News station WRAL in Raleigh, NC ran a feature story on The Providence After School Alliance during their news hour, and published an accompanying article on their website. The story covered the AfterZones, calling them an innovative system for keeping Read More …
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PASA’s Deputy Director Named Distinguished Fellow by W.T. Grant Foundation
The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded three Distinguished Fellows, and PASA’s Deputy Director Elizabeth Devaney is among those selected. The Foundation created the Distinguished Fellows program to create connections between research, policy, and practice. Elizabeth’s research project is entitled Using Read More …
PASA Featured in Print and On TV for National Recognition
The National League of Cities has released a report naming the AfterZones one of the nation’s most cutting-edge and innovative city programs for children and families. Read all about it in the Providence Journal’s article, or view the feature story that WPRI Read More …
Asheville, NC Looks to Providence
The Asheville City Schools Foundation in North Carolina announces the formation of their Listening to Our Teens network, which is an adoption of PASA’s successful middle school model.
Brown University’s Pembroke Center to Honor PASA’s Executive Director
On November 18, 2009, the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women and the Pembroke Center Associates will present their biennial “Leadership for Change through Education Award.” The award honors women in any field who, both nationally and at the Read More …
Notable Information from The Wallace Foundation
The Wallace Foundation has just released two new items on their site that speak to those in the after-school and education fields. The first is an out-of-school time report, Investments in Building Citywide Out-of-School-Time Systems: A Six-City Study. Along with Read More …
From Liberia, a Call for Help
Providence Journal Staff Writer Amanda Milkovits recounts the harrowing rescue of former PASA youth Willy Welson, who had been taken to Liberia against his will. Thanks to the intercession of Providence Police Office Jesse Owens and PASA’s Executive Director Hillary Read More …