The People's Money (2023-2024)
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Therapeutic Learning Centers
- In which borough should your idea take place?
- Bronx
- Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?
- Neighborhoods in the Bronx with the highest concentration of migrant children like Williamsbridge
- Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.
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YouthParentsJustice impacted individualsLimited English proficient individualsLow income individualsBlack, Indigenous, and POCOlder adultsPublic housing residents
- Describe the challenge you want to address:
- The children arriving in New York City as part of what's called the migrant crisis need resources urgently, particularly programs to help them with their English proficiency. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has created learning disparities as well as a host of other problems such as difficulties socializing and communicating.
- Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:
- Therapeutic learning centers could be centered on CUNY campuses, community centers, and/or schools in the Bronx to help communities, both native and non-native populations alike, attain holistic English language proficiency such as the following: critical thinking, writing, verbalizing and communicating, etc. The learning workshops are intended as a therapy that addresses social stigmas. Additionally, the workshops would be centered around a meal to encourage socializing and community-building.
- Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:
- 10466, 10467, 10469
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