2018 Annual Benefit: Supporting Youth GVP Leaders
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Community Workshops: The Sadonte Foundation
To help reduce gun violence in New York, the NYAGV Education Fund conducts community workshops for neighborhood organizations such as The Sadonte Foundation–a group committed to fostering positive relationships through mentorship, youth based activities, and supportive groups. Read More
ReACTION Student’s Poem About Gun Violence
Check out this touching poem written by Ravindra, one of the students in our ReACTION Youth Program at the School for Democracy and Leadership in Crown Heights. She read the poem to her class before the students participated in a “Silence the Violence” action in June, in which they stopped... Read More
ReACTION Kids Promote Anti-Bullying
ReACTION Youth Program students at the Community Health Academy of the Heights–a public middle school in Washington Heights–held a school-wide assembly to teach their peers how to identify bullying and help stop it. The students discussed clips from the movie, “Bully,” participated in interactive exercises, and encouraged their peers to sign... Read More
reACTION Youth Program Added to Brooklyn High School
Thanks to the support of our members, The Funding Network, and other generous donors, the reACTION Youth Program to prevent gun violence has been brought to the High School for Democracy and Leadership Wingate Campus in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Read More
Teaching Kids to Avoid Guns: Watch the video!
Our “reACTION” Youth Program teaches kids about the dangers of gun violence and how to avoid it. Take a look at this video about the program: Read More
In the News: The New Yorker Profiles NYAGV Education Director
The New Yorker recently profiled Shaina Harrison, Program Director of the reACTION youth program–the NYAGV Education Fund’s after-school class that teaches teens about gun violence and its prevention. The New Yorker article, “Red Hook Postcard: Community Guns,” appears on pages Read More
