Author Archives: Irene Branche

Summer Silent Auction 2020

Join us for our first ever Summer Silent Auction! All proceeds will support HOPE’s critical work of breaking cycles of poverty and building sustainable futures for marginalized communities through comprehensive training, jobs, advancement and lifelong career support. Our online auction is now live! Bid or donate today! If you’d like to donate an item to […]

HOPE Appoints Lauren Samuel as New Board Chair

On July 1, 2020, The HOPE Program officially welcomed Lauren Samuel, Barclays Strategy, as its new Board Chair. Lauren’s appointment builds on her ten years of board service and four years as Board Chair of Sustainable South Bronx. On August 6, Lauren shared the following remarks: Dear HOPE Community, With great pride, I am introducing […]

80+ Businesses & Human Service Leaders Release Plan for Inclusive Economic Recovery

Critical investments and supports needed for small businesses, workers and community-based organizations to build an inclusive local post-COVID economy READ: Recovery for All: A Vision for New York City’s Equitable Economic Recovery Full Report + Executive Summary NEW YORK – In response to the growing crisis of unemployment and small business collapse in New York […]

HOPE Executive Director Appointed to Labor and Workforce Sector Advisory Council

NEW YORK—Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed members to the following Sector Advisory Councils: Labor and Workforce; Large Business; Small Business; and Arts, Culture, and Entertainment. Sector Advisory Councils will inform the Administration’s efforts to restart the economy and city life. The councils will serve as critical links to disseminate information about re-opening and provide […]

Job Seekers Meet Obstacles and Opportunities Amid COVID-19

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, 22-year-old Mahutin Paul was planning to travel in March to San Antonio, Texas, for the National Society of Black Engineers’ annual convention. Paul—a mechanical engineering student at City College—is hunting for a summer internship, and also hoping to line up a full-time job for when he graduates in December. But […]

HOPE Program pushing to help job seekers stay prepared, employed during pandemic

    The Hope Program is pushing to help job seekers stay prepared and employed during the coronavirus pandemic. “We have an expression, we say, ‘When you’re Hope, you’re Hope for life,” said Hope graduate Alejandrina Sanchez. She says the program helped her get employed, but that when her job was put on pause because […]