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Models.com on Community of Unity Bowling Competition Fundraiser
“Trends come and go: in a few months’ time, spring’s obsession with punk will give way to fall’s latest fad. Yet, if there’s one thing that will never go out of style, it’s a good cause. Earlier this month, Community of Unity, a NYC-based organization that fosters mentoring programs among local students and schools, held its annual spring fundraiser.”
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Summer Camp Dreams Become Reality for Underserved Kids
“For a lot of our kids, the summer is a bit of a wasteland,” Komoroff told TakePart. “Some are able to get jobs, but most aren’t. More often than not, whatever gains they’re able to make during the year—whether it’s academic gains or behavior and attitude gains—seem to disappear.
Somebody Cared: Why Juan Nizama Chose Pre-Med Over Street Cred
When Hunter College’s spring semester begins on January 28, transfer student Juan Nizama will blend in perfectly with his pre-med peers.
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Community of Unity: NYC’s Youth Empowerment Station
In 1988, Eric Komoroff found the inspiration for his life’s work where he least expected it: on a sidewalk in New York City…
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Why We Can’t Afford to Cut After School Programs
Community of Unity (CofU) is a stand-out New York City nonprofit whose mission is to help young people discover their unique purpose and potential…
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Yesterday’s Films, Today’s Issues: Truffaut’s Small Change
Small Change does a great job of showing how creative learning environments (like Community of Unity, for example) get children pumped to learn more and interested in devoting time to their studies…
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Empowering One Student at a Time: Community of Unity
There are some non-profit education-based organizations whose mission and programs are so uniquely effective that they become stand-out…
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MTV’s Sway to Emcee COMMUNITY OF UNITY Fundraiser for your Youth Program
Since Community of Unity (CofU) was founded in 2001 by youth development specialist Eric Komoroff, over 30,000 youth from around the world have been touched by their programs…
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The Internet: Uniting Readers and Writers
On BlogTalkRadio last week, I mentioned John as someone who writes about smart kids (okay, I called them “nerds,” having been one myself, but as Youth Empowered talk show host Eric Komoroff pointed out