We are so proud of our 2019 Fellows for completing their summer fellowship! 

Join us this year at our seventh annual Run for Hope on Sunday April 28th, 2019.

The Run for Hope 5K Run/Walk is a celebration of the life and work of Hope Reichbach, an activist and civic leader born and raised in Brooklyn. Before she passed away in 2011, Hope worked on the campaign and in the office of Council Member Steven Levin and worked tirelessly to make Brooklyn a better place for everybody. This event will bring together local vendors, musicians, and members of Hope’s community to raise money and awareness for the a Hope Reichbach Fund, which provides summer Fellowships to college students pursuing careers in social justice.

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Every year the Hope Reichbach Fund selects five bright, talented, and motivated undergraduate students to join our network of Hope Fund Fellows.

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Thank you to everyone who came out to support our Fall Fundraiser. This stand-up comedy show was a hilariously great time and we raised $3,00 to support our 2019 Summer Fellowship! 

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Our 2018 fall fundraiser is sure to be a tear jerking, knee slapping good time for a great cause! Join us for a hilarious night of stand up comedy at 61 Local. This Brooklyn pub serves locally sourced beer & snacks for you to enjoy while watching our side-splitting line up:
Jo Firestone (The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon)
Josh Gondelman (Last Week Tonight)
Shalewa Sharpe (Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival )
George Civeris (Just for Laughs)
Carmen Lagala (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
Eman El-Husseini (CBC)
Hosted by Cara Weinberger (Reductress)

All proceeds benefit the Hope Reichbach Fund, a summer Fellowship for college students pursuing careers in social justice and activism.

WHEN: October 21st, 2018, 7PM- 9PM
WHERE: 61 Local, 61 Bergen st, Brooklyn, NY 11201
TICKETS: $35 General Admission Ticket; $50 Reserved Seating Ticket; $70 Angel Ticket (Reserved Seating)
Cash bar
Ages 21 and up. Arrive early. Seating is limited for General Admission.

If you cannot attend, please consider donating to The Hope Reichbach Fund

This past Sunday August 12th our 2018 Fellows graduated from our Summer program. Congratulations to Jerrell, Jeannette, Aliza, Nashany, and Rasna! Thank you to everyone that attended.

The Hope Reichbach Fund, a program dedicated to matching young passionate students with internships at community organizations changing Brooklyn’s future, is looking for a part-time, hourly Program Manager to help administer and manage this program, composed entirely of volunteers.

This is a great opportunity for someone who has a little bit of free time and wants to devote it to a great cause. You will be able to meet and network with important community and social leaders in Brooklyn, as well as get the chance to help shape the future of our city.

About the Hope Reichbach Fund:

Established in 2012, the program commemorates Hope Reichbach’s spirit of community-building, organizing, and leadership in Brooklyn. In her political career, Hope worked closely on Council Member Steve Levin’s campaign and on his staff, and she ran for Female District Leader of the 52nd Assembly District at the age of 22.

The Hope Reichbach Fund provides scholarships for students who take internships in civic leadership and community organizing. We will continue Hope’s legacy of progressive values and passion for Brooklyn in the following ways:

• Provide stipends to dedicated college students who embody the values Hope stood for
• Facilitate internships with Brooklyn organizations involved in local issues and activism
• Provide mentorship and a network of contacts to our students; enhancing their career development
• Create a new generation of leaders in Brooklyn

Responsibilities

• Attend all advisory board meetings and HRF events
• Send out notices for monthly advisory board meetings and take notes at meeting to send to advisory board members within a week after meeting. 
• Assist in preparation and design of program materials
• Update the HRF website and social channels regularly
• Help author and publish the semi-annual fund newsletter
• Manage programming for the fund’s summer fellows; this includes working with the advisory board to help develop a calendar, book speakers and venues, collect and report fellow feedback and track/report related expenses with FJC.
• Assist with outreach to colleges for intern applications.
• Assist with outreach to non-profit organization to apply for intern matching.
• Plan and execute two major fundraisers, annual appeal, internship registration fairs, and other program events.
• Manage relationships with host organizations
• Maintain and update various contact lists 
• Staff the selection committee that helps choose each year’s interns.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Must be a positive, fun person with a passion for Brooklyn and social causes
• Experience working with volunteers, donors and all levels of staff is a plus!

Compensation is hourly and commensurate with experience.

Please send a resume, contact information for 2 references, and a short paragraph (in the body of the email) explaining why you are interested in the position to ezra.lowrey@gmail.com with the subject line “[Last name], [First name] Program Manager Hope Fund”.

We are excited to announced our 2018 cohort of Hope Fund fellows – five excellent college students following in Hope’s footsteps.

Aliza Khan is a student in Political Science and Economics at CUNY Brooklyn College.

Although she’s spent almost her entire 21 years as a New York City native, Aliza was born in Bangladesh. In 1995 her parents won a green card through a lottery sponsored by the U.S. Department of State aiming to diversify the immigrant population of the United States. Before her first birthday, she emigrated to the United States with her parents and settled in Queens, New York. After attending high school in Brooklyn, Aliza decided to move to the borough for college and now studies Economics and Political Science at CUNY Brooklyn College.

She plans to use what she’s learned and the incredible opportunities she’s been given to advocate for social change; whether it be through pushing for better public policy, working to promote greater sustainability in our cities, or engaging in public interest law to make sure those who have been unjustly accused have a legal voice.

Jerrell Gray is a freshman at the University of Rochester, majoring in political science and urban development.

Being born and raised in Brooklyn, NY has been a driving factor in his commitment to social justice. In a society where there must be people at the bottom in order for others to stay afloat, he has found myself in a conglomerate of people that advocate for the needs of the lower-income community and ensures that they do not remain invisible. While there are many ways to impact the world we live in, creating unity will enable us to make the strides on all fronts. Social justice allows him to make change on a personal level and have everlasting influence on people.

Jeanette Castillo is a student at Muhlenberg College majoring in Environmental Science with a double minor in Computer Science and Latin American & Caribbean Studies.

Jeanette was born and raised in the Bronx by a single mother who is the first in her family to emigrate here to the United States. Her mom has taught her and her siblings to dream and think big; that nothing is hard to reach. She stands by that philosophy and seeks to change the world in many ways, specifically in environmental justice and educational attainment for children of low-income backgrounds such as herself. Her upbringing and the community that surrounds her is what led to her passion in social justice issues that deserve more light and recognition by the public and make people actually understand the true nature of their actions.

Rasna Ekra is a sophomore at Lafayette College double majoring in International Affairs and Women and Gender Studies with a minor in Anthropology.

She was born in Bangladesh but grew up in the Bronx. Being a woman of color on a predominantly white institution, social justice advocacy is an integral part of her life. Rasna is a peer educator for Lafayette’s social justice group, Kaleidoscope, where she has learned valuable skills that empower her to promote cultural and religious awareness on campus through her leadership in clubs such as Asian Cultural Association and Muslim Students Association. Her former work at CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities with Bangladeshi, Chinese, and Korean immigrant communities for language and housing justice ignited her true love and passion for community organizing in marginalized communities of color in New York City.

Nashany Rodriguez, a rising senior at the University at Albany, is a psychology major and communications minor.

She and her family are originally from Panama. Growing up in East New York, Brooklyn really expanded her love for it. She constantly moved around Brooklyn with her mom, so had to live in many different parts of the borough. She graduated from Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology. After working at a homeless shelter for a couple of months, she got to personally see and experience a lot of issues. Watching her mother, as a single parent, struggle to provide for her is her daily motivation. This made her incredibly interested in wanting to help and find solutions for low-income families and neighborhoods. She is hoping that her talents and hard work will help her spread awareness of dilemmas like mental health that are not letting families advance.