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Thursday, November 1st, 2007Last week, 25-year-old Jayson Tirado was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in an early morning traffic dispute. (Video) I found out this morning that Jayson was one of three or four Tirado siblings who attended Generation Xcel in the mid-90s when we first opened. He attended school with my sister-in-law, and we [...]
Friday Foto Finish
Friday, September 21st, 2007PS & MS 34 alum Eric Velez addresses current middle school students at an MS 34 assembly sponsored by Generation Xcel and Abounding Grace Ministries. More assembly pics here. Related 2020 Vision Adopt-a-School Resourcestraining commercial loan officers forauto truth lending loans intulsa loans area services fiancialmicroloan dateline tvloan of typestypes school loans ofhome uk loanloans [...]
Adopt-a-School comes full circle
Friday, September 14th, 2007On Wednesday, Generation Xcel and Abounding Grace celebrated a milestone in their relationship with PS/MS 34, the public school across the street from Xcel that both organizations have “adopted.” The school invited them to hold the first middle school assembly in over two years to introduce the murals they painted in the schoolyard this summer. [...]
Pastor Louis
Friday, September 14th, 2007Speaking of worshippers, my all-time favorite worship leader (and former Generation Xcel site director) is now a pastor, Pastor Louis Carlo. CoCo was formally introduced as Pastor Louis at Abounding Grace last Sunday, an appropriate promotion for a faithful and anointed leader. As a former boss and forever friend, I have seen Pastor Louis at [...]
My City My God
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Help International Bible Society select the cover for its upcoming “My City MY God” urban youth themed Bible, which features testimonies from Xcel alumni Luis Velez and Kevin Cedeno as well as an introduction by Rudy Carrasco. Visit UYWIblog.com to cast your vote.
Blog Catch-Up
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007+ Content Creation Online: 44% of U.S. Internet users have contributed their thoughts and their files to cyberspace. + The Partnership for After School Education (PASE) has launched a podcast of its trainings, conferences, and symposia. The current online library is small, but appears to be growing. PASE has been a long-standing training resource, program [...]
A dream come true
Monday, July 23rd, 2007On Friday and Saturday, an entire neighborhood witnessed answered prayers with their own eyes as the guy who organized this as a tribute to old-school hip hop, coordinated this as a tribute to new school opportunity: Eleven years ago, thirteen young people ages 14-22 overcame the lack of money, space, equipment, and paid staff to [...]
JLYNY Photo Diary, Days 7 & 8
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007Day 7 Block Party, Avenue D & 10 Street Day 8 12th Annual Xcel Hoops 3-on-3 Bball Tournament Dry Dock Park, Avenue D & 10th Street Related + All JLYNY Images + Days 1-3 + Day 4 + Day 6
JLYNY Photo Diary, Day 6
Friday, July 20th, 2007Day 6 LaGuardia Houses @ Clinton and Cherry Streets Related + All Images + Days 1-3 + Day 4 + Remaining Schedule