Empowered Consulting

11/12/2021

Welcome back to another episode of EmpowerED Consulting’s podcast series, EmpowerED Exchanges! Our guest for this episode is Professor Reima Shakeir, Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU Stern. Given her extensive international experience with primarily higher education, we wanted to learn more about how this background has impacted her nonprofit work and how this shapes her thinking around accessibility to resources in education for minority groups.

17/11/2021

Hello EmpowerED Community! 🌟EmpowerED is having its very first social impact consulting speaker panel this Wednesday. Come hear from working professionals at Blue Beyond Consulting as they share about their experiences, background, and tips for getting involved in the field! Link to zoom in bio.

16/11/2021

29/10/2021

Welcome back to another episode of EmpowerED Consulting’s podcast series, EmpowerED Exchanges! This episode, we spoke to Dr. Woodley, Clinical Associate Professor and a Co-Director of Childhood Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at NYU. Given her experience teaching classes about anti-bias education and her numerous academic contributions, we wanted to talk to her about forming a community based on inclusivity and how to have tough conversations about social justice with younger kids.

15/10/2021

Welcome back to another episode of EmpowerED Consulting’s podcast series, EmpowerED Exchanges! This episode, we spoke to Michael Chin and Garri Rivkin of City Tutors, a Volunteer Tutoring and Mentoring Community dedicated to supporting historically underserved NYC communities gain access to the educational services they need. They speak about their experience running an educational nonprofit that operates a little differently than the rest. We had the pleasure of asking the two of them about how they came to run a mentorship community and hearing a few City Tutors success stories.

02/10/2021

Welcome back to another episode of EmpowerED Consulting’s podcast series, EmpowerED Exchanges! Our guest for this episode is Ferni Cruz, College Placement Manager for Breakthrough NY, which is an education nonprofit that works with high-potential students from low-income backgrounds and provides them with tutoring services, mental health support, financial planning services, and college counseling services. Given her experience working with primarily high school upperclassmen, we wanted to learn more about how she helps students navigate their post-grad plans.

20/09/2021

Thanks to everyone who expressed interest by sending in those applications! Please keep an eye on your emails for next steps and action items 👀

06/09/2021

EmpowerED Consulting welcomes you to our Fall 2021 Recruitment: Spark the Future. At EmpowerED, our aim is to conquer educational equity by providing consulting services to our non-profit partners. As pro bono consultants, we make a difference in the lives of students in underserved communities around the NYC area through semester-long projects - all the while building valuable connections, an aptitude for client-facing work, and technical skills with teammates who inspire each other.

Application & Resources: https://solo.to/empowered

Apps due Friday 9/17 at 11:59PM. Attend one of our two info sessions to learn more:

•9/9 Info Session 1 (In-person) - 4:45PM @ Leslie E-Lab
•9/14 Info Session 2 (Virtual) - 5PM on Zoom | Meeting ID: 990 518 82513

Let's Spark the Future together!

23/04/2021

Welcome back to another episode of EmpowerED Consulting’s new podcast series, EmpowerED Exchanges! This episode, we spoke to Deidre Franklin, the Chief Program and Equity Officer for Oliver Scholars, a nonprofit that prepares high-achieving Black and Latino students from underserved NYC communities for success at top schools and colleges. Given her experience with advocating for students in historically marginalized groups, we discuss her culturally responsive and holistic approach to student success. You can learn more about Oliver Scholars on their website at oliverscholars.org.

09/04/2021

Welcome back to another episode of EmpowerED Consulting’s new podcast series, EmpowerED Exchanges! This episode, we sat down with DJ Rouzeau, the executive director at Kids Creative, a nonprofit that emphasizes arts education in lower income communities in NYC. Given his extensive experiences working within the educational nonprofit space for years, we discussed the direct link between creativity and student success, the our thoughts on the Common Core Standards, and the challenges nonprofits faced during the bulk of the pandemic.

29/03/2021

Welcome back to another episode of EmpowerED Consulting’s new podcast series, EmpowerED Exchanges! This episode, we sat down with Dr. Peggy Morton, a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Silver. Given her experience with teaching hands-on social work classes at the undergraduate and graduate level, we discuss educational and socioeconomic factors in student success and using a holistic approach to evaluate and address these issues. For more resources regarding this topic, especially in the context of the COVID-19 Pandemic, here is a link to read a recent paper published by Dr. Morton.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13lSjx9Rlq2LssP17o4qA83cdCy67VTUI/view