Great.com interviews East Harlem Tutorial Program About Offering Education for the East Harlem Youth

Danielle Riberio from Great.com interviewed East Harlem Tutorial Program as part of their 'Great.com Talks With...' podcast. This series is an antidote to negative news stories that aims to shed light on organizations and experts whose work is making a positive impact on the world.

East Harlem is a diverse place where cultures mix and create uniqueness. But East Harlem is also affected by systemic racism and white supremacy. This ultimately hurts East Harlem students. In this episode, Danielle talked with Jeffrey Ginsburg, CEO of the East Harlem Tutorial Program.

We are a nonprofit organization with an after school program that builds brilliant young scholars. We have been around since 1958. We aim to serve 25% of East Harlem children by 2025.

Building Love in East Harlem

Over the years, our tutorial program has been successfully tutoring East Harlem children for college. Our scholars have a 98% acceptance rate and a 96% satisfaction rate. East Harlem scholars are 8 times more likely to graduate from college compared to the national average of students from low-income households.

What began as a public reading room is now an organization that offers tuition free programs with a student centered approach. Our organization hopes to construct a state-of-the-art high school with STEM labs, gym and auditorium, art and music rooms, and make it open to the East Harlem community.

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