This week marks AmeriCorps Week 2019, a celebration of all things AmeriCorps – from the programs and organizations that make this national service initiative possible in thousands of locations, to the members who have pledged to “Get Things Done” since the program’s inception in 1994. This year, we’re focusing on how AmeriCorps has transformed lives and […]
CONTINUE READINGGuest Blog: The Role of Civic Engagement in Establishing Community Roots Ira Shaw, Partner, Landmark Partners Landmark Partners is a global investment firm with offices in Boston, New York, Dallas, London, and our headquarters in Simsbury, Connecticut. Landmark’s Boston office opened in 2002, and in addition to establishing local business relationships, it has been important […]
CONTINUE READINGWhat Boston Partners Has Done for My Company Culture By Darrin Lang, LABUR CEO Creating a company culture that promotes volunteerism has been imperative to our growing business. As a business co-owner in Boston, I learned quickly that building these company values requires connecting with the Boston community around us. For four years now, LABUR […]
CONTINUE READINGA Summer of Excitement and Learning By Steeven Cajuste I’ve always wanted to start a non-profit organization to help give back to the communities that have helped in raising me, so I was ecstatic when I got the opportunity to work as an intern at Boston Partners in Education. However, I was anxious over what […]
CONTINUE READINGBoston Partners was joined by three incredibly bright and talented Boston Public Schools students this summer through the John Hancock MLK Scholars Program. For two months, Kledion, Sitnour, and Steeven led an outreach project to help recruit more academic mentors for the upcoming school year. As the summer program comes to an end, our Scholars […]
CONTINUE READINGMy Summer as an MLK Scholar with Boston Partners in Education By Kledion Naksi “Come to work on time, wearing business casual clothing.” This is what I was told when I was hired at Boston Partners in Education as an MLK Scholar this summer. So, on the morning of July 9th, my first day, I […]
CONTINUE READINGAn Eventful Summer Experience By Sitnour Elamin On my first day of work as an MLK Scholar, a combination of me entering a new environment, it being my first job, and not knowing my co-workers left me as a nervous wreck. But the people I’ve gotten to know over the last six weeks have made […]
CONTINUE READINGA Year Full of Encouragement, Authenticity, and Commitment to Equality By Ahna Kielar As an Americorps Ambassador of Mentoring through the Highland Street Foundation, my role was to build capacity at a youth-serving, mentoring organization this year. Apart from that, Americorps members don’t really know what their day-to-day experience at their host site will be […]
CONTINUE READINGOn Tuesday, June 19th, Boston Partners in Education was honored to recognize this year’s class of volunteer mentors and school partners at AMP!, our annual celebration of the community members who make our work a reality in Boston Public Schools (BPS) classrooms. This year’s event was hosted by our friends at TD Bank, who generously […]
CONTINUE READINGOn April 5th, members of the Roxbury community joined us for our first ever open mic night, “Mentoring Matters: We Mic It Like That.” Hosted by Roxbury Community College, the mentoring-themed event served as an open space for guests to perform poetry and song — and featured a special performance by local slam poet, Joseph […]
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