New Haven Promise’s 12th annual Internship, Job & Career Fair brought together 200 Scholars and college graduates with 60 hiring agencies from across the Greater New Haven region. The event highlighted the city’s homegrown talent while providing a vital pathway to...
When Ali Fadhil (Common Ground ‘21, UConn ‘25) and his family arrived in New Haven in 2012, the nine-year-old had little understanding of the journey they were undertaking. For Ali's father, a former hotel manager in Iraq, the decision to uproot his family was born...
Educators for Excellence, a nonprofit that advocates for the teaching profession, has honored Chastity Berrios (center in the picture) as a Rising Star. This award recognizes educators who have gone above and beyond the call of duty for their students and in doing so...
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We would like to congratulate Promise graduate Nour Al Zouabi for receiving the Social Justice & Health Equity Award from Elena’s Light, a local non-profit committed to improving outcomes for refugee and immigrant women and children. Nour, who is now a graduate...
From top to bottom: Casey Gargano, Jolyne Brown, Nelly Padilla, Frankie Roman Casey Gargano, a Promise Alumna serves as our Talent Manager. Casey, a Crossgraduate, received her Bachelor's degree in economics and urban studies from UConn in 2019. She has a background...
When they first played football together for the New Haven Steelers 14 years ago, Promise graduates Terron Mallory (Hillhouse '18, Sacred Heart '22) and Noah Washington (Cross '18, CCSU '22) never imagined that they would be facing off with each other for a full...
Civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker Ruby Bridges spoke at Yale’s MLK event to a capacity crowd at Woolsey Hall on Jan. 24. Bridges shared accounts of her experiences and called on all in attendance to actively push toward combating barriers that divide...
