Final Summer DCPNI Newsletter 2013
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CARingadults
safeplaces
a healthystart
an effectiveeducation
an opportunityto give back
director's letterWhen I joined DCPNI last April I laid out
seven priority areas, in which I would focus
my immediate attention in order to move
DCPNI forward in becoming a world-class
organization. Those areas included enhancing
partner support and accountability measures,
data collection and reporting, staff recruitment,
strengthening our outreach and engagement,
board development, increasing our budget and
redening our organizational structure. Overthe course of these past six months, thanks to
our amazing investment from the Department
of Education and countless other supporters, we
have been able to use this time to catapult the
progress and growth of this organization at an
unprecedented pace.
This has been both exciting and challenging as
my board, my team and I, all work dil igently to
identify and close gaps to ensure the delivery
of high quality services to our schools, youth
and families living in the Kenilworth-Parkside
community. Since January, we have welcomed
several new board members, our full time staff
has quadrupled from 4 team members to 16 andour partner programming is growing by the day.
Our mission to increase the number of
children who complete their education from
cradle to college and enter adulthood as
productive participants in the 21st century
economy and in the civic life of their
communities, is becoming a real ity, one
day at a time.
As we shift into life after the grant, our priorities
have shifted too. With such a responsibility to
uphold, we are tak ing great pride and del iberationin establishing a true pipeline of services to be
delivered through our collective impact approach.
Some of our deliverables are tangible and in some
cases they are not. However, I am most proud
of the immediate gains we have made thus far in
jumpstarting our summer programs to ensure a
decrease in summer learning loss and in forging
stronger community partnerships through our
newly launched Community Action Teams
and Community-Based Summer Support
assistance, which can read more about in this
edition of our newsletter.
With summer programs off to a strong start andour increased capacity, we have immediately
transitioned into planning for the upcoming
school year.
Neval Thomas ES and Cesar Chavez Middle
and High schools will serve as our primaryfocus group for year one. And although
Kenilworth Elementary School has closed,
DCPNI has worked closely with the District
and the community to remain onsite to house
some of our key partner programs and staff.
Additionally, through our efforts in working with
the Chancellor, students from Kenilworth ES
have been given the right to transfer to Neval
Thomas. We are excited to report that nearly
60% of the students from Kenilworth ES have
registered to date, to attend Neval Thomas in
SY 2013/14; this wil l allow them to more readily
access our continuum of services. Delivering
our Five Promises for Two Generations is anenormous responsibility that I take seriously and
one that will take time. As we continue to make
major gains, I remain energized with my sights on
the road ahead in expanding our programs better
support the needs of our students, parents and
educational leaders.
Warm Regards,
Ms. Ayris T. ScalesExecutive Director, DCPNI
NEWSLETTER
5 PROMISES FOR TWO GENERATIONS
SUMMER 2013
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Summer Learning:Keeping Students EngagedWith the goal of youth entering the 2013/14 school
year with the strongest lift off, DCPNI produced a2013 Summer Guide offering a bounty of enriching
courses and educational activities for youth in KenilworthParkside from science and technology programs today camps and youth sportstowards the promotionof a healthier lifestyle, furthering STEM learning andenhancing 21st century skills as youth enter a globally
competitive economy upon graduation.
One such program is our very own Digital Media Academy (DMA) DMA is slated to be one
of the most innovative of the programs stemming from the network of Promise Neighborhoods
nationwide. Serving 22 youth this summer, the program helps to prepare youth for careers in the
21st century economy through over 130 robust hours of digital media instruction and immersion.
Program participants learn to use 21st century tools and technologies to bring their ideas to life and
make their voices heard by others in their communities and across the globe.
Youth are charged with producing a PSA campaign as part of their service learn ing project. This
summer, the youth will focus on teen pregnancy prevention. We are interconnecting this program
with world class resources from public, private and social partnerships and bringing the most
important voice to the table youth from the community. The DCPNI Youth Portal will feature
digital portfolios youth works in action, which will a lso be on exhibit at Bus Boys and Poets in
downtown, DC on Friday, August 9th.
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READY, SET, GO!SPEND YOUR SUMMER ENGAGED IN FUN AND SAFE PROGRAMS
DCPNIS SUMMER PROGRAMS GUIDE
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DCPNI DELIVERS
DCPNI has 11 partnerships providing over
880 slots for summer programs, activitiesand education for youth 0-21 this Summer. That is an
INCREASE of 161 slots or 22 % from last year
On average,the Challenge
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In the summer of 2013, DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative Inc. instituted aunique opportunity for community centers implementing summer programmingwithin the Kenilworth-Parkside community. DCPNI's Community-Based SummerProgramming (CBSP) was implemented in response to inquiries requestingsupports for community programming within Kenilworth-Parkside.
DCPNI is committed to delivering a cradle to career pipeline for children toensure that they obtain a quality education, graduate from college or a vocationalschool, and grow up to have successful careers and communities. Our support ofcommunity-based summer programming aligns to this commitment, and helps tomitigate summer-learning loss, provide opportunities for effective and progressivelearning, and ensure that children in the community have safe places to play andlearn.
Although DCPNI cannot always grant every request we review, we are happy to
be able to play a role in the success of valuable programs that serve the children ofKenilworth-Parkside. Based on the proposals submitted we are proud to announcethat our summer 2013 award recipients are Paradise Summer Youth Program,
Mind, Body and Soul Summer Program (Kenilworth Courts) and KenilworthTerps Athletic Program (KPRMC).
We applaud our summer 2013 grant recipients and look forward to cultivating newcommunity partnerships in the future!
Summer 2013 recipients of DCPNI's Community Based Summer Program supportare Paradise Summer Youth Program, Mind, Body and Soul Summer Program(Kenilworth Courts) and Kenilworth Terps Athletic Program (KPRMC).
DCPNI'sCommunity-Based
SummerProgrammingsupport! (CBSP)
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CELEBRATING PROGRESS
OUR SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW
Thanks to a U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhood Implementation
grant, we began 2013 with the resources necessary to better serve students and families inthe Kenilworth-Parkside community. The award provided a groundbreaking opportunity
to launch several innovative new initiatives and attract talented staff members who are
addressing local challenges and priorities. Take a look at our programmatic highlights,activities and milestones over the past six months.
On Wednesday March 24th, with over thirty committed residents
in attendance, DCPNI launched its Community Action Teams
(CATs). CATs is comprised and spearheaded by Kenilworth-
Parkside residents. The mission o CATs is to empower residents
to organize and create programs that are resident led, results
driven and evidence based in collaboration with DCPNI. With
monthly meetings in place, CATs endeavors to transorm the
abric o the Kenilworth-Parkside community and the lives o
community residents. CATs programming aligns with DCPNIs
our target areas: Early Learning, K-12 Support, College/Career
Readiness and Family/Community Strengthening. The rst o
such programming, National Night Out (NNO), will be held on
Tuesday, August 6, 2013. NNO is a national program devoted to
the promotion o saer communities.
The July CATs meeting is scheduled or Wednesday, July 24th.
Future CATs meetings will be held on the ourth Wednesday
o each month. I you or someone you know is interested in
joining DCPNIs Community Action Teams, please send all
inquiries to [email protected].
Inaugurated Resident-led Program.
Since January 2013, DCPNI has convened 7 Innovation Group meetings
with 30 o our K-12, College & Career, and Family & Community
Supports partners. These meetings have served as a critical venue
through which DCPNI partners are sharing programmatic inormation,
identiying areas o overlap and collaboration, and beginning to link
their individual programs to create our cradle to career pipeline.
Building Out Our Collective Impact:Innovation Groups
Began Assessing Our Impact.To make a real dierence, both DCPNI and its partners must be
eective. We regularly gauge the eectiveness o programming
delivered in the communitywhether we are improving lives
and student outcomesby collecting demographic, output, and
outcome data using theEfforts to Outcomesdata (ETO) management
system. We will also implement the Results Scorecard to document
and share community-level change over time.
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In February, DCPNI Executive Director Ayris T. Scales was
thrilled to joined Americas Promise Graduation Nation
Summit, where she participated the panel, Finding the
Time: Building Support for Expanded Learning. Ms. Scales
led a discussion on summer learning loss in the Promise
Neighborhood and emphasized the importance o ensuringKenilworth-Parkside students continue to learn and remain
engaged in the months between the close o school and
the beginning o the new academic year. Her session, was
attended by nearly 75 leaders rom across the country,
where she shared DCPNI lessons learned on coordinating
summer programs and the steps DCPNI is taking to enhance
our partner coordination to increase student enrollment and
program quality or summer 2013.
Addressing Summer Learning Loss.
Three months into our DOE award, key leadership sta rom
DCPNI and our anchor schools, Neval Thomas and Cesar
Chavez traveled to Harlem to learn rsthand rom Georey
Canadas national model, about the key components to
developing a true pipeline o services and programs rom
cradle through college. A key highlight o the trip was when
Executive Director Ayris T. Scales and Deputy Director
Lauren Dunn, presented to Mr. Canada and hal a dozen
congressional staers on the DCPNI model and the Two-Generation approach we are currently developing. This three
day technical assistance visit is directly helping our team
shape our Parent Academy, Out o School Time strategy,
Community Outreach and program design.
Visited the Harlem Childrens Zone.
More than 200 community members and partners came out
or our Feb. 27 event at Kenilworth Elementary to promote
healthy living. From ood and nutrition tips to massage
therapy demonstrations and an energetic Zumba class,
amilies were oered valuable inormation and resourcesto help guide them towards a healthier liestyle.
Hosted a Health and Wellness Fair.
dcPNI in the news!!!To read the articles in ull, go to dcpni.org/news-2
BITTERSWEETBittersweets Spring 2013 issue applauds DCPNIs comprehensiveresponse to teenage pregnancy. According to the zine aboutimproving public health, 25 percent of births in the Keni lworth-Parkside community are to mothers 19 years old or younger(more than twice the citywide rate) and the average age for a
grandmother is only 36. Our promise to provide a healthy startfor two generations includes offering essential services to youngmoms. Bittersweet describes DCPNIs work as a new kind ofstrategy designed to reduce the number of teen pregnancies,educate teen parents, begin investing in their children, and thusend generational poverty.
EAST OF THE RIVERAn East of the River prole opens with Ayris Scales, executivedirector of the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative, condingthat her dedication to the Kenilworth-Parkside community stemsfrom being a Ward 7 resident and parent of a child who attends
public school. The April 13 feature reports on the origins ofDCPNI, the neighborhoods we serve, our strategy and growth,and the connections that ultimately create action and drivechange. The local news website spoke to Tracey Woodridge, aresident who runs smal l child-care business that she was ableto expand to serve more children after joining DCPNIs EarlyLearning Network. What DCPNI does is bring us together asone community, Woodridge said.
ELEVATION DCWhat is the focus of the DC Promise Neighborhood Init iative?Ayris Scales recently responded to this poignant question andseveral others during an interview with Elevation DC, a weekly
online magazine that covers whats next for the District ofColumbia. We ll gaps and [provide] services that our children
wouldn't necessarily have access to because the schools don't havethe resources to pay for these additional resources, said Scales,executive director of DCPNI. Published on Apri l 16, the Q and Aconducted by Rachel Kaufman also covers the scheduled closingof Kenilworth Elementary School, our ve-promise commitmentto the children and parents in the community, and predictions forthe neighborhood in ve years.
DCPNI WINS CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT!We are pleased to announce that DCPNI has been awarded a Human Resource Capacity BuildService Grant from the Taproot Foundation. The Taproot Foundation makes grants of professionalconsulting services, called Service Grants, through their Service Grant Program. Every Service Grantis delivered pro bono by a team of 5-6 business professionals who volunteer their t ime and expertise tohelp a nonprot in their community. The goal of the Human Resource Capacity Bui ld project, which i
valued at $55,000, is to assess and improve DCPNIs human resource infrastructure. This is extremelyan exciting project for DCPNI because as we are in the mist of period of rapid growth from both astafng and programmatic perspective. Successful completion of the service grant wi ll al low us tomore effectively provide services to the community.
SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW
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View the ull video o Mrs. Powells inspirational day in our
Promise Neighborhood.
Watch this bright and amazing vid
EARLY LEARNING!
In June, Educare celebrated its rst year o
providing youth in the Kenilworth-Parkside
community with the essential tools to start our
youth out with high quality early childhood
education. Aimed at closing the achievement
gap or low income children, Educare currently
serves approximately 120 inants, toddlers,
preschoolers and their amilies, providing a ull-
day year-round education program. A DCPNI
anchor partner, this state-o-the-art school
will denitely support our eort to ensure our
youngsters are kindergarten ready.
Educare Turns one DCPNI recognizes early childhood is a critical time or our children. Howthey learn and develop during this period will in many ways dictate their
intellectual abilities and opportunities as they mature. On April 28 we
welcomed inants, toddlers, preschool and pre-kindergarten children
rom the DCPNI community to attend the event with their amilies. The
Jamboree coincided with the National Association or the Education
o Young Childrens annual Week o the Young Child and the Distric t o
Columbias Month o the Young Child.
dcpni spring jamboree
Alma Powell
Sharing DCPNIs WorkThe Kenilworth-Parkside community welcomed infuential educationadvocate Alma Powell or a tour o local schools in February
Mrs. Powell serves as chair o the Americas Promise Alliance and is
also honorary chair o the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative.
DCPNI was thrilled to host Mrs. Powell, who visited our our target
schools: Kenilworth-Parkside Educare, Neval Thomas Elementary,
Kenilworth Elementary, and Cesar Chavez middle and high schools
At Kenilworth, students were eager to show o their Black History
Month projects. Journalist Janet Langhart - Cohen accompanied her
longtime riend on the tour and, along the way, interviewed Powell who
emphasized the importance o early childhood education and placed a
priority on the need to address the dismal high school graduation ratein the United States.
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ASHLEY WILLIAMS UDC
AYRIKA HEWLETT Potomac State
BEANCKA BOOTHE Morgan State
CHANTEL GADDY Delaware State
CHYNA PRICE Potomac State
DAVID FARRAR Undecided
DEMETRIUS GLEATON Coppin State
DERRICK MURPHY II Winston Salem State
DEXTER HOOKS Tennessee State University
DONTE KEMPER Livingstone
DUQUAN ADAMS Potomac State
ELEXIS KEELS University o Delaware
HONESTY BRAGG Undecided
IVORY HALL Coppin State
JAKIYAH ANDERSON Lincoln University
JAMES QUIGLEY Potomac State
JAMES GARRETT Undecided
JIHADAH JACKSON Virginia State
JONATHAN LARIOS Coppin State
KAMARIA BROWN Trinity University
KARIN UMANZOR Montgomery College
KAVIN HIGHSMITH UndecidedKEVIAR MYERS Winston Salem State
KIANA POWELL Morgan State
MARQUISHA WILLIAMS Trinity University
MILTONIA CHERRY Fayetteville State
MIRACLE PROCTOR Trinity University
NEIL THOMAS Potomac College
RONIECE COTTOM Delaware State
ROSETTA JOHNSON Undecided
SHANECE CALHOUN CCDC
SHANELLE WILLIAMS Undecided
SHELDON WILLIAMS Winston Salem StateSTEVON FELTON Undecided
SYDNEY BRYANT Undecided
TANIA TORRES Montgomery College
TANIYA CRUMP Morgan State
TEKIA KENNER Coppin State
TIANA SPENCER Undecided
TINA STARR Undecided
TYRIE ELLIOTT West Virginia State
WHITNEY WIGGINS Prince Georges CC
KENILWORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFormer Kenilworth Elementary School Principal,
Fatima Johnson-Avery will join Neval Thomas
Elementary School as the Vice Principal starting
School Year 13/14. Congratulations, Fatima!
CONGRATULATIONSTO THE CESAR CHAVEZ CLASS OF 2013
Cesar Chavez Parkside High School has much
to celebrate as the Class o 2013 takes on
the world by taking fight to college! In the
words o Nelson Mandela, "Education is the
most powerul weapon which you can use to
change the world."
NEWS AT CESAR CHAVEZFOR SCHOOL YEAR2013/14PRINCIPAL DWAN JORDAN
JOINS PARKSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Dwan is a graduate o the 2010 Harvard Graduate
School o Education's Principals' Center National
Institute or Urban School Leaders. He served as
principal o Sousa Middle School in Ward Seven,
where he increased prociency scores by 16% in
reading and 25% in math (2010).
Ater Sousa, Principal Jordan transitioned to PG
County Public Schools where he was principal o
Suitland High School. Following Suitland, Principal
Jordan worked in the Sacramento Charter High
School (SCHS) beore returning home to DC to lead
the high school at Chavez Parkside. Welcome, Dwan!
ACTING PRINCIPAL FELICIA IRICK
JOINS PARKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
For the past two years Felicia has worked as Chavez's
Director o Culture and Academic Support. Prior toChavez she was the principal o Westport Academy in
Baltimore. Congratulations, Felicia!
VICE PRINCIPAL/ RESIDENT PRINCIPAL
NATALIE ARTHURSPrior to this role Natalie served as the Director
o Academics at Arts and Technology Academy
Public Charter School. She taught and coached
other teachers or 8 years in PG County Schools
and completed the New Leaders or New Schools
Leadership Program. Welcome, Natalie!
k-12 newsin our schools
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Thank you to OurRecent Funders!DCPNI is grateul or the ongoing and generous
support o the local philanthropic community.
We absolutely could not accomplish all that we
do, without your support.
$75,000from DC LISC
$66,000from the Community Foundation for the
National Capital Region
$50,000from the Lois & Richard England Family
Foundation
$25,000from Prince Charitable Trusts
$15,000from HSBC
$2,500from Walmart
$300from the District of Columbia Chapter of the
American Academy of Pediatrics
We are also grateful to the
following individuals for theirgenerous support:
Brenda Anderson
Eliza Barclay
Peter Beard
Deborah Foster
Eric Glaser
Antonio Hicks
Brenda Lazzari
Barbara Metclaf
Elizabeth Moderi
Michael Pinck
Laura Scherler
Gabriella Shuskey
Francess Taylor
Megan Tracz
Rachel Wick
Gina Williams
James Yu
partner profile
U.C. Berkeley Center or Cities & Schools Y-PLAN(Youth-Plan, Learn, Act, Now)
DCPNI is proud to introduce a new partner, the Y-PLAN program out o the U.CBerkeley Center or Cities & Schools. Y-PLAN, or Youth-Plan, Learn, Act, Now, isan award-winning educational strategy and research initiative that partners high
school students and teachers with civic leaders, businesses, university studentsand other community members to collaboratively develop solutions to authenticcommunity development challenges.
Y-PLAN launched their nationwide initiative in February 2013 here in WashingtonDC. DCPNI and a cohort o Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools students andteachers, along with sta rom the oce o Ward 7 Council member YvetteAlexander, participated in the National Y-PLAN Fellows Institute. This group
will continue the Y-PLAN program through the upcoming school year to tacklesome o Kenilworth-Parksides toughest challenges and oer youth-drivensolutions to Council member Alexander, who is serving as the groups legislativementor. The work o this team will help to ensure that the youth o Kenilworth-Parkside are developing strong leadership skills, are engaging in locacommunity transormation eorts, and are providing DCPNI with an importan
youth-perspective.
partnership highlightsFor nearly 2 years as a DCPNI Partner, AARP Experience Corps has created poweruopportunities or local 50-plus adults to help produce outstanding literacy resultsor children in grades Kindergarten through third.
Across the nation, AARP Experience Corps engages 50-plus adults as literacy tutorsand mentors in hundreds o classrooms across the U.S. Through this generationaexchange, children succeed, 50-plus adults thrive, and communities are madestronger.
During SY 2012/2013, 24 AARP Experience Corps volunteers served nearly 324students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade classrooms at Kenilworth and NevaThomas Elementary Schools through classroom assistance and a high-intensitysmall group literacy intervention.
These volunteers, along with great teachers and a strong school administrationhelp create a culture o success that leads to improved literacy skills, higherstandardized test scores, and better s tudent behavior.
Sandra Randall started with the DC Branch o AARP Experience Corps in Septembe2012. She lives in the Kenilworth-Parkside community. Ms. Randall has a directconnection with the children and a motivation to see them succeed. Carole Allenthe team leader at Neval Thomas Elementary, and hersel a Kenilworth-Parksideresident, says that Ms. Randall is one o her star tutors and the students interacwith her very well. It is evident that Ms. Randall is a positive, dedicated literacy tutowho truly desires to make an impact in her community. She volunteers more than12 hours per week mentoring and tutoring students working hard to help themachieve reading benchmarks.
The DC Branch of AARP Experience Corps is actively recruiting new volunteers for the
coming school year, 2013-2014. Interested 50-plus adults should contact Liz Heaps at
202.434.6495 or [email protected].
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5 Dynamic Leaders
Join DCPNI BoardDCPNI is proud to
welcome ve new
members to our board
of directors representing
the private, educationand non-prot sectors.
These dynamic leaders
bring a wealth of
knowledge, commitment
and resources to help
fulll our mission and
champion our Kenilworth-
Parkside neighborhood.
Brett McCleodVice President, JPMorgan Chase,Community Development Banking Group
Brett Mcleod, an expert in aordable home
nancing and urban revitalization, brings a deep
understanding o real estate and community
development to DCPNI. Prior to joining JPMorgan
Chase in April 2012, Macleod was a banker at
Citigroup in the Citi Community Capital division,
where he originated and underwrote more than
$600 million o construction and permanent
nancing in the Mid-Atlantic. He also worked a t
Preservation o Aordable Housing, a Boston-based nonprot that acquires, rehabilitates and
manages aordable housing developments
across the nation. Macleod began his career as
an educator. He taught seventh grade English
and eighth grade math at the Willauer School
in Boston and directed a technology education
program or low-income amilies or Citizen
Schools, a national ater-school program.
Macleod is a member o several community
development and school boards and also serves
on the D.C. Leadership Council or The Posse
Foundation. He received two undergraduate
degrees rom Williams College and earned an
MBA, magna cum laude, rom the F.W. Olin
Graduate School o Business at Babson College.Macleods understanding o neighborhood
revitalization will bols ter DCPNIs promise to
deliver sae places to live, play and learn to the
children in our community.
Neil O. AlbertSenior Policy Advisor, Holland & Knight
A senior policy advisor in Holland & Knight,
Neil Albert brings more than 20 years o
executive management experience and a vast
network o contacts to DCPNI. Prior to joining
the international law rms Public Policy &
Regulation Practice Group, he served as city
administrator or the District o Columbia in the
Fenty Administration. In this position, Albert ran
the District's day-to-day government operations,
provided oversight and guidance to district
government agencies and was responsible
or developing and implementing policies and
strategies that guided government operations.
Prior to his appointment to this position, he ser ved
as the Deputy Mayor or Planning and Economic
Development, establishing and executing the
District's economic development strategy
and managing a development pipeline worth
more than $13 billion in public-private housing,
retail, oce and parks projects. Albert was also
responsible or the District 's eorts to create
and preserve aordable housing and oversaw
business attraction and retention initiatives.
Prior to joining the Fenty Administrati on in 2007,
Albert was co -ounder and CEO o EdBuild, an
educational services rm working to increase the
number o high-perorming schools in the District .
Beore assuming his role at EdBuild, he served
District residents as Deputy Mayor or Children,
Youth, Families and Elders and director o the
District o Columbia Department o Parks and
Recreation. Albert s long standing commitment
to the District, deep business development
experience and public policy knowledge are
invaluable assets that will help dri ve DCPNIs
community improvement goals.
Mae H. BestExecutiv e Director,East River Family Strengthening Collaborat ive (ERFSC)
The wellbeing o children and amilies has
always been central to Mae Bests work, a ocus
that will greatly benet DCPNI. Since 2001, Best
has served as the executi ve director o ERFSC,
an organization that provides integrated and
collaborative services to the Ward 7 residents to
help empower youth, seniors and the community
to become more sel-sucient. Under her
leadership, the organizations resources have
grown exponentially rom a budget o $700,000to more than $4,000,000, through contracts with
city government agencies as well as oundation
contributions. Bests previous work includes
stints with the Distr ict o Columbias Child and
Family Services Agency where she served as
director o resource development, director
o adoptions and director o homes or black
children. She was also a project coordinator with
the National Council on Adoptable Children,
and prior to relocating to Washington D.C.,
Best worked or the Mahoning County Children
Services Board in Youngstown, Ohio. She
earned a masters degree in social work rom the
University o Illinois and a bachelors degree in
social services rom North Carolina A&T StateUniversity. Having dedicated her career to the
promise o the District s children and amilies,
Best will provide inormed leadership to help
guide DCPNIs youth and parenting initiatives.
Josephine Bias RobinsonChief, Ofce of Family and Public Engagement,District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)
A dedicated leader in Washingtons public
schools, Josephine Bias Robinson ocuses on
supporting parents and amilies, encouraging
community partnerships and spearheading
community engagementactivities that are
vital to DCPNIs success. Prior to joining DCPS,
Robinson served as vice president o Income andCommunity Impact at United Way Worldwide and
as United Ways representative to the national
Emergency Food and Shelter Program Board.
She earned a bachelors degree in international
relations and politics rom Georgetown
University, providing a solid oundation or
her extensive experience in the public sector.
Robinson held several senior appointments in the
U.S. Department o Health and Human Services,
including director o the Oce o Community
Services at the Administrati on or Children &
Families and executive director o the Presidents
Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. At the White
House, Robinson served as executive assistant
to Chie o Sta Andrew H. Card Jr. in 2001,and later was associate director or Healthcare
Outreach in the Oce o Public Liaison. Robinson
also worked in the U.S. Senate as a proessional
sta member to the Joint Economic Committee,
and held positions at Pharmaceutical Research
and Manuacturers o America and Amgen.
Drawing on her wide range o experience and
connection with DCPS amilies, Robinson will
be a tremendous asset to DCPNIs eorts to
collaborate with the community and deliver
on our promise to ensure that each child in our
community is provided with a high quality and
eective education.
max skolnikExecutiv e Director for Washington, D.C.,Taproot Foundation
A tireless youth and community advocate, Max
Skolnik has nearly two decades o nonprot
experience, invaluable expertise that DCPNI
welcomes. At the Taproot Foundation, he
promotes an innovative approach to social
changeconnecting nonprot organizations
with business, technology, marketing and designexperts who donate their time and services pro
bono. Ater earning a masters degree in Latin
American studies rom the George Washington
University, Skolnik ounded Kid Power Inc., in
2002. He served as executive director o the
nonprot or 10 years, providing academic,
nutritional, and service-learning programs or
thousands o young people throughout the
District o Columbia. He has lobbied or citywide
reorms as a board member o the DC Alliance
o Youth Advocates, a coalition o more than 120
organizations, youth and concerned residents.
Skolnik has also championed support or the
community through the public sector. During his
two terms (2005-2009) as commissioner/treasureon the Advisory Neighborhood Commission,
he worked on local school issues, aordable
housing, community-based development
and public saety concerns. In 2012, he was a
Democratic candidate or the Ward 4 DC Council
seat. Skolnik resides in Petworth and is looking
orward to extending his community service
commitment to DCPNIs Kenilworth-Parksi de
neighborhood and supporting the organizations
promise to create opportunities or our residents
to give back.
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our family is growing
Ayris T. ScalesExecutive [email protected]
Isaac CastilloDir. of Data & Evaluation
Eric ScottChief Operations Officer
Lauren DunnDeputy Director
GINA DySONgrants & finance manager
larry hicksspecial projects manager
Quentin ligginsAcademic Services (K-8)Program Director
Wendy OsefoDirector of family &Community development
wendy.osefo@dcpni .org
april williamsOut of School TimeProgram Director
Sharon JeffriesExecutive Assistant
Sharita SlaytonCommunity Liaison
Sherrie Jonespromise engagementcoordinator
Sheila MillerProgram Assistant,Operations
khia burkesyep program Coordinato
porscha mansoncollege & career readinessprogram director
evert orinionProgram Assistant,Community Engagement
nekosi nelson
dir. of pARTNER ACCOUNTABILITY& OUTCOME MANAGEMENT
june Jimenezdirector of developmen
DCPNI recently hired several new staff members
talented, community-oriented professionals who
will help us fulll our mission, and the team is
still growing. To learn about additional opportunities
to support our promise, click here.
Click here to read our ull bios.
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