Final Summer DCPNI Newsletter 2013

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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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DCPNI in Ebony.com!

in the news

Watch the historic journey o Kenilworth Elementary School encapsulated with pride.
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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).

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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

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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!

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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

[email protected]

Eric ScottChief Operations Officer

[email protected]

Lauren DunnDeputy Director

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GINA DySONgrants & finance manager

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larry hicksspecial projects manager

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Quentin ligginsAcademic Services (K-8)Program Director

[email protected]

Wendy OsefoDirector of family &Community development

wendy.osefo@dcpni .org

april williamsOut of School TimeProgram Director

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Sharon JeffriesExecutive Assistant

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Sharita SlaytonCommunity Liaison

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Sherrie Jonespromise engagementcoordinator

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Sheila MillerProgram Assistant,Operations

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khia burkesyep program Coordinato

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porscha mansoncollege & career readinessprogram director

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evert orinionProgram Assistant,Community Engagement

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nekosi nelson

dir. of pARTNER ACCOUNTABILITY& OUTCOME MANAGEMENT

[email protected]

june Jimenezdirector of developmen

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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.

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