The founder of The Gem Project had the honor to present at this year’s Stop Shootin’ Young Entrepreneurship Program (YEP), which took place at the United Way of Essex and West Hudson Counties. The YEP is a 6 – week summer long program geared toward youth between age 13-18, which teaches youth the principles of […]
The Gem Project Autism Quilt program partnered with MyGOAL not-for-profit organization earlier this year. MyGOAL is a not-for-profit organization that provides support groups, grants, educational seminars, and empowerment activities for families and individuals affected by or are on the autism spectrum. Dear Friends, This Saturday, a few Gem Project members will be attending the 4th Annual MyGOAL Autism Gala. It […]
On two separate days, the Gem Project was invited to speak to the Urban College & Community Leadership class by instructors, Dean Walton and Angela Vena, of Rutgers University-Newark. The TA of the course, Nikita Parmer, recommended us to speak to their undergraduate students. These students had previously learned about our work through a recent Rutgers Magazine […]
Two days ago we were preparing for one of our programs, the autism quilt, which if you examine our projects is the outlier among the list. It’s truly unique. We held a gifting ceremony with the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration to award them with our quilt. It’s a major youth issue and now adult issue, […]