Beacon Karate Alumni Shares Life-Changing Impact
Dr. Michael Dealy (Founder) shakes hands with a Beacon 361 Karate participant at a tournament. Thank you Program Alumni Rudy Chase for sharing the following personal and heartfelt description of the … Read More
Brooklyn Entrepreneurs Compete in “Pitch Contest”
CAMBA’s Small Business Services helps aspiring entrepreneurs and existing business owners plan and reach their goals through one-on-one consultations, business plan workshops, start-up or expansion loans, and technology training. Our … Read More
Welcome to CAMBA Voice!
A welcome from CAMBA founder, President and CEO, Joanne M. Oplustil: 1977 was a turbulent period in New York City's history: A financial crisis had decimated city services and jobs, a … Read More
Taking a New Stance on Afterschool Programs
Last fall, Earl Whitfield introduced students at Beacon 166 to the prospect of an afterschool program in fencing. Their immediate reactions weren’t exactly enthusiastic. “They were referencing Game of Thrones, and … Read More
Data2Go Helps Students Graduate On Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh-CJF1ELMM What makes it so hard for students in central Brooklyn to graduate high school and go on to college? Where some may have pointed to statistics that focus on failing … Read More
Interrupting Violence in Brooklyn
...it was either I was gonna kill, or be killed Zayquan Daniels spends his days walking the streets of Crown Heights, Brooklyn looking for trouble. But when he finds it, he … Read More
CAMBA Girls Who Code
Organizations like Girls Who Code exist to empower and challenge young women to imagine themselves in places they couldn’t before. CAMBA commits to sending young people to college and into careers … Read More
Brownsville Highschoolers Map Out Their Neighborhood
How well do you know your neighborhood? By the end of this month, high school students in Brownsville, Brooklyn will know the streets and businesses within their neighborhoods very well. As … Read More
Happy Campers
CAMBA’s summer camps provide many opportunities for enrichment which combat this “summer slide.” On July 12, children from CAMBA’s Kids Shine summer camp went on a field trip to the Brooklyn … Read More
CAMBA Campers Shine Through the Summer
"Our Summer Camp Motto is simple: We believe in exploration through exposure to fun learning activities." -Wesner Pierre, Vice President, Education and Youth Development While summer tends to be a child’s favorite … Read More
College Access Series: Collegiate Express
Students stream back into schools across the country every fall. A third of CAMBA's clients are young people and, with them in mind, we are spending September and October celebrating … Read More
CAMBA Joins The Legal Aid Society and Partners to Launch Know Your Rights Campaign
Community Partners, Make the Road New York, RiseBoro Community Partnership, and the Robin Hood Foundation to launch a new “Know Your Rights” campaign, a collaborative effort funded by the Robin … Read More
CAMBA Helped Abdulai Fulfill His Dreams
Former CAMBA client and co-founder of Border Nation, Abdulai, is pictured here with CAMBA President & CEO Joanne M. Oplustil. New York City has a long history of opening its doors … Read More
College Access Series: Leading to College
Nearly 10,000 of CAMBA's clients are young people and, with them in mind, this fall we reflect on their achievements within our agency's college-access programs. "I’m really thankful for how … Read More
CAMBA Cuts the Ribbon on a New Computer Lab
My children can’t get enough of these wonderful, fast computers, especially my 11-year-old, who uses the lab every day for her schoolwork. I know that as she gets older, she’ll … Read More
Celebrate Black History Month by Supporting Black-Owned Businesses
Pictured above: Barry's Beauty Bar, a local business that received support from CAMBA Small Business Services Only 22 percent of the City’s 5,259 certified minority and women owned businesses received city … Read More
Enough is Enough: CAMBA’s Work to End Sexual Assault
In 2015, New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo launched an awareness campaign Enough is Enough to combat sexual violence on college campuses. The legislation requires all colleges to adopt a … Read More
Phenomenal Girls’ Symposium 2018
CAMBA Family Support Program hosted its 2nd Annual Phenomenal Girls’ Symposium on May 12 and this year’s event attracted 74 girls from ages 11-18 to SUNY Downstate Medical Center on … Read More
A View From Our Nation’s Capital
In April, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a federal housing assistance program proposal that would have drastically increased rents for some of CAMBA’s most vulnerable … Read More
CAMBA College Bound
We have begun the roll-out of our successful college access programs in our Beacon Community Centers, to be followed by an expansion to our Cornerstone Community Centers. The new College Bound … Read More