With a month until curbside composting starts, it’s important to reflect on the history of grassroots movements to keep uptown clean. In the summer of 1969, a group of young people blocked traffic on 110th Street with piles of garbage to protest poor...
Our Executive Director, Khary Lazarre-White, appeared on PIX11 News to discuss improving college readiness for underserved students. With only 57% of 2022 graduates deemed college-ready, our mission is urgent. Khary addressed the impact of poverty, housing, and food...
Empowering youth through wellness and environmental education—watch NY1’s feature on our Wellness Extravaganza and Earth Day celebration. We also kicked off our annual Planting Weeks event and the spring gardening season, and spotlighted our transformative wellness...
ABC joined us at The Brotherhood Sister Sol for an Earth Day Wellness Extravaganza—a day dedicated to rejuvenation and connection for our youth. From outdoor yoga and planting to henna art and relaxing massages, the day was filled with activities that nurtured both...
NY1 highlights our impactful Culinary Program for Black History Month, featuring Executive Chef Rebecka Jerome. The program educates young people through workshops on healthy eating and culinary skills, deeply rooted in Black and Latinx traditions. Serving up to 250...
Check out NY1’s recent spotlight on The Brotherhood Sister Sol’s College, Career, and Wellness Program, focusing on how we’re guiding youth members through college admissions in a landscape changed by the end of affirmative action. As the Supreme...
Check out The Brotherhood Sister Sol feature in People Magazine! This special feature highlights our partnership with Gap and the legendary Harlem designer, Dapper Dan. This collaboration, known as the DAP GAP, is a vibrant celebration of Harlem’s culture,...
Congratulations to our Executive Director & Co-Founder, Khary Lazarre-White Lazarre-White, for being recognized in City & State New York’s 2023 Nonprofit Power 100! The list celebrates leaders from New York’s top social service providers,...
Dive into Black Enterprise’s spotlight on Silvia Canales, our Director of College, Career and Wellness, who joined BroSis as a member of our staff in 2001. As summer ends and a new school year approaches, preparations entail more than merely stocking up on supplies....
We’re thrilled to share our recent spotlight by Univision 41. Berenice Gartner visited us to interview our young members and our Environmental Program Coordinator, Nando Rodriguez. She highlighted the dedication of our youth, who actively participate in...
Ayana Harry from PIX11 News visited us to interview BroSis Associate Executive Director and Co-Founder Jason Warwin and to highlight our environmental programming and youth engagement work that is funded by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Ayana witnessed...
Violence is a national scourge in America. This is the America we have wrought. Mass shootings occur on a daily basis across this nation. So many of the residents of our city feel that violence permeates their community. Many of the young people I work with...
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....
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...
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...
Watch this recent feature on BroSis by Fox 5 NY’s Christal Young and go inside our new home, a space for the enlightenment of Black and Latinx youth. It features some of the unique and distinctive design details of our new state-of-the-art 22,000 square foot...
We are proud to announce that we have been selected as one of the recipients of the NBA Foundation’s largest grant round to date. This award represents the largest single-year grant for programming in our organization’s history. In tandem with the league’s...
We are so excited to share that BroSis was featured on NBC’s TODAY Show on November 18, 2021! Co-host Sheinelle Jones visited BroSis to speak with our Executive Director & Co-Founder Khary Lazarre-White, and tour the construction site of our new building. ...
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol and Carrie Mae Weems collaborate to showcase COVID-19’s impact on communities of color The virus’ deadly impact will be displayed via billboards and PSAs. The Brotherhood/Sister Sol in collaboration with Carrie Mae Weems were featured in...
