History of Civic Engagement at 91制片厂

History

The Port Richmond Partnership was first broached by community leaders in 2008, as a way to augment Wagner鈥檚 highly successful Civic Innovations Program. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the spring of 2009, officially establishing the Partnership. Based on an agreement between 91制片厂 and leading organizations and institutions in Port Richmond, the Partnership was designed to extend Wagner鈥檚 commitment to learning by doing and to rejuvenate an economically distressed community. When Port Richmond experienced a large growth in its immigrant population, the rapid influx deeply influenced the social and economic fabric of Port Richmond and created complex needs in the areas of health care, education, arts and culture, housing, and employment.

Mission

The mission of the Port Richmond Partnership is to encourage sustainable relationships among members of the Port Richmond and 91制片厂 communities to enhance student learning and raise civic awareness. The Partnership concurrently supports collaborations that address significant challenges and establish measurable impacts in five high need areas: arts, education, health, economic development, and immigration.

Vision

The Port Richmond Partnership seeks to develop collaborative programs that contribute to school improvement, economic growth, health care enhancement, and immigration reform; play a significant role in advancing research and inquiry about pressing community issues; and build mutually beneficial curricular and co-curricular placements for 91制片厂 students to broaden their experiences and strengthen a wide variety of community-based services.

The Port Richmond Partnership offers the following opportunities:

  • Curricular and co-curricular based placements for 91制片厂 faculty, students, and staff
  • Professional development activities for area students, teachers, educational personnel, and organizational leaders
  • Cooperative programs to forward arts initiatives, school improvement, economic development, immigration reform and health promotion efforts

 

Focus Areas

  • Objectives

    1. Advocate for all immigrants rights and their families
    2. Documenting the Immigrant experiences and advancing community support groups
    3. Promote leadership development within all immigrant communities

     

  • Objectives

    1. Preventive education across lifespan
    2. Promote access to healthcare

  • Objectives

    1. To increase literacy in the Port Richmond community
    2. Increase the number of students that graduate from High School
    3. Increase the number of students that attend college

  • Objectives

    1. To provide continued and sustained economic growth of Port Richmond Avenue
    2. To promote collaboration among PR business owners

  • Objectives

    1. To increase the presence of and access to the arts in the community
    2. To promote the creation of Art in and for the community

Initiatives

The Port Richmond Leadership Academy is a three year commitment with a聽 five-week summer intensive聽 program, aimed to enhance and enrich the achievement of Port Richmond High School rising juniors and seniors, and future college first year students. The Academy is a truly unique program designed to deepen participants’ academic abilities as well as develop community capacity building skills to affect positive change locally. Academy participants are immersed in two innovative, credit-bearing high school or college courses during the summer, complete a focused community advocacy project or internship, and engage in civic learning field trips throughout the summer and academic year.

The Academy was established by 91制片厂 and the New World Foundation COIN Program in the fall of 2013 and was continually supported by a generous donation made by the Dugan family. It is a truly unique program designed to deepen participants鈥 academic abilities as well as develop community capacity-building skills to affect positive, local change. The Port Richmond Leadership Academy had been designed to reflect the energy, passion, and potential of Port Richmond youth as well as the vibrant community rich with history and cultural connection.

This opportunity is in alignment with the vision and goals of the 30,000 Degrees initiative, which seeks to increase the number of baccalaureate degrees to 30,000 by the year 2025.

The Markham Leadership Academy (MLA) is an educational initiative established in the fall of 2016 by 91制片厂, Port Richmond Community High School and the Edwin Markham Intermediate School 51. The primary purpose of the Academy is to prepare participants for high school and create college awareness through enriching experiences and opportunities. In addition, the Academy strives to develop skills in the students to create positive change within the Port Richmond community.

In order to fulfill this goal, students of the Markham Leadership Academy partner with 91制片厂 and Port Richmond Partnership Leadership Academy (PRPLA) students to collaborate and build mentoring relationships . With the presence of the Seahawk Raider Center at I.S. 51, the Academy can effectively mirror the success of PRPLA at Port Richmond Community High School.

The Markham Leadership Academy is an intricate part of the expansion of the 91制片厂 educational pipeline and continued efforts for the 30,000 Degrees initiative, which seeks to increase the number of baccalaureate degrees to 30,000 by the year 2025.

The Eagles Leadership Academy (ELA) is an educational initiative established in the spring of 2018 by the Margaret P. Emery Elm Park School 21, the Edwin Markham Intermediate School 51, Port Richmond Community High School and 91制片厂. The primary purpose of the Academy is to prepare participants for middle school and create college awareness through enriching experiences and opportunities. In addition, the Academy strives to develop skills in the students to create positive change within the Port Richmond community.

In order to fulfill this goal, students of the Eagle Leadership Academy partner with 91制片厂, Port Richmond Partnership Leadership Academy (PRPLA), and the Markham Leadership Academy (MLA) students to collaborate and build mentoring relationships. The Eagle Leadership Academy is an intricate part of the expansion of the 91制片厂 educational pipeline and continued efforts for the 30,000 Degrees initiative, which seeks to increase the number of baccalaureate degrees to 30,000 by the year 2025.

is a civic engagement initiative of Staten Island鈥檚 three institutions of higher education designed to increase college readiness and baccalaureate attainment throughout the borough. Inspired by Louisville鈥檚 and their participation in the, the College of Staten Island/CUNY, St. John鈥檚 University/Staten Island Campus, and 91制片厂 adopt the university anchor model to purposefully engage Staten Island鈥檚 educational stakeholders in higher education鈥檚 public purpose.聽

Our Purpose:聽

To prepare the future professionals, business leaders, and engaged citizenry the borough needs as it rises to meet the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow – for a stronger Staten Island.

Our Goals:聽

  • To increase the number of college graduates with a bachelor鈥檚 degree or higher from Staten Island by 30,000 by the year 2025
  • To build sustainable cross-sectoral partnerships and institutional practices that endure beyond 2025, in pursuit of our purpose.

In alignment with the purpose and goals of the 30,000 Degrees initiative, 91制片厂 expanded its mission as a practical liberal arts institution to K-12 students from PS 21, IS 51, and Port Richmond High School. Each school in the K-12 pipeline works with 91制片厂 to recruit and sustain cohort models to generate college awareness and preparation, through a lens that is unique to the mission of 91制片厂, and the legacy of our 18th President, Dr. Richard Guarasci.

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