Check out this wonderful feature-length article on Bro/Sis by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the nonprofit sector’s leading publication. The Chronicle spent several months working on the article, interviewing members, funders, and staff, and we are very proud of...
For From its founding 25 years ago, Harlem-based non-profit Brotherhood/Sister Sol (“Bro/Sis”) has provided young people with educational programming, support services, and mentorship from a brownstone on 143rd Street. It has outgrown its original headquarters, and a...
For 25 years, the Harlem-based Brotherhood/Sister Sol has been providing support in various ways to young people from ages 8 to 22. “In normal times, we provide 12,000 meals a year to our young people,” founder Khary Lazarre-White said. “In normal...
With school cafeterias closed, New York City has opened 400 campuses serving about 250,000 grab-and-go meals a day to students or any other residents who need food. Read Article...
NEW YORK — As he leads a visitor on a tour of the busy Harlem intersection where the organization he co-founded has made a home for the past 25 years, Khary Lazarre-White explains with pride how Brotherhood/Sister Sol transformed a cluster of mostly vacant and rundown...
On Tuesday, March 17th, Bro/Sis began serving our young people remotely through internet-based meetings and support services. In accordance with CDC recommendations and NYC mandates that prohibit gatherings of more than 50 people, we were left with no choice but to...
El martes 17 de marzo, Bro/Sis comenzó a atender a nuestros jóvenes de forma remota a través de reuniones por Internet y servicios de apoyo. De acuerdo con las recomendaciones de los CDC y los mandatos de la Ciudad de Nueva York que prohíben las reuniones de más de 50...
NEW YORK – Brotherhood/Sister Sol has been helping young people reach their potential for 25 years. But it’s about to take a big step into the future. Co-Founders Khary Lazarre-White and Jason Warwin are in the process of transforming the organization’s Harlem...
At just 17 years old, I can’t count the number of times my friends and I have had no choice but to be one another’s support system through personal battles with our mental health. New York City’s public schools are to blame. I attend a high school with more than 400...
Launched by childhood friends Khary Lazarre-White ’95 and Jason Warwin ’95 the year they graduated, Harlem’s The Brotherhood/Sister Sol takes its cue from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The organization provides 12,000 meals a year, after-school...
Launched by childhood friends Khary Lazarre-White ’95 and Jason Warwin ’95 the year they graduated, Harlem’s The Brotherhood/Sister Sol takes its cue from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The organization provides 12,000 meals a year, after-school...
Bro/Sis alumnus & staff member Nicholas Peart pictured above on the front page of the New York Daily News on Sunday, November 24, has been a leading voice in the organizing effort to ensure fair policing. In this article, Nicholas speaks about former NYC Mayor...
On November 18th, 2019 Executive Director & Co-Founder Khary Lazarre-White appeared on CBS News to discuss Michael Bloomberg’s recent apology for his stop and frisk policy – one that resulted in over 10 million stops during his 12 years as mayor – 87%...
Renowned jazz singer Johnny Hartman, who had a lengthy recording career as a solo artist and also worked with John Coltrane and Dizzy Gillespie, has a new public space in Hamilton Heights that bears his name. Read article from Manhattan Times News...
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis) & New York City Department of Transportation’s plaza launch in Hamilton Heights on August 14, 2019, was featured on Fox 5 NY. Watch Fox 5 NY video...