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Our Children = Our Destiny bcul

Welcome to the Broome County Urban League. Our Children = Our Destiny www.bcul.org. Located at 43-45 Carroll Street. Mission. To enable minorities and the urban poor in securing economic self-reliance, parity and power. Program Partners. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo Mayor Richard David

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Our Children = Our Destiny bcul

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  1. Welcome to the Broome County Urban League Our Children = Our Destiny www.bcul.org

  2. Located at 43-45 Carroll Street

  3. Mission To enable minorities and the urban poor in securing economic self-reliance, parity and power.

  4. Program Partners Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo Mayor Richard David City Councilwoman Lea Webb Binghamton City School District Binghamton Housing Authority Broome County Government Broome County Department of Social Services Broome Tioga NAACP City of Binghamton Elks United Elmira Business Institute M and T Bank NY Styles Barbershop Office of Persons With Developmental Disabilities Regional Economic Development Council SUNY Research Foundation Visions Federal Credit Union Workforce NY United Way

  5. Thank you to our sponsors

  6. Ervin Consulting, LLC Diversity/EEO/ Compliance Mattie Ervin, President

  7. BROOME COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE STAFF CEO– Jennifer Lesko Director of Operations– Damien Cornwell Director of Youth and Family Services– Trudi Zayac Director of Work Experience Program– Ebony Tutora Director of Development– Elyse Papa Urban Star Thrift Store Manager– Katillia Bellman Work Experience Program Work Group Supervisors Shaday Dunbar Nicole Drye Bobbby McKnight April Miller– Pangburn Work Experience Assistant– Jim Osborne Work Experience Program Case Examiner—Nan Schiller Youth and Family Services Program Coordinator– Angela Catanzaro Afterschool Youth Staff– James DeVona Senior Youth Staff—Tyriek Jackson Binghamton Highschool Youth Staff—Kourtney Golden Binghamton Highschool Youth Staff– Shequan Piercy Summer Youth Staff– Trevor Barney Summer Youth Staff– Graham Bigsby Summer Youth Staff-Monica Luke Summer Youth Staff– Maya Pedroso Security and Building Safety—Vincent Lewis ATTAIN Technology Lab Director—Karen Wike ATTAIN Instructor—Shelley Lay ATTAIN Instructor– Rafaela Messmer Technology Instructor—Work Force NY Program—Ted Vail

  8. BROOME COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS EXECUTIVE BOARD President – Lea Webb Vice President – Tanyah Barnes Secretary – Leah Shaw Treasurer – Jadilia Daas Membership Chair – LeAnna Rice Historian – Seekia Morrison

  9. BOARD OF DIRECTORS BROOME COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE Rhonda Plunkett-Carbone, Chair Lawrence Parham, 1st Vice Chair Tracey Horsford, Secretary Robert Tornblom– Treasurer Mattie Ervin Evangelos Fontanas Alycia Harris Ruthanne Koffman Glenn Small Majeedah Razzaq Denise Yull

  10. Center For Help • A focal point for community services and referral information • Assist families and individuals with food, clothing, housing assistance, eviction and back rent, utility bill help, household goods, school supplies, prescription cards. • Lend A Hand - $2400 per month

  11. Youth and Family Services: • Family Support Services (OPWDD): services for individuals with a developmental disability and their families. Provide referral services and respite reimbursement. • Afterschool and Summer Inclusion Program: enables our children to experience basic learning opportunities within a multicultural, multiethnic, and positive social dynamic. • Summer Inclusion Program Extension of the After School Enrichment Program- both are inclusion programs. • Respite Reimbursement : Under the OPWDD program. Provides reimbursement for caregivers to provide services to disabled loved ones living in the home.

  12. Workforce Development • ATTAIN Technology Lab: Provides free computer certifications to dislocated workers, unemployed, and those receiving Public Assistance. Provide Computers. • Binghamton Opportunity Center (BOC) Prepare participants for re-entry to the workforce and provide a path to academic success through college preparedness • Life skills, work readiness, academic preparation, and computer literacy • Will work with you to overcome barriers, seek interviews, college admissions / placement / financial aid

  13. DSS/WEP: “Pencil Factory” – working with clients teaching them job skills, recycling and up cycling and management of a retail operation. Urban Star Thrift Store

  14. WJOB 93.3 • 93.3 WJOB: Youth Radio Station on the FM band. • 93.3 FM’s aim is to entertain and inform young people • 93.3 FM supports new artists – local and national celebrity interviews of current and rising stars • Allows youth involved in the station real world opportunities to work in the field of media • Allows people to interact with each other • 93.3 offers news, music , stories and events to cover areas of relevance to young adults

  15. Broome County Urban League Young Professionals • Authorized by the National Urban League Board of Trustees in 1999 • Patterned after the National Council of Urban League Guilds • Engages Young Volunteers ages 21-40 • “Best & Brightest” in their respective cities • First introduction & lasting connection to the Movement

  16. Thank you for coming to the Broome County Urban League Annual Dinner

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