Strengthening Communities Initiative

Great article on Strengthening Communities Initiative grant recipient CodeCrew and its executive director Meka Egwuekwe.

Egwuekwe: ‘Expand Your Networks’ As a kid growing up in Memphis, Meka Egwuekwe remembers his first computer clearly: It was from Texas Instruments, the kind Bill Cosby was selling on TV. He played games for six months, then, bored, he pulled out the instruction book and began learning to program in a language called BASIC. 

Look what's growing at United Housing, Inc. - a NeighborScape demonstration garden, part of the Strengthening Communities project.

Strengthening Communities recipient United Housing, Inc. made the news again!

Black real estate brokers drive home-ownership campaign Tamika Walker was paying $800 a month to rent a Northaven house, and grew tired of it.

We appreciate Juanita White of Binghampton Development Corporation and Betty DuPont of Hope House for speaking to our Intro to Nonprofits class about their small grant and how it has impacted their organization.