Our Youth Fordham University’s

are
Our Future ! Liberty
Liberty Partnerships Program Partnerships
offers a variety of services to
I.S. 254 students, grades 6-8.
Through tutoring, mentoring,
and enrichment trips, , our
program uplifts and creates
opportunities for at-risk youth.

Fordham University’s
Liberty Partnerships Program
Shelley K Topping-Director
Committed
540 East 191St. Street
Bronx, NY 10458
to the
Phone: 718.817.0170, 71
E-mail: IRamirez@Fordham.edu
Discovery of Wisdom
and the
Liberty Partnerships Program Transmission of
Students at “Passing Strange” one
of Broadway’s newest and best Learning
shows running in 2008.
 Program
Overview
LPP Supportive
Programs:
Services Offer:
The Liberty Part-
Recreational
Counseling
nerships Program
• Services that support students’ abilities
trips:
(LPP) provides stu- to overcome issues that place them at
risk and plan their • Broadway plays and
dents enrolled
future.
museums
in grades 5-12 with • Provided by Fordham
University Graduate
services designed to improve their ability School of Social Workshops:
Services (GSS) stu-
to graduate from high school and enter dent interns. • College Prep, Organizational skills,
postsecondary education and the work-
Tutoring Goal setting
force. Fordham University’s LPP will be at • School day and after school homework
College Tours:
Intermediate School 254(grades 6-8) right help

• 1-1 and group tutoring

off of Fordham Road. • Fordham University and other
Mentoring area Universities and Colleges
WHAT ARE SOME CHALLENGES THAT
• Structured relationship between LPP
LPP TACKLES: participants and caring, dedicated
Fordham University college students.

1. Disparity between resources available to

Eligibility:
students in high-need communities and high
Participants
expectations for their performance.
-I.S 254 6-8 grade students.
2. Increased demand for high-quality aca- rogram
Volunteers artners
hip s P
e Lib erty P
Th
demic interventions that will close the per-
- Energetic and caring college students
formance gap among students. who can dedicate at least 4-5 hours
Fordham University’s
per week to the program, (French and Liberty Partnerships Program
3. Increased demand for social interven- Spanish speakers especially welcome!). Shelley K Topping-Director
540 East 191St. Street
Bronx, NY 10458
tions that will reduce or eliminate the de-
Phone: 718.817.0170,

velopmental

impact of poverty on learners.