youth empowerment
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Celebrating Achievements and Community Spirit: Reflections from the Roosevelt High School Seniors Awards Ceremony
Arts Contests, Be Inspired, Events, Favorite Links, Humanity, non-profits, Parenting, Recent Events, Students-in-the News, Youth EmpowermentArts, College Scholarships, community ICommunity Involvement, Compassion, Creative Empowerment, Creative Empowerment Arts Contest, Creatively Empowering 21st Century Youth, Culture, Dr Deborag Wortham, empowering youth, High School Student, Long Island, long Island nonprofits, Long Island Youth Nonprofit, Madona Cole-Lacy, Parenting, personal development, Roosevelt High School, Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Youth Development, youth empowermentThe Roosevelt High School awards ceremony on June 5th was a celebration of student achievements and community spirit. Dr. Wortham and her team’s leadership was evident, as students displayed humility and grace. The event taught lessons in leadership, teamwork, diversity, and honoring elders. Shania Dawson’s winning entry on compassion left a lasting impact.
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A Parent Empowered Enough to Tell It! After going on a journey with some of our presenters we broke out into several workshops. There was something for everyone. The one I attended was the one for parents on Parent Child Relationship facilitated by Dr. Ann C. Eckardt Erlander, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Molloy College. She…
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A Parent Empowered Enough to Tell It!
21st Century youth, college preparation, college students, College-Bound, Community, elementary school, high school, junior high school, nonprofit, parents, personal development, personal growth, relationship with children, relationship with parents, Scholarship, Self Empowering Workshop, Volunteers, Your Time For Creative Empowerment, youth empowerment
I am actually quite excited at the prospect of sharing the opinions and account of this year’s workshop in the words of participants who have been inspired and empowered enough to tell their Your Time For Creative Empowerment story. We are indebted to our parents, community leaders and students, our donors and supporters, and our…
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Pierrelande’s Creative Expression of the theme: “Our Hopes, Our Dreams, Our Fears, Our Solutions!” is in the form of a poem entitled “I am Who I am.”
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It was an honor to present to Ashley Burbano (Winner) and Urooba Abid (Runner Up), of Farmingdale High School, the 2016/17 Creative Empowerment Arts Contest college scholarship award on Monday, June 8, 2017 for their Creative Expressions of the theme: “Our Hopes, Our Dreams, Our Fears, Our Solutions!”
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Your Time For…Social Gathering 101
college students, commitment, Community, determination, donors, empowerment, endurance, families, fundraising, high school students, Island Buffet, joy, leadership, Long Island, Madona Cole-Lacy, Networking, non-profit, parents, peer to peer, personal development, personal growth, pride, self-empowerment, self-worth, service, Volunteers, Your Time For Creative Empowerment, youth, youth empowerment, Youth Programs“We need love to bring harmony, we need courage to go on a journey.” -Joshua Garard-
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Program inspires LI kids to use the arts to deal with life’s challenges | Verizon FiOS1 News – Long Island
college readiness, college students, college survival tips, College-Bound, Community, Elizabeth Keatinge, empowerment, high school students, Long Island, Madona Cole-Lacy, Molloy College, Mr. James A. Lacy, News, parents, personal development, Rockville Centre, Your Time For Creative Empowerment, youth empowermentClick on link below for News Coverage Program inspires LI kids to use the arts to deal with life’s challenges | Verizon FiOS1 News – Long Island Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc. Self-Empowering Workshop and Community Networking Soiree 2016 Slide Show * See More Empowering Moments Captured by Cameras of Caring Attendees and Volunteers. We…
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An Exciting Time of the Year: A Time to Congratulate, Celebrate, and Reward Seniors!
arts contest, College Scholarship, Farmingdale High School, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Madona Cole-Lacy, Mr. James A. Lacy, Nassau County Legislator, Suffolk County Presiding Officer, DuWayne Greogry, college readiness, youth empowerment, Dr. Samantha Diaz-Lacy, Deon Brown-Harrison, Madona Cole-Lacy, Your time for creativ, Scholarship Winners, Your Time For Creative Empowerment, youth empowermentAt this exciting time of the year, when high school seniors are reaping the reward of their hard work, I am honored to be granted the opportunity to be in the midst of some of this excitement! Thanks to students who have responded to Your Time For Creative Empowerment’s call for the annual Creative Empowerment Arts Contest! I also thank and…
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Empowering Long Island’s Youth – A Collaborative Endeavor
Art League of Long Island, arts contest, career mentoring, Centereach High School, college preparedness, college readiness, college students, college survival tips, College-Bound, Commissioner Madeline Quintyne, Community, community Networking, Community Networking Soiree, Creative Empowerment Arts Contest, Creatively Empowering 21st Century Youth, Cynthia Costanzo Metzger, Dr. Deborah Wortham, empowerment, James A. Lacy, Madeline Quintyne, Madona Cole-Lacy, Molloy College, Town of Hempstead, youth empowermentPlease read the quotes below which capture the essence of some of what I hoped to accomplish with the founding of Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc. Download PDF of flyer –Your Time For Creative Empowerment Upcoming Events 2015 I recognize we are only in the infancy stage of fulfilling the organization’s mission – a stage we could not have…
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Your Time To …Embrace Long Island’s High School Students
arts contest, Babylon Senior High School, Centereach High School, councilwoman Jackie Gordon, Cynthia Costanzo Metzger, Detective Sharon Gordon, Devon Harris, Dr. Deborah Wortham, empowerment, Farmingdale High School, gala, George Siberon, Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association, Inc., Islip Senior High School, Keep on Pushing Foundation, leadership, Leadership Training Institute, legislator Carrie Solages, Long Island, Long Island Arts Alliance, Madona Cole-Lacy, Mel Jackson, Molloy College, Roosevelt Senior High School, Roosevelt Union Free School District, Seaford High School, syosset High School, Theresa Statz-Smith, Waldo Cabrera, Your Time For Creative Empowerment, youth empowermentYou are invited …. We are excited! Come see and hear Long Island’s youth present their uncensored expressions on drugs, sex, alcohol, technology and life as they know it today at the Creatively Embracing 21st Century Youth Scholarship and Fundraising Gala at 6:00 PM – 10:30 PM on Thursday, November 20, 2014 Your Time To…Embrace Long Island’s Creative, Socially…
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2014 Gala Kick Off Acknowledgements
councilwoman Jackie Gordon, Creatively Empowering 21st Century Youth, Cynthia Metzger, Devon Harris, Dr. Deborah Wortham, Fios1 Push Pause, George Siberon, Inc., legislator Carrie Solages, Long Island Fundraisers, long Island nonprofits, Madona Cole-Lacy, Mr. James A. Lacy, Mr. John-Paul DiMartino, Noodles and Company, Original Jamaican Bobsled Team Member, Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Your Time For Creative Empowerment 2014 Gala, youth empowermentThe backdrop of the most awesome digital expressions entitled Pattern and Rhythm Through the Lens on the wall of the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery of the elegant Art League of Long Island, was just what was needed to enhance the atmosphere on Thursday evening. Our sincere thanks to the Art League for their role in providing an ambience…
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Crucial Connections
Arts Contests, Be Inspired, Favorite Links, Parenting, Posts We Like, Recent Events, Students-in-the Newscollege readiness, college students, college survival tips, College-Bound, Commissioner Madeline Quintyne, community Networking, Community Networking Soiree, Creative Empowerment, Dr. Roxanne Lacy, Dr. Samantha Diaz-Lacy, empowerment, Eye Supply of Wantagh, high school students, Las Bahias Restaurant of N. Bellmore, legislator Carrie Solages, Long Island, Madona Cole-Lacy, Mr. Hugh Lacy, Mr. James A. Lacy, Mr. Jason Zove, Ms. Deon Brown-Harrison, Ms. Geraldine Gooding, Nassau County, Networking, personal development, Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory, self-empowerment, Spice Negril of Baldwin, Suffolk County Presiding Officer, youth empowerment, Youth ProgramsYour Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc. on Saturday, August 2, 2014, hosted a group of approximately 70 people comprised of college and high school students; community members from academia, the business and professional sector and; public officials, Suffolk County Legislator, DuWayne Gregory and Nassau County Legislator, Carrie Solages for a Community Networking Soiree. This event, which was…
