Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Bro/Sis - 20 Years of Transforming Youth #GivingTuesday


 20 Years of Transforming Youth 
Award Winning Services
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol serves 900 youth through our diverse programs that focus on issues such as leadership development and educational achievement, sexual health and responsibility, sexism and misogyny, political education and social justice, Pan-African and Latino history, and global awareness.  The themes of our organization are Community, Knowledge, Positivity and Future.  We are committed to helping youth develop their minds, bodies and spirits in a healthy manner, ensuring their development into strong and stable adults.

We provide comprehensive support services, guidance, and education, along with unconditional love to the youth of New York City while offering them opportunities and access.  Our members lean self-discipline, how to form order in their lives and create a roadmap of success for their futures.  Our evidence-based model, had earned awards from organizations such as Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network, Ford Foundation, The New York Women's Foundation, the New York State Department of Education, and Brown University.


Help us to provide another 20 years of transformative services to the youth of New York City by making a gift to Bro/Sis today.  
Your gift will have an enormous and immediate impact.
Our Outcomes

     

90% of Bro/Sis alumni have graduated from high school.  Whereas the high school graduation rate in New York City is 68%, in Harlem the graduation rate is 42%.

The teenage pregnancy rate at Bro/Sis is less than 2%.  Whereas Harlem's teenage pregnancy rate is 15%.  

No alumni or member of Bro/Sis is incarcerated and less than 1% have a felony conviction. Whereas one out of three Black males, ages 20-29 are under the supervision of the prison system - incarcerated, on probation or on parole.  

95% of Bro/Sis alumni are either enrolled in college or working full time.  30% of youth in Harlem, ages 18-25, are either enrolled in college or employed full time.

Click Here to learn more about our ground breaking work.
Support Our Work
Help us to continue to provide life-changing work that transforms the youth of New York City by making a gift today.  
Your gift will help to cover the cost of our programs and projects, including:


$50
 -   Pays for art supplies for one young person.

$150 - Sends one youth to a leadership retreat, which builds confidence, strengthens peer bonds and instills live skills.

$250 - Fees 30 youth, aged 8 to 12 in our programs for one week.

$500 - Pays for application fees for one young person to apply to college.                                                                            
$1,000 - Pays for software upgrades to our Technology Center.

$2,500 - Supplements educational costs to keep on young person in college.

$5,000 - Pays for one member to participate in our International Study Program - 5 months study in NYC and one-month of cultural immersion abroad.

$10,000 - Pays for a full year of programming for two-youth members.
                                              
Another way to give is to join our Monthly Giving Program.  
When making you gift, just check "monthly" as the preferred frequency of your giving.  


   
              


           
 
The Brotherhood-Sister Sol
512 West 143rd Street, New York, NY 10031
www.brotherhood-sistersol.org

Russell Malbrough Headline Animator