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Dear Fair Chance Community,
This year marks our 10-year anniversary, an important milestone and major accomplishment for Fair Chance. In 2002, the idea was born to create Fair Chance and develop affordable and accessible capacity building services for youth-serving nonprofits, East of the River. Amanda Marshall, our founder, went out into the community to build our first partnerships and find visionary leaders and programs working to make a difference in their neighborhood...(read Maria's letter here)
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  2011 Fair Chance Graduating Partners |
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2012 Graduation Ceremony
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."
-Maya Angelou
Fair Chance will celebrate the successful completion of our intensive first-year partnerships with eight DC nonprofit organizations. Throughout their partner year, Fair Chance supported these inspiring executive directors and board members to build stronger programs, revenue streams, and their organization itself. This event will mark each graduate's entry into Fair Chance's alumni network.
On March 14th, Fair Chance staff and graduates will commemorate this milestone along with community leaders, funders, supporters of our graduating organizations, and fellow Fair Chance alumni. The evening also allows us to celebrate our 2012 Community Champion, Melissa Hooks, Director, Justice Grants Administration in the Executive Office of the Mayor.
(Fair Chance will highlight all of our graduates in the weeks leading up to graduation on Facebook and Twitter)
Our graduating partners are:
ACCESS Youth Inc.
City Gate, Inc.
Homeless Children's Playtime Project
Literacy Lab
Mentors of Minorities in Education, Inc.( M.O.M.I.E.)
Project Create
Serenity, Inc.
Uplift, Inc.
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Exciting Partner News
Free Minds Book Club
Free Minds member and Reentry Coach, Michael Kemp was honored with The Activist Award from the Washington Peace Center in recognition of his work with members returning home to the community. Congrats Michael!
Michael Kemp receiving his Activist Award
M.O.M.I.E.S. TLC
The 2012 Children's Gallery of Black History will be held February 13-17th and 20-24th, 10:30am-5:00pm.This year's theme will be "Women of the World Trailblazing Social Change." To learn more about this event. Click here.
Technology Playground
Ahmad Fielder, a junior at Perry Street Prep PCS and Technology Playground participant was named a finalist in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship's (NFTE) Winter Challenge. He will represent DC in the NFTE's National Youth Entrepreneurship Competition Gala in May 2012. Congrats Ahmed! Good Luck!
Uplift, Inc.
Uplift, Inc. forged an amazing new partnership with the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) around STEM education, particularly in robotics in computer programming.
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What's Happening at Fair Chance
Welcome to the Team!
Fair Chance is pleased to welcome Ellen Lazar as the newest member to our board of directors. Ellen currently serves as Senior Advisor in the Office of the Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. She has vast experience in the nonprofit and government sector. Ellen was a partner at Venture Philanthropy Partners, a philanthropic organization that invests in nonprofit institutions serving children and youth in the DC region and a Senior Vice President at the Fannie Mae Foundation. She has a long history of working on affordable housing and community development as Executive Director of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, the US Treasury Department, and several other institutions. She brings extensive experience serving in leadership roles on national and local boards. Ellen is a wonderful addition to our board as we plan our future and growth.
Fair Chance is Hiring!
Part-time Capacity Building Specialist
Full-time Special Assistant
Interns: one (1) part-time and two (2) full-time
To learn more or apply click here.
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Join us for the Second Annual Fair Chance 5k on Sunday, April 15th. (Click the link below to register)
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Fair Chance thanks you for your time and services:
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Laura Bennett
Departing Chair, Fair Chance Board of Directors
(for your dedication and leadership to our organization)
Sharon Amorosi
Co-Chair, Outreach Committee, Fair Chance 5k
Robert King
Chair, Fair Chance
Brooke Marshall
Chair, Fair Chance 5k
Jeannan Peterson
Bank of America
Bo Razak
Strategy Consultant
Penny Rigler
Red Hen Design
Kim Shiff
Co-Chair, Outreach Committee, Fair Chance 5k
David Winter & Nathan Hicks
Hogan Lovells
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