A message to our friends and supporters: We recently found out yesterday that our founder, Amanda A. Ebokosia, was chosen by Ebonie Johnson Cooper, founder of http://friendsofebonie.com, to feature a guest post as part of her Women’s History Month highlight. It is truly an honor that Friends of Ebonie gave us the platform to talk about […]
The Gem Project Mini “Write” Summit: We highlighted and raised funds for 4 organizations: The Gem Project, Inc., She’s The First, FP Youth Outcry Foundation, and The Miss Newark Pageant. It was a great event that garnered the interest of many aspiring writers and social media mavens! Yes, everyone was tweeting with our event hashtag, […]
The Gem Project Mini Writers and Media Summit Benefit Overview: (Panel Info Web Link) On March 1, 2012, The Gem Project will host their mini writers and media summit, as part of their networking benefit series. The series expects to garner young professionals who wish to network with those who are interested in but […]
About: The Gem Project started their public speaking speech development workshops & debate competitions, through their interactive 3 step literacy programs this month! Visit the ‘Event Review’ category to see what it was like at different sites throughout Newark, New Jersey. For now, see what other educators/librarians, volunteers, and parents had to say about […]
It’s another week friends, supporters, and family. Another week to change our world.- The Gem Project Features: Last week we were fortunate to have our efforts documented through the White House blog and HelloGiggles. Our founder, Amanda A. Ebokosia, was first interviewed byJulia Gazdag who forward the notes to Alessandra Rizzotti, former child model […]
We submitted our Gem Project Define Real Beauty campaign into a few upcoming conferences. May 12, 2012 at The New Jersey Institute of Technology, the NABFE are holding their first annual conference for young girls. We wish to pair our campaign with a comprehensive program about self-esteem. The campaign displays will be […]
Hi Friend, Good morning, can you spot me above? On behalf of the Gem Project, I visited the International Youth Council, an alumni organization of the Youth Assembly at the United Nations, last week. It was truly refreshing to see youth contributing at this fund-raiser, in hopes to change our world. It was an honor to […]
Happy Holidays and New Year! -Where do we go from here? Hello! WOW, we will soon say our farewells to 2011– as we celebrate with our friends and family. It has been a prolific year because of you! Every time we held a program, one of our members were always able to spot some familiar faces. We […]
Greetings, Amanda A. Ebokosia Founder, CEO The Gem Project, Inc. *** Tell friends to Text: THEGEMPROJECT to 22828, to be added on mailing list! Last night, I was learning about drug design and dose-response relationships in my class at UMDNJ. I reflected on the wealth of opportunities that are available for our youth today. Becoming […]
The Gem Project Staff Members Write: The Gem Project Volunteer with many people at FP Youthoutcry Community Thanksgiving Event Last week, we celebrated all that we were thankful for this past year. We sent letters about events that our community friends were holding, to celebrate the true meaning of giving back and being […]