May 3, 2019
Attorney Debo Adegbile attributes his success as an anti-discrimination lawyer and a commissioner on the United States Civil Rights Commission to those who fought for civil rights before him, such as late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Read article from The...
May 2, 2019
Harlem-based nonprofit and youth development organization Brotherhood/Sister Sol honors choreographer Bill T. Jones Black Girls Rock founder Beverly Bond and civil rights litigator Debo Adegbile at the organization’s upcoming 15th annual VOICES benefit on May 21....
Apr 29, 2019
Dozens of kids with Brotherhood/ SisterSol prepped the Frank White Memorial Garden during planting week Watch Video from NY 1 news...
Apr 10, 2019
Khary Lazarre-White, author, activist and attorney, is the executive director and cofounder of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis), a nationally renowned, Harlem-based youth services organization. His first novel, “Passage,” is the story of Warrior, a...
Apr 10, 2019
Spring Awakening and Fela! Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones is honored by the Harlem-based Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis) during its 15th annual Voices Gala on May 21 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Read article from Playbill...
Apr 9, 2019
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis) — Harlem’s nationally acclaimed social justice, youth development, and education organization — will honor legendary dance choreographer Bill T. Jones, civil rights litigator Debo Adegbile, and TV producer and...
Jan 24, 2019
Jason Warwin ’95 was working as a cashier in the Ivy Room when he learned about a work-study job on Providence’s south side counseling low-income teens in the John Hope Settlement House. Twenty years later, Warwin and his lifelong friend Khary Lazarre-White ’95 run...
Jan 13, 2019
When she was a teenager, Rosaura Romero watched her mother juggle classes and a full-time job while r raising her alone. “She could have very easily told me to go find a job,” said Ms. Romero, 21. “She always said, ‘Don’t stress yourself with work. This is your time...
Oct 19, 2018
With headlines like, “Women, people of color, and LGBTQ candidates who made history in the 2017 election,” and newly elected leaders such as LaToya Cantrell, Andrea Jenkins, Hala Ayala, Danica Roem, and Braxton Winston, I am reminiscent of the my major introduction to...
Oct 11, 2018
With headlines like, “Women, people of color, and LGBTQ candidates who made history in the 2017 election,” and newly elected leaders such as LaToya Cantrell, Andrea Jenkins, Hala Ayala, Danica Roem, and Braxton Winston, I am reminiscent of the my major introduction to...
Sep 5, 2018
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...
Jul 18, 2018
A group of enterprising New York City teenagers are getting some farm-fresh learning this summer. The youngsters recognized a need for fresh fruits and vegetables in their neighborhood and as John Chandler reports, they’re getting an education while fulfilling...
Dec 21, 2017
Khary Lazarre-White discussing Bro/Sis and the criminal justice system. Watch...
Dec 12, 2017
Khary Lazarre-White, Contributor Social entrepreneur, author of the novel Passage, organizer and attorney; Executive Director of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol Intersectionality speaks to a world-view and perspective – a way to analyze overlapping forms of identity and...
Nov 28, 2017
With headlines like, “Women, people of color, and LGBTQ candidates who made history in the 2017 election,” and newly elected leaders such as LaToya Cantrell, Andrea Jenkins, Hala Ayala, Danica Roem, and Braxton Winston, I am reminiscent of the my major introduction to...
Nov 26, 2017
Life on the street – and lives lost on the street. The book is called “Passage” – the story of a young black man – trying to survive in a world where there are forks in the road – at every turn. For many young african americans – it’s called life. On Up Close last...
May 1, 2017
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol announces $10.7 million dollars in funding toward the construction of the leading out of school time building in New York City – the creation of a model for the nation. New York, NY (May 1, 2017) The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis) is proud...
Jun 6, 2016
“We in the nonprofit sector are tackling some of the most difficult issues of our time,” says Khary Lazarre-White, co-founder and executive director of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis), a youth development organization based in Harlem that aims to cultivate a...
Nov 23, 2015
It’s not hard to spot the three-story brownstone where The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, a 20-year-old youth development organization, looks after and helps to raise some of the luckiest young people in Harlem. Walk by at the right time, shortly after New York City schools...
Aug 12, 2015
Every ignorant and divisive rant from Donald Trump about undocumented immigrants moves hatred forward, and every cruel joke about immigrants “going back to where they came from” deflates the dreams of young people like Zoe. She is a young person like so...
