where he spent hours watching tutorials on the craft that inspired him. While his interest in photography was growing, his attention for school had been on a steady decline. “I was kicked out of my first high