The Wallace Foundation released a report on on their Better Together conference to help cities find resources to build afterschool systems. Originally posted in the Wallace Foundation’s Newsletter A decade ago, afterschool systems – which coordinate the work of Read More …
Category: In the News
Tune In Today! Hub Alum Bryan Norato on White House Google Hangout
We the Geeks: Building a 21st Century Resume Originally posted by Thomas Kalil on http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/19/we-geeks-building-21st-century-resume Watch “We the Geeks” on a 21st Century Resume live on Thursday, June 20th, at 2:00 p.m. EDT atWH.gov/WeTheGeeks. Join the conversation and ask your questions with Read More …
Call for High School Programs: Hub Expanded Learning Opportunities
The Providence After School Alliance (PASA), in partnership with the Providence Public Schools, is looking for non-profit organizations and business and industry partners to apply to provide “expanded learning opportunities” of ten or more weeks which provide youth with Read More …
Digital Badges: President Clinton Announces Commitment to Create New Pathways to College and Career Success
President Bill Clinton last week announced a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action to massively expand access to a new method of academic and technical skills assessment known as Open Badges – online representations of earned knowledge and skills – Read More …
PASA Partner Spotlight: Adrienne Gagnon and DownCity Design
PASA is thrilled that Adrienne Gagnon, co-founder of longstanding AfterZone program partner DownCity Design, was named a 2013 Rhode Island Innovation Fellow! Adrienne’s project, Innovation by Design, will help develop the next generation of RI innovators by getting young people involved Read More …
Hot off the Presses: How to Craft an After-School Program That Doesn’t Suck
By Dylan Scott Originally Posted in Governing Magazine March 7th, 2013 “Maybe it sucks,” Hillary Salmons, executive director of the Providence After School Alliance, told the audience at a conference last month centered on after-school programs and why attendance Read More …
Rent a House for Brown Graduation Weekend and Give Providence Youth a Leg Up!
Rent a house from our My PASA, Su Casa program for the 2013 Brown Commencement and Alumni weekend! Stay in comfort and style, while helping to support the Providence After School Alliance continue to provide quality after-school programming for the city’s middle and Read More …
Hot Off the Presses: Hub Expanded Learning Featured in Providence Business News
Photo Courtesy of Nicole Van Slyke Artist-educator Andrew Oesch leads a group of Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex students in an activity as part of the Hub’s Art and Design Lab ELO, provided by the RISD Museum of Art. By Read More …
BIF-8: Middle School Angst? No Such Thing Here!
If we could all get in touch with our inner pre-adolescent personality, we might have a deeper understanding of who we are now — Hillary Salmons PASA’s Executive Director, Hillary Salmons, was one of BIF-8’s rousing storytellers in September, using Read More …
Don’t Let Good Solutions Go to Waste
Save the Bay Educator Grainne Lanigan leads a group of AfterZone Scholars in marine data collection There are over 1 million nonprofits across America, but it’s challenging to know which of them have high impact and the most potential Read More …