Harlem middle school students visit Brooklyn Navy Yard to work with nonprofit
On Wednesday, about 30 middle school students from St. Hope Leadership Academy in Harlem trekked to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to visit Refoundry, a new nonprofit that trains formerly incarcerated people to repurpose discarded materials into home furnishings, and incubates participants into their own businesses.
The students went in order to reconnect with the Refoundry participants who came to visit their school several weeks before, and to see the drill press and band saw they donated to Refoundry.
Each month, students from St. Hope select an organization through which to learn about social, environmental and others issues that affect their community, as well as how to work toward solutions. As part of their engagement, they raise money to help support these organizations’ work.