NENI

MISSION: To enrich and empower our nation's youth, parents, educators and leaders with special attention to "at-risk" populations through grant-funded programs and services. NENI focuses on education, economic empowerment, critical human needs, and cultural enrichment.

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Examples of NENI programs:

• Non-Profit Executive Directors (NED) group is a Linked In peer group of about 600 non-profit leaders nationwide. This group is for the purpose of supporting Executive Directors of Non-Profits with discussions focused on resources, process and operations as well as establishing partnerships with other Executive Directors to expand our global reach as a whole. 
  NonProfit Executive Directors (NED) | Groups | LinkedIn
   

• Journalism/Literacy: Pilot journalism /literary magazine program for a 5th grade troop of Girl Scouts in Middlesex County, NJ. This was held virtually, right after the initial COVID19 shutdown for Spring Break 2020. The curriculum was developed by NENI President Dana Wilson (in partnership with C. Ron Allen). Mr. Allen is the Editor-in-Chief of the Boca Raton Tribune in FL and the Executive Director of KOP Mentoring Network, a character-building, mentorship and gang prevention non-profit designed to foster leadership, academic success and civic-mindedness in youth ages 7 to 17.). The journalism project has now blossomed into a weekly news program produced by predominately minority youth. Check it out here: KOP Mentoring Network - Community Conversations (kopmn.org)
   

• Grants for Newbies: This project includes a Facebook group with 900+ followers and other professional development. https://www.facebook.com/groups/grantsfornewbies
   

• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs:

  • Living While Black USA is a Facebook group with 4,500 members nationwide that was created after the murder of George Floyd that sparked worldwide protests against police violence. Current events, civil rights, systemic racism, civics, black history, and more. 
     https://www.facebook.com/groups/livingwhileblackusa

  • Juneteenth: Cultural heritage program celebrating the end of slavery (partnership w/ the Metuchen-Edison NAACP).

  • Saturday Summer Camp (grades 5-9): Career development program held at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, a large African-American church in Somerset County.

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion workshops

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