NextGen Grantmakers select three Newark-based nonprofits for inaugural funding round: Victoria Foundation’s NextGen Grantmakers announced the organizations to receive grants in their inaugural funding cycle. The $50,000 in grants is going to three Newark-based nonprofits focusing on youth self-determination. The NextGen Grantmakers Fund is led by a cohort of nine Newark youth, who developed the vision and […]
Newark, NJ – Today Victoria Foundation announced the inaugural cohort of Newark youth in its NextGen Grantmakers initiative. The project, a partnership with The Gem Project, is a part of the foundation’s new mission to strengthen community power, foster economic justice, and promote youth self-determination, in order to build community power for generations to come. […]
BLK Foundation selects Gem Project as 2021 Covid-19 Reopening Grantee ” We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.” -Sonia Johnson As some of us know non-profit organizations play a huge role when it comes to building […]
The Gem Project receives donations from Mentor Newark at The 9th Annual Charity Golf Outing As a proud organizational partner of Mentor Newark, The Gem Project is thrilled to be presented with a generous donation to go towards their organization and work. Mentor Newark, a non-profit organization dedicated to amplifying and accelerating the voices and […]
NJYD (New Jersey Young Democrats’) host webinar ” How to safely navigate in-person return to school” featuring the Gem Project The NJYD (New Jersey Young Democrats) hosts a webinar entitled ” How to safely navigate in-person return to school.” Featured in this webinar is none other than The Gem Project. Representatives from The Gem Project […]
Gem Project celebrates becoming a grantee of the Advocates Alliance of Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central, and Southern New Jersey Planned Parenthood, (Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc.), a non-profit organization providing reproductive healthcare, sex education, and information to the U.S. and globally presents their Advocates Alliance 2021 grants to grantees including The Gem Project. […]
A different approach to combating learning loss Coming live virtually from NJ Spotlight News, Joanna Gagis, Producer and Correspondent at NJTV News covers the Gem Project and its work from this past summer ” In Newark, a different approach to combating learning loss.” She speaks with fellows like Theodora Hoegah , a high school senior […]
Celebrating our CEO and Founder Amanda Ebokosia: Russ Berrie 2021 Making a difference Honoree ” Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis Our CEO and founder Amanda Ebokosia has recently been awarded the Russ Berrie ” 2021 Making a difference Honoree Award.” Amanda reflects this quote in such a special […]
Time to educate the education system: Education Fellows speak up and speak out “Some of the teachers do not represent the demographics they are expected to teach and that students have to see themselves in their teachers.” Education Group A. fellow Bella Melendez mentions this as she and other Education fellows explore the inequalities when […]
Putting the youth in ” Youth Action Day” As we continue to observe major social and political issues take front center, we will need more young people to play a role in changing the world that we see and know. Mahatma Gandhi once said, ” It’s the action, not the fruit of action, that’s important. […]