“Starting a new non-profit is not easy,” says Brian Gadsden, CCAS BA ’93. “I’ve seen many fail while trying to duplicate work that is already being done.” Gadsden knows something about how to make the non-profit life work; he founded the San Francisco,CA-based Urban Ed Academy (UEA), which celebrated its launch in summer 2013. Gadsden, […]
Tag: Human Services
Sarah Broome, CCAS BA ’08
Sarah Broome, CCAS BA ’08, is included on Greater Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2012 “Forty Under 40” list. Broome was included for her project, THRIVE, a public, tuition-free charter boarding school for at-risk students in downtown Baton Rouge, LA. Broome arrived in Baton Rouge in 2008, through the Teach for America program. In 2010, one […]
Blythe Purdin, CCAS BA ’04
Blythe Purdin, CCAS BA ’04, accepted the position of legislative and political action coordinator for the Second Essex Senate District through the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA). In this position, Purdin will continue her advocacy work to bring a pro-education agenda to the state house and help the MTA to elect pro-education candidates in the 2012 […]
Torrean Rich, CCAS BA ’05
Torrean Rich, CCAS BA ’05, died in a traffic accident in Maryland on Feb. 9. Ms. Rich’s classmates from Largo High School in Upper Marlboro held a candlelight vigil in her honor on Feb. 13.
Amanda Wolbrom, CCAS BA ’02
Amanda Wolbrom, CCAS BA ’02, and Michael Stuart Roston were married Oct. 22 at the Brooklyn Museum. Ms. Roston is a vice president specializing in the management of consumer brands at Weber Shandwick, a public relations firm based in Manhattan. Read more at The New York Times.