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ENU Builds Community through activities, events, dialogue, workshops and more. Our primary work is youth development and everything we do leads back to a benefit to the youth in the community.
Youth Development & Enrichment
Ossining My Brother’s Keeper 5th grade initiation program with OUFSD and OMBK. Life skills, how to tie a tie, the introduction of an ENU young men’s club.
ENU Builds Dialogue Content Club offers a platform for the youth to engage in meaningful conversations, allowing them to share their differences, perspectives, and experiences. We use various mediums, books, movies, articles, etc. Including:
Blind Side – Movie
Black Boys – Book
Punching the Air – Book
Zootopia – Movie
Disagreements can fracture our communities, friendships, and families. And as our divisions widen, so does the common ground that unites us. The proliferation of misinformation, malformation, and disinformation on social media exacerbates the issue.
Let’s have a conversation, building understanding begins with a dialogue, allowing us to shine light where none previously existed.
Community Engagement
ENU Builds offers an abundance of activities and experiences in Ossining and the surrounding areas. The events and activities listed below are just a few that we host annually. For more details and specific dates, please refer to our events calendar.
- The ENU Youth Expo – A day filled with workshops and activities tailored for students within the community.
- The ENU Day of Action – A grand field day for the community, packed with action and engaging activities.
- Our Annual Fundraiser – ENU’s yearly fundraising event, coupled with a report on our achievements.
- Adult Recess – Adult Recess, come out and meet new people, enjoy the park, play basketball, kickball, frisbee, roller-skating, rollerblading, skateboarding, double dutch, just good ole fun with friends.
Currently, there are two community gardens available: one at Claremont School and another in the form of a garden box at Bethany. Community gardens bring a wealth of social benefits, such as nurturing a sense of community and belonging, encouraging social interaction and cooperation, offering opportunities for multicultural understanding, empowering students, and providing a venue for meaningful social interactions among neighbors and community members, as well as facilitating the sharing of knowledge, cultures, and traditions.
- Claremont School Garden – In collaboration with the school district, this garden enables us to provide educational programming in horticulture for the students and also contributes fresh produce to local organizations and families.
- Bethany Arts Community Garden – These garden boxes offered through Bethany Arts Community and allow ENU to expand its reach in the community and offer more healthy food options.
ENU Builds Dialogue offers a platform for the community to engage in meaningful conversations, allowing us to share our differences, perspectives, and experiences. Let’s stop the conflict and start collaborating for a better community. We use various mediums, books, movies, articles, etc. Including:
- Blind Side – Movie
- Black Boys – Book
- Punching the Air – Book
- Kiss The Ground – Documentary
- Zootopia – Movie
No matter your beliefs or political stance, disagreements can fracture our communities, friendships, and families. And as our divisions widen, so does the common ground that unites us. The proliferation of misinformation, malformation, and disinformation on social media exacerbates the issue.
Let’s have a conversation, building understanding begins with a dialogue, allowing us to shine light where none previously existed.
School Programming
ENU Builds Access… our afterschool programs and a combination of the traditional and something re-imagined. We are focused on offering programs that are innovative and creative. Programs that create critical thinkers. Always with an eye on the social responsibility, constantly aware of the diversity of our students. These are possible with the incredible partners, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund at Pocantico, Regeneron, Community that Cares, and more…
These programs include:
- Photography
- Dance Workshops
- Spoken Words
- Science Series
- Life Lessons
- and more…
ENU offers classes and workshop for various age groups and levels. These include informational sessions, classes for skill development and workshop series and more. We offer session where members of the community share, they experience, youth content clubs, where we read a book, watch at movie or have a discussion with the group and engage in dialogue.
- Know Your Rights
- Monumental Monuments
- The classes include:
- True Faces
- Content Club
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Professional Development
A glimpse at what we do…
Engagement & Enrichment | Creative & Dance Workshops, Community Conversations on culture and the Arts Final Performance Showcases | ROCKEFELLER RESIDENCY ARTS 3D FOUNDATION
Health, Wellness, and Food Equity | Maintained Two Gardens, Harvested & Donated to local organizations, Anti-Bullying Campaign Support Student Lessons | CLAREMONT & BETHANY
Development and Support Resources | Professional Development Workshops OUFSD, BAC Pack Business Workshops Ossining Events Calendar, ENU Community Crawls | CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMUNITY THAT CARES
Fun Activities & Educational Events | Adult Recess, Art and Sports Pop-Ups, Saturday Science DNA Community Field Day, Content Clubs Movie Screenings | REGENERON