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SISTERS ON THE RISE
Mothers on the Move
718-991-6003
PO Box 740581
Bronx, New York 10474
Yomara Velez Coordinator
718-991-6003
http://www.sistasontherise.org
Size: $30,000
2004
Youth Development Grants
Sistas on the Rise (SOR) was founded in 2002 to work with young mothers of color in the South Bronx and to build their capacity to move forward together as mothers, leaders and organizers in their community. In 2003, Sistas on the Rise launched an organizing campaign to prevent the closing of the Martha Nielsen School, a Department of Education alternative school for pregnant and parenting teens. In 2003 SOR launched an organizing campaign to prevent the closing of the school due to poor attendance, and to ensure that young mothers attending the school receive an adequate high school education. SOR was successful in keeping the school open for one more year and won policy changes and curricular improvements such as development of a maternity leave policy so that students leaving to give birth were not counted as 'absent', the hiring of a Math and English teacher, creation of a Gym class to meet graduation requirements, creation of a computer lab, as well as after-school and Saturday classes. SOR received a $30,000 grant to continue its work focused on keeping the Martha Nielsen School open permanently and to turn it into a high school diploma granting institution.
SLAVIC VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT (SVD)
216-429-1182
5620 Broadway Avenue
5620 Broadway Avenue, Ohio 44127
Anthony Brancatelli Executive Director
216-429-1182
http://www.slavicvillage.org
Size: $25,000
2002
Youth Development Grants
Young people under 18 make up over 35% of the 31,000 Slavic Village/Broadway residents, yet they have few formal opportunities to voice their concerns or act on community issues. In March 2001, SVD launched Teen Neighborhood Leaders (TNL) to provide a space for youth involvement in community decision-making. Fifteen young people waged a campaign that led to improvements of the largest and most neglected neighborhood park. TNL also joined a national campaign to bring about a national youth service scholarship act, and gained co-sponsorship from the local congressional representative, a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee. SVD received a $25,000 grant to engage 65 young people (ages 11-18) in efforts to build on the campaigns and ensure that young people gain decision-making roles in local affairs.
Slavic Village Development (SVD)
216-429-1182
5620 Broadway Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44127
Anthony Brancatelli Executive Director
KaraL@slavicvillage.org
216-429-1182
http://www.slavicvillage.org
Size: $30,000 2/yr
2003
Youth Development Grants
In 2003, youth from Slavic Village's Teen Neighborhood Leaders Program (TNL) - a youth-led, intergenerational community organizing program -- successfully led a campaign to secure $300,000 to renovate a major local park. TNL youth helped to design and oversee the development of the new park. Building on this success, TNL recently began organizing to insure that youth play a central role in the design and construction of new K-8 schools that the Cleveland Municipal School District is building in the Slavic Village/Broadway community. SVD received a two-year $30,000 renewal grant to enable TNL to conduct a youth mapping program, complete a walk-ability and bike-ability studies of the community, as well as to continue its organizing and advocacy campaign around the construction of new schools.
