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City to Offer Alternative Summer Career Program Open to Undocumented Youth

City Limits By Daniel Parra The city will offer a work-readiness training program this summer open to undocumented youth, City Limits has learned—answering calls from advocates and lawmakers who’ve been pushing for an alternative to the popular Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), for which undocumented students aren’t eligible. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography ...

2023-03-14T13:41:49-04:00March 10, 2023|

UPDATE Applications Open for Fourth Annual Brandon Hendricks Scholarship

Norwood News By SÍLE MOLONEY Applications for the fourth annual Oyate Group  Brandon Hendricks Scholarship have officially opened, with an award of $20,000 going to each of two applicants for the first time in the scholarship’s history, organizers announced on March 2. Previously, as reported, the organization offered $5,000 in total in scholarship ...

2023-03-14T13:41:42-04:00March 6, 2023|

Brooklyn Gun Buyback Program collects a record total of guns

Brooklyn Daily Eagle BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A gun buyback program held in Brooklyn over the weekend by the District Attorney's Office and the NYPD collected a record number of guns, according to the Da’s Office. A total of 206 firearms were collected in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday. That total was no doubt ...

2022-12-28T17:43:43-05:00December 20, 2022|

Bronx’s ‘Most Influential’ named to the Schneps Media Bronx Power List

Bronx Times By Robbie Sequeira Hundreds of supporters celebrated as the 2022 Bronx Power Listers were honored at Maestro’s Caterers on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The ultimate networking event celebrated extraordinary individuals from a broad spectrum of the business and nonprofit world who were recognized for their continued commitment, impact, and influence they ...

2022-12-22T14:51:14-05:00December 15, 2022|

Oyate Group Launches New Program – A Mother’5 Promi5e

A Mother'5 Promi5e to host an inaugural gun buyback event offering the largest dollar amount ever given per gun in New York City - the first time a nonprofit has provided the funds for buybacks NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2021 Today, Oyate Group, a nonprofit on a mission to alleviate poverty by ...

2022-11-23T10:10:59-05:00December 17, 2021|

Oyate Group Launches New Program, Uptown Rising Initiative

Aimed at Serving Communities in Need in Washington Heights and Harlem Today, Oyate Group, a nonprofit on a mission to alleviate poverty by creating sustainable and holistic solutions that empower underserved communities all across New York City known for its Bronx Rising Initiative, is launching Uptown Rising Initiative – a program to ...

2022-04-07T16:57:04-04:00November 30, 2021|
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