Upcoming Events

Bronx Impact Food Access Collective
December 8 at 12:30pm
This group of community advocates is working to realize a collective vision of food justice for all Bronx residents by identifying policy and programmatic strategies to address the structural inequities which repress equitable access to food and nutrition. The group meets bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 12:30pm.

Parent Workshop: Talking to Your Young Children About Stress (English only)
December 8 at 6:00pm
Join us as we discuss how to start conversations with young children about stress through a healing-centered approach. We will be welcoming guest speaker May Erouart from the Children’s Health Fund. Don’t have Zoom? You can still join us on Facebook Live by going to SBRT’s Facebook page

Cómo Hablarle A Niños Pequeños Sobre el Estrés
9 de diciembre a las 6:00pm
Únase a nosotros para discutir cómo iniciar conversaciones con niños pequeños sobre el estrés a través de un enfoque centrado en la curación emocional. Daremos la bienvenida a la oradora invitada Angie Vega del 'Children's Health Fund.' Esta conversación será dada solamente en español. ¿No tienes Zoom? ¡Todavía puede unirse a nosotros en vivo yendo a nuestra página de Facebook!

Family Child Care Collective Response Convening
December 14 at 1:00pm
Join family child care providers and advocates as they strive to streamline resources and communication across NYC to support the workforce that provides early education to our youngest children!

Parent Workshop: Every Child a Super Reader
December 16 at 6:00pm
Join us for a conversation about how you can raise lifelong super readers from the very earliest ages, and how you can keep the energy high for your older children as readers and learners. Don’t have Zoom? You can still join us on Facebook Live by going to SBRT’s Facebook page. Spanish translation will be provided.

Partner Corner

New York Public Library
NYPL has been offering a variety of remote learning resources for students, educators, and parents including free online tutoring with Brainfuse and college and career-readiness counseling. For a list of their resources, click here.

Raising Readers
Raising Readers is a book club program for adults aimed at promoting reading in homes and the community. Contact Edwin Scott or Jasmine Morera to enroll.

NYC Comptroller’s Office
The Comptroller’s Office and A Better Balance are surveying New Yorkers about flexibility in their workplaces. This survey will allow the City to understand how New Yorkers’ relationships to work and family are changing. COVID-19 has upended the experience of work, and they are also tracking the outcomes of new protections codified in City and State law. The survey data will help identify policy recommendations and gain a fuller picture of the New York City workforce.
Complete the survey by clicking here.

Bronx Digital Equity

Since March, many NYC public school students have been missing the two essential items needed to access the quality education guaranteed to them: reliable internet access and an age-appropriate device. As we enter into the tenth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, students still lack these crucial components. We are calling on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza to do the following:

  • Provide appropriate digital devices to ALL students immediately

  • Hold internet service providers accountable

  • Improve communication to families around distribution of devices and other technology support

  • Increase resources for technology assistance for students and families

  • Establish digital security and privacy

  • Address educational neglect cases involving technology issues

  • Ensure quality of remote learning

We encourage organizations and individuals alike to sign the Bronx Digital Equity letter.

Meet the team

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be re-introducing our team to you and sharing a bit about ourselves. This week we’re highlighting our Director, Christina Samuels, who started working with SBRT this past June!

Christina is dedicated to building equitable systems that allow low-income communities and communities of color to thrive. Before joining the SBRT team she worked in a range of for- and non-profit sectors and fields, most recently as the Policy & Impact Manager at HERE to HERE and the Education Policy Manager at the New York Immigration Coalition. Christina has a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology & International Development from The George Washington University.