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News October 31, 2017 MD Daily Record’s Path to Excellence: For Nonprofits, Adapting to New Fundraising Strategies can be Key to Survival Our Baltimore Executive Director Stephanie Amponsah shared some advice on nonprofit fundraising in the Maryland Daily Record\'s November 2017 issue... Read More
Press October 24, 2017 Urban Alliance awarded $250,000 grant by Citi Foundation’s 2017 Youth Workforce Fund WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Citi Foundation today awarded Urban Alliance, a Washington, D.C.-based youth workforce development nonprofit, a $250,000 gra... Read More
NewsPost October 16, 2017 Eshauna Smith’s article in Nonprofit Quarterly We learned a lot during our six-year RCT study released this summer. Our CEO Eshauna Smith shared some advice and lessons learned in Nonprofit Quar... Read More
News October 13, 2017 Baltimore Times: Urban Alliance Baltimore helping to build bright futures Read the full article in The Baltimore Times. Urban Alliance Baltimore helping to build bright futures By Ursula V. Battle | 10/13/2017 Vernon W... Read More
News September 8, 2017 Strada Education Network Blog: Internship Program Yields Proven Results for Students, Employers Our partners at Strada Education Network shared the the benefits of our program, along with our recent RCT results, in a blog post on their website... Read More
Press September 7, 2017 Record number of schools participating in Urban Alliance Chicago’s 2017-18 High School Internship Program CHICAGO, IL. – Urban Alliance Chicago is launching its 2017-18 High School Internship Program for underserved youth today with a record number of l... Read More
News September 1, 2017 Eshauna Smith op-ed in Medium: Take a chance on a high school intern — and you could change a life Read the full article on Medium. Take a chance on a high school intern — and you could change a life By Eshauna Smith, CEO of Urban Alliance Last f... Read More
News August 29, 2017 Urban Institute’s Urban Wire: Improving college and career readiness for boys and young men of color Our partners at Urban Institute shared the results of the six-year, randomized controlled trial they conducted of our program\'s impact in their Ur... Read More
News August 29, 2017 Education Week: High School Internship Boosts College-Going for Boys of Color, Study Finds High School Internship Boosts College-Going for Boys of Color, Study Finds By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week Mentoring young men of color with pro... Read More