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Bronx County Buffaloes work to inspire and educate our young men and woman. We instill in them the ideals of scholarship and sportsmanship. Our young people are in trouble, The Buffaloes are ready to lead the Stampede in helping them to succeed through the competitiveness in sports. The first component of this will be the Bronx County Buffaloes Football Team. Read more...
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City has succeeded for more than 100 years by supporting the city’s neediest youth and helping to unite the city. Our vision is that all children achieve success in life. Our mission is to provide children facing adversity in New York City with strong and enduring, professionally supported 1-to-1 mentoring relationships with adults Read more...
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The Better Bronx For Youth Consortium (BBFY) is the lead agency of a partnership of over 50 Bronx Youth Service organizations. Our primary goal is to provide capacity building strategies through support services, training, technical assistance, program monitoring and funding to a network of Bronx-based youth service organizations. Collectively, our missions focus on the prevention of teen pregnancy, insufficient education, Read more...
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Beacons programs are school-based community centers serving children age 6 and older and adults. There are currently 80 Beacons located throughout the five boroughs of New York City, operating in the afternoons and evenings, on weekends, during school holidays and vacation periods, including the summer. The Beacon Program is a program of the New York City Department of Youth and Read more...
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Art for Change (AfC) is a 501(c)3 organization that encourages the advancement of progressive social change by using art as a catalyst for disseminating information to people. We provide space to discuss and explore that information, stimulating individual and collective reflection, which leads to action and change. Art is our tool and our common ground – by building a bridge Read more...
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The Animation Project’s mission is to nurture the social, emotional and cognitive growth of at-risk youth, using digital art technology as a therapeutic medium and a workforce development tool. TAP envisions a world where youth become creative and productive young adults. TAP believes that all youth should have equal access to information, people, and technology. TAP’s integration of technology, social Read more...
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The African Diaspora Film Festival presents an eclectic mix of Urban, Classic, Independent and Foreign films that explore the richness and diversity of the life experience of people of color all over the world. ADFF’s mission is to present these films to diverse audiences, redesign the Black cinema experience, and strengthen the role of African and African descent directors in Read more...
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The mission of Affinity Health Plan is to improve the health of underserved populations by providing comprehensive, affordable, high quality health care coverage, and by striving, in collaboration with its primary care providers, to improve care-seeking and care-giving. For over 18 years, Affinity Health Plan… formerly known as The Bronx Health Plan… has been operating managed care programs designed to Read more...
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The Actors Theatre Workshop is an award-winning non-profit theatre, community center and educational institution that teaches innovative educational techniques and theatre principles to adults and children from all walks of life; produces classical and contemporary plays and documentary films that maintain the highest artistic standards; and develops new dramatic works that examine the social issues of the day. ATW was Read more...
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Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) offers access to a full range of employment and independent living services that may be needed by persons with disabilities through their lives. Through its administration of vocational rehabilitation and independent living programs, VR coordinates policy and services relating to: * transition services for students with disabilities from school to adult services; Read more...
