Our growing youth-run farmers’ market is managed by the young people in our Environmental Program. It runs every Wednesday until the end of November, providing over 5,000 pounds of fresh food to over 2,000 community residents in an area deemed a food desert due...
Please support the Jamari Malachi Johns Fundraiser for The Brotherhood Sister Sol Rites of Passage and College, Career, and Wellness programs. Jamari, a nineteen-year-old with innocent optimism, was brutally murdered in a senseless act of gun violence on August 13,...
Youth Development and Social Justice Organization Celebrates Impactful Programming Alongside Harlem Fashion Icon The Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis), a renowned youth development and social justice organization based in Harlem, held its...
Harlem-based youth development and social justice organization The Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis) honored legendary fashion designer Dapper Dan at its signature Voices gala Thursday night, where the organization raised $1.5 million. Returning for its 18th year,...
For more than 25 years, The Brotherhood Sister Sol (“BroSis”) has focused on doing the work that has been changing the lives of Black and Latinx youth since 1995. On Wednesday, March 29th, 2023, BroSis began their partnership with The Metropolitan Opera to host a...
Dozens of Harlem students at Brotherhood Sister Sol sat in awe Wednesday of some of the most accomplished musicians and athletes in the world. Ryan Speedo Green, the lead in the opera ‘Champion,’ brought his performance, set to debut at the Met, right to the heart of...
For a country that projects itself as the richest in the world, hunger remains hidden by design. By Beverly Gologorsky My long-dead father used to say, “Every human being deserves to taste a piece of cake.” Though at the time his words meant little to me, as I...
Check out this CBS New York feature on the youth of BroSis who are organizing to increase mental health support and access for all young people. Watch below or on CBS NY’s website → At The Brotherhood Sister Sol nonprofit, young leaders learn to develop their voices....
Check out our mention in Seventeen by BroSis alum Joy Sunday. Joy reflects on her life and how she landed a role in the new Netflix series Wednesday as Bianca Barclay and mentions the first international trip she took outside of the U.S. and her home in Nigeria, which...
Since our founding, BroSis has harnessed political education and creative expression as a tool to challenge inequity and champion justice across various issues. BroSis is where young people claim the power of their history, identity, and community. Together with our...
On Friday, December 16, 2022, NBA.com published an article on our work. “BroSis has steadily grown over the years into a comprehensive nonprofit social justice organization that works at the intersection of educating young people, organizing for justice...
A courtyard and garden is a gathering spot. Credit: Ike Edeani for The New York Times Since June, we’ve been honored to engage our youth members and the community in our new state-of-the-art 22,000-square-foot facility designed for social change and a beacon of...
Artwork by BroSis youth member Ava For nearly 30 years, The Brotherhood Sister Sol has been at the forefront of social justice, educating, organizing, and training to challenge inequity and create opportunity for all. At the heart of this work is the belief that...
In The City: Dapper Dan & A$AP Ferg Support Harlem Youth with Gap for Giving Tuesday The event included a surprise appearance by rapper A$AP Ferg, who donated his first Platinum plaques from his hit-song ‘Plain Jane’ to BroSis This week in Harlem, Dap and Gap...
“Imagine what the world would look like if every student knew they had a voice and they used that same voice to go out and make the world as best as it could be. This is what [BroSis] does for my community. Our community.” – Brandyle, BroSis Youth...
To celebrate the drop of his new limited-edition hoodies on November 29th, and give back to his community on #GivingTuesday, Dapper Dan will kick off the Gap House Sessions series with BroSis. We are excited to launch the partnership with an intimate conversation...
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO’S SPEECH at Voices ELIZABETH ACEVEDO is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Poet X, which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Carnegie medal, the Boston...
Check out this new feature from These Urban Times highlighting our basketball court grand opening with Kevin Durant. Read the article here or below → Share on Twitter → Share on Facebook → Recently, renowned youth development organization The...
Kevin Durant, the 12X All-Star, 2X NBA Champion and 2X NBA Finals MVP, visited BroSis on July 26, 2022 to celebrate the grand opening of our beautiful rooftop basketball court, which was endowed by his Kevin Durant Charity Foundation as part of their “Build It...
As we write this letter, The Brotherhood Sister Sol is enjoying its first summer in our new home. Over 300 youth members are participating in summer programming that includes community organizing training, writing workshops, college prep, health and...
