New York City Council Member Rita Joseph recently paid a visit to CAMBA’s Adult Literacy and GED classes.
During her meeting with the program staff, Council Member Joseph learned more about the unique challenges faced by the clients and the program, and discussed ways we can better partner together to better serve our shared constituents.
The CAMBA Education Center offers morning, afternoon, and evening classes to low-income individuals who are at least 16 years old, who are not enrolled or required to be enrolled in the New York City Public School system, and who live in the Flatbush and East Flatbush communities of Brooklyn, New York. The Education Center serves eligible individuals who need to improve their reading, writing, and math skills, as well as immigrants and speakers of other languages who need to develop or enhance their listening, speaking, reading, writing, and numeracy skills in English. Additionally, the Education Center welcomes individuals who need to acquire or develop the digital skills they need to better perform various personal, family, and employment tasks. Each year, over 1,000 U.S.-born citizens and immigrants from the Caribbean, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa attend Computer/Digital Literacy, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE)/English to Work (ETW), or High School Equivalency classes at the CAMBA Education Center.