Teach For America New York

Join us for our biggest alumni gathering of the year: Alumni Homecoming! Featuring Keynote Speaker: Angelica Infante-Green (NY '94), Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Education. 🎉 Celebrate TFA NY's 35th Anniversary  🎉 Reunite & network with hundreds of alums, corps members, partners, and staff members 🎉 Elevate your impact with free workshops & resources Learn more & RSVP here! https://lnkd.in/ehmFWDwX

Let's cheers to 35 years! 🎉 Join us next Wednesday, April 23rd at Good Behavior (44 W 29th Street, Floor 18) to flex your corps pride and celebrate our 35th anniversary! Raise a toast to the friendships formed, the mentors made, and the students who will stick with you forever. 🥂 Colleagues, family, and friends are all welcome. Learn more and RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/e7JhP_ce.

Will Literacy Be a Priority in the Next NYC Mayoral Administration? 📚🗣️ Join us on Zoom on Monday, April 21st from 4-6 PM to find out! Congressman Adriano Espaillat will give opening remarks, setting the stage for a powerful conversation with mayoral candidates about prioritizing literacy. We're proud to be a co-host on this important event. Will you be there to ask the questions that matter? RSVP here to join! https://lnkd.in/gJPsXdbN. #LiteracyIsACivilRight #NYCMayoralRace #NYCReads

⚡ Alum in Action! ⚡ The Bronx STEAM Center launches this fall and Alumni Board member Maha Hasen (NY '16) is the Founding Principal! Maha has spent her career creating exciting, new pathways for students in the Bronx, ones that are directly inspired by their interests and intentionally designed to prepare them for the future. 👏

I’m going to TFA NY’s Alumni Homecoming – are you?! TFA alumni, corps members, incoming corps members, Ignite tutors, school leaders, and all our friends: join me on Saturday, May 17th for an awesome day of inspiring speakers, skill-building workshops, reunions, new connections, student performances, and more! https://lnkd.in/ee9xma35

We had a blast welcoming over 40 NYC high school students to our Teach For America NY office for the day as part of NYC’s Career Discovery Week! 🎉 Organized by NYC Department of Education, ExpandED Schools, and the Partnership for New York City, this one-of-a-kind program gives students firsthand exposure to exciting career paths—and we were thrilled to be a part of it. ✨ Huge shoutout to our amazing panelists and moderator who shared their stories and wisdom with the next generation of education changemakers. 💬 🎤 Gabriela Chacon Ugarte - PhD Candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University 🎤 Sabrina DuQuesnay - Program Manager at The Bell 🎤 Jonathan Baez - Senior Director of College and Career Success at Achievement First 🎤 Jennifer Early (New York ’03) - VP Chief Operating Officer at Teach For America New York We had so much fun playing communication skill games, getting to know these incredible future educators, and dreaming big together. Our recruitment team especially loved chatting with them about why teaching is such a powerful, purpose-driven career—and how they can help shape a better world. 🌍 💜 Juliana Bryansmith 💜 Tal Mintz 💜 Shaneli Mirpuri, M.Ed. 💜 Laura Carbajal #CareerDiscoveryWeek

Last night we kicked off our first 35th Anniversary Happy Hour — celebrating our 2010s + 2020s alumni — at Good Behavior ✨🍸 Thank you to everyone who came out to reconnect, celebrate, and raise a glass to 35 years of impact! 💡 Did you know? Every 35th Anniversary event you attend enters you into a raffle for a seat at our Annual Benefit Dinner on June 10th! 📅 Next up: we’re back at Good Behavior on April 23 from 6–8pm, celebrating the 2000s corps years — all are welcome! 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/ekwvmDBS

From demystifying AI and what comes after the classroom to strengthening your leadership and leveraging LinkedIn - There's a Breakout Space for YOU at Alumni Homecoming! Don't don't let this one-of-a-kind lineup pass you by. Register for Alumni Homecoming today! https://lnkd.in/geKUZaPY. A $35 ticket includes lunch, post-event reception, reunions/networking opps, and a whole lotta learning 😉. ----- Thank you to our Breakout hosts! 🎤 Sharon Collins, PAEMST (NY '99), Halima Lugent (NY '07) from Teaching Matters, Wenimo Okoya, Ed.D., MPH (NJ '09) from Healing Schools Project, Wyman Khuu (NY '14) from Playlab AI, Sarah Sprott (Charlotte '04) from Candid, Merlin Valdez (Dallas-Fort Worth '14) from PlanningPeriod.io, Jamie Lonie (Houston '10) from Amplifi Digital, Matthew Taylor and Lizette B. Suxo, Ed.L.D. from Noble Story Group, and Marcus Ceniceros from LEE.

"In the classroom I learned how to nurture hope about what’s possible, confront the truth about how far we are from that, and choose courage to stand in that duality together." Elisa Villanueva Beard Join us at Teach For America's Annual Benefit Dinner on June 10th when we will be honoring TFA’s Chief Executive Officer, Elisa Villanueva Beard. The event will celebrate Elisa’s 25 years of impact and TFA’s 35th anniversary milestone. Learn more and RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/eCSHmYHe. As she prepared to pass the TFA CEO baton to Aneesh Sohoni, we also invite you to read Elisa's "Exit Ticket" offering three lessons from her 27 years of leadership in pursuit of an excellent education for every child. ✨ https://lnkd.in/eXz9dYam

Starting at 5pm ET!