By Jennifer Cohn, AmeriCorps Youth Programs Development Assistant Hurricane Sandy could delay but not derail the Eid celebration at Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA). AAFSC is the lead community partner to KGIA, a public high school…
By Natalie O’Brien, AAFSC VOTES 2012 Campaign Assistant 450 donut munchkins 185 voter registrations 87 tweets 4 representatives 2 civics workshops 1 ‘AAFSC VOTES 2012’ campaign As I reflect of the whirlwind of stars, stripes…
By Jake Keyel, Youth Program Manager Our students have returned to school and the Youth Program at AAFSC has returned to a normal schedule after Hurricane Sandy. All of our programs were shut down for…
By Jake Keyel, Youth Program Manager The youth program is in full swing at AAFSC. Both our elementary and middle school students are back in the routine of daily homework sessions and weekend activities…
By Claudia Wald, Women’s Economic Empowerment Development Assistant October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The Arab American Family Support Center (AAFSC) joined The New York State’s Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence’s (OPDV)…
By: Natalie O’Brien, AAFSC Votes 2012 Campaign Assistant As part of our ‘Meet Your Representatives’ series over the past two weeks, our Court St offices have played host to an illustrious list of local Council…
By: Claudia Wald, Women’s Economic Empowerment Development Assistant, AmeriCorps VISTA In Times Square, on October 2nd, 2012 New York City commemorated Domestic Violence Awareness Month impressively though with humanity. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer spoke…
By: Jennifer Cohn, Youth Programs Development Assistant, AmeriCorps VISTA In commemoration of the 11th anniversary of September 11th, AmeriCorps members were invited to participate in various 9/11 Day of Service projects (www.911day.org) throughout New York…
By: Jake Keyel, Youth Program Manager The youth program at AAFSC began a new school year on September 10th. During our first week, we saw 30 students per day for after school homework help. We…
By: Natalie O’Brien, AAFSC VOTES 2012 Campaign Assistant The AAFSC VOTES 2012 campaign is in full swing! We are working hard to register voters out on the street and at our official registration desk, located…
