20/20 in the News
Extra! Extra! Read all about it. The media loves great stories, and 20/20 Vision for School has been a great story since launching as a grassroots awareness campaign in 2008. The vision that local schools would someday educate New York City’s most vulnerable students equitably across economic, racial, and geographic lines inspires great stories everyday...
Freedom Games: Drama Club
PHOTOS The Freedom Academy Drama Club launched at Freedom Academy High School on March 5th under the leadership of Jessica and Daniel Frith, veteran actors and drama instructors. Enjoy Freedom students as they learn by doing through a series of theater games and workshop activities on March 26th. The drama club is preparing to write...
Now Publishing: Freedom Academy Press
20/20′s partnership with Freedom Academy High School in Brooklyn expanded this month to include online journalism and drama clubs which officially launched on March 5th. The journalism club resurrected the Freedom Academy Press, converting it to an online blog which debuted in time for the start of Spirit Week on March 22. Follow the goings...
OpEd: The Constitution is for everyone. Education should be too.
Our city has a crisis that goes far beyond where congregations gather on weekends. Let’s redirect the city’s energies into partnerships that advance our children. By Fernando Cabrera and Jeremy Del Rio [Originally published by A Journey through NYC Religions, 3/4/12] Our city has a crisis that goes far beyond where congregations gather on weekends....
Experience 20/20 Vision in Real-Time Online
In 20/20′s ongoing effort to open source creative school engagement strategies, we occasionally launch websites to track the ongoing progress of specific school initiatives. These websites serve as Case Studies in real-time, and upon completion provide a road-map for others to follow who might be inspired to lead similar efforts at local schools. Below are...
Celebrating Melanie, Mark, and 20/20 Vision Sundays
Today, Melanie L, a college student from Manhattan’s Lower East Side, begins tutoring students at her junior high school twice a week. She was inspired to reach out to her former student adviser following a Vision Sunday service at her home church, Abounding Grace Ministries three weeks ago. Here’s the email her father sent 20/20...
Music and Motion: Fundraiser for Grand Street Campus
UPDATE, 2/28: One of the attendees emailed this pic from the Music and Motion event on Saturday. ______________ Love, love, love the creativity of community groups supporting local schools! Williamsburg Church is hosting the Music & Motion fundraising benefit on February 25th for a nearby high school. All proceeds will go to the purchase of...
The sting of church eviction day
What happened to tolerance and diversity? By The Rev. Richard Del Rio And Jeremy Del Rio / Originally published by NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 2/12/12 Today, if Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott have their way, our church — Abounding Grace Ministries, which holds weekly services at PS 34 on Avenue D on Manhattan’s...
