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Need some good news? Take a min to listen to our partner Sil Ganzo with ourBRIDGE for KIDS talk about her experience in amazing program supported by Bank of America | Charlotte Latina Entrepreneurs Complete Cornell University Certificate Program wfae.org/race-equity/20…

Fall update from ourBRIDGE for KIDS, including a second site! Read more: conta.cc/3vkXTeq

We’re grateful for our program facilitators who made our 2021 programming possible! Our facilitators are experienced educators who led out of school time STEAMLab and robotics clubs in 19 and 5 partner schools in 2021, respectively. That’s a year over year growth of 10 schools!

Not one, but TWO Immersive Van Gogh inspired picnic tables (painted by local artists) to our friends at ourBRIDGE for KIDS! #vangoghclt

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Spotted: TLLF's Jennifer DeWitt @ the UNC Charlotte Levine Scholars banquet on Saturday. She's pictured here w/ scholar Will Britt & his family. During his time in the scholars program, Will worked w/ TLLF grantee ourBRIDGE for KIDS where he continues to enjoy volunteering.

Great #WorldRefugeeDay event by ourBRIDGE for KIDS, Refugee Support Services, and Aldersgate! @CMS_ELServices

We had a great time at World Refugee Day yesterday celebrating RSS and ourBRIDGE for KIDS and honoring Charlotte's Refugee community. Drum circles always being people together.

The Central Flea Market vendors look forward to sitting down with Tariq Scott Bokhari for a #transparent process as equal partners. CFM hopes to soon learn the details that will lead to a long term solution. #ncpol #ncpolicy #charlottenc #cltnc #smallbusiness #equity #getbacktowork

Salma Villarreal: "Afterschool can take any approach to learning. A big part of our work is making sure that learning is experiential, safe, and enjoyable again!" #21stCCLC ourBRIDGE for KIDS

To address the teacher shortage issue, we must address the teacher respect issue in our country. We must stop normalizing providing teachers with inadequate resources to be successful.

275,000 beautiful people showed up and showed out at today’s 2022 Charlotte Pride Festival! 🎉 You all beat our 2019 record of 200,000! A HUGE thank you for making this weekend amazing. We couldn’t have done it without YOU! ❤️ #CLTPride

ourBRIDGE for KIDS Sil Ganzo asked candidates about immigration reform- Alma Adams we need a path to citizenship. There is so much we can gain from each other.

ourBRIDGE for KIDS Jeff Jackson there is a hidden consensus- we have bad policy that impacts real people. I’m hopeful after this election we can just do the obvious stuff.

Now, for every child in an afterschool program, there are four more who are waiting for an available program. If you think every kid deserves access, join us TOMORROW for #LightsOnAfterschool 💡

Zoooooming in this pic because 💕@gthorn0126💕 has been the heartbeat of #NeighborhoodBuilders for Bank of America eternity. An honor & joy to chat with our awardee CEOs waaaaaay off the record about strategies to maximize their boards’ #leadership. 🙌

It’s on! We’re celebrating the 23rd annual #LightsOnAfterschool with over 1 million afterschool champions to showcase all the ways afterschool programs support our communities – now and in the future! Afterschool Alliance ourBRIDGE for KIDS

Our ML students at Ardrey Kell High are donating the items to our HOPE Boutique. I am so proud of them and their ML Teacher. Our student at IC was smiling so big that it melted my ❤️!

Please see the message from our Founder & Executive Director regarding the end of Title 42, a policy allowing the U.S. government to expel asylum seekers and migrants during public health emergencies: #Title42EndsThursday #Title42