Bro/Sis Art Auction: Weems, Odita, Drew, Simmons, Fifield, Laor, Mosse, Shocat, Opie & Marsh

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol Art Auction We are pleased to announce an art auction to benefit the construction of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol's new building Featuring works by: LEONARDO DREW * SANDI HABER FIFIELD * LEORA LAOR REGINALD MARSH * RICHARD MOSSE * ODILI DONALD ODITA CATHERINE OPIE * TAL SHOCHAT * XAVIERA SIMMONS CARRIE MAE WEEMS On line viewing of all art and bidding here:  https://one.bidpal.net/brosisartauction/welcome Advanced gallery viewing hours:  April 16, 17th, and 18th: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m, and by appointment Final auction and reception:  Thursday April 26, 6 - 8 p.m. Location: Meislin Projects 819 Madison Avenue, #4C SHARE Connect with us ‌ ‌ ‌

Source: The Brotherhood/Sister Sol | 512 West 143rd Street, New York, NY 10031 https://brotherhood-sistersol.org/events/brosis-art-auction

Saturday 10/29/16 - FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CROWN HEIGHTS COLLEGE FAIR / CAREER DAY

HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE/SCHOLARSHIP FUND

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CROWN HEIGHTS

COLLEGE FAIR / CAREER DAY

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2016 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

450 EASTERN PARKWAY,

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

(CORNER. ROGERS AVE.) #5 TRAIN TO FRANKLIN AVE. #4 TRAIN TO NOSTRAND AVE.

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10/5/16 Brown Changemakers: Spotlight on Education with The Brotherhood/Sister Sol - Khary Lazarre-White, Esq. & Friends

Brown Changemakers: Spotlight on Education

Don't miss this extraordinary panel of Brown alumni, all distinguished in the field of nonprofits and education, who'll talk about their work and how they are fundamentally changing education for youth and families everywhere.

The Brown Club in NYC is excited to invite you to an alumni panel focusing on the intersection of education, nonprofits, and community development. Panelists will share their experiences and provide insight into the strategies their organizations employ to close the education gap in NYC and beyond. Guests will then have the opportunity to pose questions to the panelists about their careers and doing well by doing good.

Wednesday, October 5, 2016
6:30 – 7:00 PM Reception with light snacks and refreshments
7:00 – 8:15 PM Panel
8:15 – 8:30 PM Q&A

UJA-Federation of New York 
130 East 59th Street (btw Lexington & Park Ave) 
Floor 6
New York City

Tickets: $20 Click here to purchase

Meet our panelists!

Dana Edell, Ph.D, Executive Director, SPARK Movement (’98): At SPARK Movement, an intergenerational girls’ activist organization, Dana collaborates with girls to launch successful action campaigns including a media campaign that led to Seventeen Magazine’s public promise to never Photoshop girl models and to commit to race and body size diversity in their pages. She trains and supports girls (ages 13-22) to take action, produce theater, create videos and write blogs. Dana was co-chair of the Girls’ Participation Task Force at the United Nations and she teaches Theatre and Activism at New York University and the City University of New York.

Amy Kantrowitz, COO, Free Arts NYC (MA’92): Amy has two decades of nonprofit experience and currently serves as COO of Free Arts NYC, an arts education nonprofit that provides underserved children with a unique combination of educational arts and mentoring programs. Amy has worked with some of NYC’s leading education and youth development organizations, including New Visions for Public Schools, and The After-School Corporation - this path emerged directly from her Brown MAT, work with Professor Ted Sizer at the Coalition of Essential Schools, and VISTA year at the Swearer Center for Public Service.

Josh Landay, Director, Eye to Eye Diplomats (’02): Josh is a professional actor, teaching artist, and non-profit program director. He serves as Director of the speakers bureau of Eye to Eye, a national nonprofit organization for students with learning disabilities.  Since launching the Diplomats program in 2011, Mr. Landay has developed and coordinated over 250 public engagement presentations, including events at the White House and the U.S. Department of Education. He has also performed in Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway as well as in the West End, Las Vegas, and the first national tour. 

Khary Lazarre-White, Executive Director & Co-Founder, The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (’95): Khary is a social entrepreneur, educator, non-profit executive, writer and attorney. In 1995 he co-founded The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, a nationally renowned, comprehensive youth development and educational organization that provides rites of passage programming, after school care, counseling, summer camps, job training, college preparation and scholarships, employment opportunities, community organizing training, legal representation, and month long international study programs to Africa and Latin America. Khary has extensive experience as a public speaker across the country, writes regular opinion pieces for The Huffington Post, and essays for publications that have included NYU Press, Nation Books, and MSNBC.com.

Carlos Lejnieks, CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson, & Union Counties (’00): Lejnieks took over an atrophied Big Brothers Big Sisters agency in 2008 and, within four years, went from serving approximately 100 youth to serving well over 1,100. Under his leadership, BBBS has received numerous awards from local, state and national entities, including a formal recognition by President Obama. Lejnieks has served on President Barack Obama’s Regional Finance Committee, Governor Chris Christie’s Education Transition Team and Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s Transition Team. In 2016, he was the NY Yankees “Civic Leader Spotlight”.

Shalinee Sharma, Executive Director & Board Member, Zearn (’98): Zearn Math was created to fix math education for all kids. It offers an internationally-normed, rigorous curriculum that combines personalized digital lessons with daily targeted small group instruction so that every teacher can reach every student, every day.

Don't miss this extraordinary panel of Brown alumni, all distinguished in the field of nonprofits and education, who'll talk about their work and how they are fundamentally changing education for youth and families everywhere.

The Brown Club in NYC is excited to invite you to an alumni panel focusing on the intersection of education, nonprofits, and community development. Panelists will share their experiences and provide insight into the strategies their organizations employ to close the education gap in NYC and beyond. Guests will then have the opportunity to pose questions to the panelists about their careers and doing well by doing good.

Source: Brown Club of New York

SIP 2016! | Meet The Ladies Who Lead! | New Venue!

The Wall Street Alphas Charitable Foundation once again presents

SIP 2016!!

THE ULTIMATE WINE & SPIRITS TASTING EXPERIENCING!

Thursday, June 16th 6pm - 9pm

The Prince George Ballroom

15 E 27th St, New York, NY 

Tickets: $75.00

www.wsacf.org

We are back with a new theme and a new venue - The Prince George Ballroom! This luxurious venue is Manhattan's premier event destination! This historical location has been meticulously restored to its original Neo-Renaissance splendor.  This landmark venue has hosted corporate, fundraising, and private functions including many fashion and celebrity events!

HONORING LADIES WHO LEAD!!

​

The Wall Street Alphas Charitable Foundation (WSACF), in conjunction with the Kappa Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc, will once again bring you SIP - a wine & spirits tasting experience! SIP is a Wall St. Alphas established tradition where, for several years, hundreds of sophisticated, young professionals and executives in various fields, city leaders, and the movers and shakers in the tri-state area have come to experience live music performances, a silent auction, exciting giveaways, delicious hors d'œuvres, and a vast assortment of carefully selected fine wines and cocktails. SIP will raise funds to support and develop programs that address the plight of young African-American and Latino-American men in the New York City area through the Alpha G.E.N.T.S. (Gaining Essential Networking Tools for Success) mentoring program. The Alpha G.E.N.T.S. mentoring program, provide young men with extraordinary life-changing experiences through a myriad of educational programs, college tours and lifelong mentoring.

Last year we honored "Men Who Mentor" and this year's SIP event will honor "Ladies Who Lead!"

Oprah Winfrey once said, "Think like a Queen. A Queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to Greatness."                       

This year's Honorees are exceptional women who were not afraid to fail and, instead, continue to raise expectations, and have led in their respective fields!

Andrea Webster - an accomplished, multifaceted professional whose passion, values and unwavering commitment to her community are the embodiment of AKA's credo: "To be supreme in service to all mankind." Elected as the 36th President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated's oldest graduate chapter in the New York metropolitan area, she is leading Tau Omega Chapter in its 91st year of serving the Harlem Community and beyond. Andrea also serves as a Trustee on the Tau Omega Charitable Trust Fund, Incorporated's Board.

Arva Rice - President & CEO of the New York Urban League (NYUL) an organization whose mission is to enable African Americans and other underserved communities to secure a first class education, economic self-reliance and equal respect of their civil rights through programs, services and advocacy. Prior to joining NYUL, she served as the Executive Director of Project Enterprise, an organization that provides business loans, technical assistance and peer support to New York City entrepreneurs.

Genese Jamilah - Genese is Founder & Editor in Chief of "I Don't Do Clubs," an events and lifestyle blog catering to Black professionals around the country. She takes great pride in helping her peers find social and professional activities. Genese is being recognized for her leadership in the field of Entrepreneurship through her work with "I Don't Do Clubs." We pleased to commemorate her achievements.

Pastor LaKeesha Walrond - Executive Pastor of First Corinthian Church (FCBC) in Harlem, New York. In this capacity she has been able to expand the many administrative aspects of ministry in an urban setting. In 2013, Rev. Walrond launched The Getting to Greatness Women's Conference promoting women's empowerment, leadership development, and wellness and wholeness. During her time in New York she has received numerous awards and recognitions.

Natasha Eubanks - CEO & Founder of TheYBF.com.  TheYBF.com, one of the largest and most popular celebrity gossip and entertainment websites, started as a hobby in July 2005 while Natasha was in her first year of law school. It is the product of her obsession with all that is Hollywood and celebrity and it has developed into a full-fledged business that enjoys a readership of over 30 million views per month.  The brand focuses on shedding light on the fabulous side of Black Hollywood, as well as having fun with the drama that makes Hollywood---Hollywood.

Nubia Murray - For nearly a decade, Nubia Murray has worked on Chase's global sponsorships including the Corporate Challenge running series, which she managed in the US, Frankfurt, South Africa, Sydney and Singapore. As a Vice President in the firm's Sports & Entertainment Marketing division, Nubia guides Chase's partnerships with FC Dallas Soccer, the Arizona Diamondbacks, the PGA Tour, and the Madison Square Garden relationship, inclusive of the Rangers, Liberty, Knicks and the Westchester Knicks.

As Honorees for "Ladies Who Lead" during our annual "Sip" event, these outstanding women are being recognized for their leadership in the fields of Entrepreneurship, Corporate and Non-Profit Leadership, and Ministry! We recognize and value their dedication and service to the advancement of our communities in the New York City area, and we are pleased to commemorate their achievements.

The classically detailed, ornate venue at The Prince Georges Ballroom will provide the setting for our guests to mingle and network  on Thursday, June 16, 2016. Tax deductible tickets are only $75.00!

#Sip4aCause #Sip4Youth  #‎SIP2016 ‪  #WSACF  #WallStreetAlphas  #LadiesWhoLead  #KappaXiLambda 

 
TO PURCHASE TICKETS, PLEASE CLICK HERE or visit www.wsacf.org! 

7th Annual STOCK-ing EXCHANGE Holiday Party & Toy Drive 12/1/15

Please join the Brothers of the Kappa Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, inc for The 7th Annual STOCK-ing Exchange; our Annual Holiday Party and Toy Drive. Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 at 5pm at The Attic Rooftop & Lounge, 251 W 48th Street. 

***Please bring an unwrapped toy or a financial donation will be accepted***

#WallStreetAlphas #STOCKingExchange #AlphaPhiAlpha #KappaXiLambda #NYC

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities.

New York City Mixer 9-24-15 - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Kappa Xi Lambda "Wall Street" Back to Business

http://www.wallstreetalphas.com

https://www.facebook.com/WallStreetAlphas

Anti-Violence Panel Discussion | Tue 9.15.15 | The New School - More Than A Protest Novel: Connecting the Dots

RSVP at https://morethanaprotestsept15.eventbrite.com

Please join us for the upcoming event, “More Than a Protest Novel: Connecting the Dots - 1.5 Million Black (Wo)Men Missing,” a thought-provoking anti-violence panel.

Co-hosted by Black Ivy Events; the Harlem Alphas of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; and New Black School (student group), it will take place on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. at The New School’s Lang Center: 55 West 13th Street, off Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue).

This FREE event will take a look at personal experiences with violence; the current anti-violence space; real stats on homicide rates; and policy initiatives and new/innovative solutions to address the violence (including prayer).

It will also examine public policy and connect the dots with recent events like the deaths of Freddie Gray and Sandra Bland, and the Charleston Massacre.

More information regarding the book and author at hamnovels.com.

Book signing to follow.

Panelists include:

• A.T. Mitchell, founder of Man Up! Inc. in East New York, Brooklyn

• Marlon Peterson, founder of The Precedential Group—who was also featured in the internationally acclaimed blog, Humans of New York

• Iesha Sekou, founder of Street Corner Resources, Harlem

• Kathleen Horan, Former WNYC public radio reporter who did the series “In Harm’s Way, ” which—in 2013—memorialized the individual lives of New York City' kids killed by gunfire; and creator of the upcoming podcast, “Mortal City”

• Oresa Williams, Founder and CEO of Not Another Child

• Justyn Richardson, a recent alum of The New School's Milano Urban Policy graduate program, and a policy analyst for the NYC Department of Investigation

• Petra E. Lewis, author of the trilogy, The Sons and Daughters of Ham

From moderator, Rev. Alfonso Wyatt, to featured panelists, the event will showcase some of New York City’s top minds when it comes to effectively addressing (gun) violence—and do so in a “novel” way. The framework for the panel is the first book in novelist Petra E. Lewis’ trilogy, The Sons and Daughters of Ham, Book I: A Requiem, which examines a family in the aftermath of violence.

RSVP at https://morethanaprotestsept15.eventbrite.com

4/18/15 - Ministry in Action College and Career Day Brooklyn, NY

PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY MINISTRY IN ACTION COLLEGE AND CAREER DAY 2015

SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2015, 9AM-3PM

TO RSVP

CONTACT SHARON ROBINSON 718-797-4230

EMAIL MIACOLLEGEANDCAREER@GMAIL.COM OR

FAX 718-399-8702

BROWN MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH 

484 WASHINGTON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: 

Aspiring High School Students 
Young Adults ages 19-23 
The Unemployed

Bro/Sis Announces Annual Voices Gala May 14, 2015

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis) is proud to announce that we will host our eleventh annual Voices event on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Gotham Hall located at 1365 Broadway. Our honorees are Michele Roberts, the Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association, and Lynn Nottage, the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright.  This event will celebrate 20 years of Bro/Sis providing transformative youth service - 1995-2015! Voices is our signature annual benefit highlighting our youth and life changing programming. The event provides and extraordinary opportunity for our dynamic supporters to celebrate Bro/Sis' commitment to helping youth develop into critical thinkers, community leaders and social change makers.   Information about our signature annual benefit is here.  http://brotherhood-sistersol.org/events/voices-11 Tickets and sponsorship can be purchased here.  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-11-annual-benefit-tickets-16045357095 You can contact fundraising@brotherhood-sistersol.org with any sponsorship questions. CLICK HERE to purchase tickets. Founded in 1995, Bro/Sis provides comprehensive, holistic and long-term support services to youth who range in age from eight to twenty-two.  We offer wrap around evidence-based programming, four-six year rites of passage programming, thorough after school care, school and home counseling, summer camps, job training, college preparation, employment opportunities, community organizing training, and international study programs to Africa and Latin America. Bro/Sis is locally based, with a national reach, as we publish assorted curricula and collections of our members' writings; trains educators from throughout the nation on our approach; and our leadership is invited to speak and present at educational and policy convenings and conferences across the country.  Please come out on May 14th and support our young people and this vision.  You will be treated to a unique and wonderful experience. All the best, The Brotherhood/Sister Sol's Board of Directors and Voices Benefit Committee

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol | 512 West 143rd Street | New York | NY | 10031 http://brotherhood-sistersol.org/events/voices-11

Two-week Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI) Application Due April 15, 2015

Columbia University, Institute for Research in African American Studies 

Two-week Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI) Application Due April 15, 2015

CLICK HERE TO APPLY NOW (APPLICATION OPEN UNTIL APRIL 15, 2015

GENERAL INFORMATION

Between 13 and 24 July, 2015, the Columbia University Institute for Research in African-American Studies (#IRAAS) will convene a two-week Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI), focusing particularly on the history, cultures, and institutions of African-descended peoples in New York City. New York, home to Harlem and numerous other historic black enclaves, historically and today is one of the capitals of Black America, and even the Black World. 

This Summer Institute offers what few others are able: the opportunity to study African-American history, culture, politics, and life through the lens of New York, and in New York. 

The Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI) will be open to high school and college/university instructors, independent scholars and researchers, public historians, biographers, journalists, and graduate students, and will explore various historical and contemporary themes, including: Slavery, Freedom, Abolitionism, and Emancipation; the New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance; Educating Harlem (and Beyond): Histories of Black Education in New York City; Civil Rights, 1940-the present; Black Women Intellectuals; "Beyond Harlem: Brooklyn and the Bronx"; Race, Policing and Criminal Justice, 1880-present; Black Immigration since 1965; Health/Medical Rights and Politics: From Tuberculosis to HIV; and Black Politics from the Margins to Mainstream.

ELIGIBILITY
The Summer Teacher's and Scholar's Institute (STSI) will be open to high school and college/university instructors, independent scholars and researchers, public historians, biographers, journalists, and graduate students.

Source: http://stsi.iraas.columbia.edu

IRAAS Conversations Lecture – Thursday 3/5/15 at 6:00PM Prof Cheryl D. Hick

Thurs 3/5@6pm Talk W/ You Like A Woman:African American Women,Justice&Reform in New York, 1890-1935" Cheryl D. Hicks pic.twitter.com/oe60MhALEj
— IRAASColumbia U (@IRAASColumbiaU) March 2, 2015

TOPIC: “Talk With You Like A Woman: African American Women, Justice and Reform in New York,1890-1935″ with Prof. Cheryl D. Hick

Location :Columbia Journalism School -3rd Floor Lecture Hall;
2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Free & Open to the Public

Cheryl D. Hicks is an associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she is a faculty affiliate in Africana Studies and an adjunct faculty member in Women and Gender Studies. She holds a B.A. in American History from the University of Virginia and a M.A. as well as Ph.D. in American History from Princeton University.

Her research addresses the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, and the law. She has published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and the Journal of the History of Sexuality. She is the recipient of several awards including the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Postdoctoral fellowship and a Scholar-in-Residence fellowship from the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Her first book, Talk With You Like a Woman: African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York, 1890-1935 (University of North Carolina Press, 2010) received the 2011 Letitia Woods Brown Book Award from the Association of Black Women Historians and honorable mentions from the 2011 John Hope Franklin Prize from the American Studies Association and the 2011 Darlene Clark Hine Prize from the Organization of American Historians. Her new book project, “The Case of Hannah Elias: Interracial Intimacy and Civil Rights in Turn-of-the-Century New York,” interrogates the trajectory of a covert, consensual interracial relationship that ultimately precipitated murder, scandal, and civil rights protest.

http://iraas.com