Author: HGB Foundation
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Coding, Horseback Rising, and Honor Societies: February 2023 Updates
In the month of February, we had some very exciting updates and adventures across the Foundation. The month started off with some wonderful site visits down South, touching base with our Empowering Youth vertical and our HGB team visiting our BridgeUP: STEM and BridgeUP: Giddy UP programs! Our first stop was to the campus of…
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Introduction to the BOLD Women’s Leadership Network
The BOLD Women’s Leadership Network, housed in our Empowering Women Vertical, fully embodies what Helen Gurley Brown, legendary editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, stood for. Though often largely underestimated by her peers, Helen proved herself to be a trailblazer, instigator, and staunch women’s champion, Helen was unapologetically herself and believed that every woman and girl should…
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Track Captains, Cabarets, and Fellowships: January Updates 2023!
This year is off to a wonderful start across all our verticals, with January bringing exciting updates for many of our programs! In our BridgeUP + Out Program, one of our students from Cardinal Hayes High School, Lucas, was featured on News 12, the Bronx, to talk about his role as team captain for the…
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Meet an alum of our BridgeUP: Bootcamp Company program, Emmy M.!
Emmy M., 24, was born in Maine and raised in Strafford, Vermont. She began performing when she was eight years old and has always loved theater, though didn’t consider it as a career path for herself for a long time; having no family in the theater industry, it didn’t seem like a legitimate path for…
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Spectaculars, Fellowships, and Helen Trailblazers: November 2022 Updates!
November has been fruitful and brought many exciting updates! HGB’s programs are nearing the end of the year, but have not slowed in achievement and progress. In our Empowering Youth vertical, our BridgeUP+OUT program in the Bronx is winding down in its first semester, with the Class of 2023 Scholars getting their college applications submitted…
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Highbridge Park, BOLD Site Visits, and Milestones: October 2022 Updates!
October has encompassed many exciting updates to share across our various programs in our three verticals: Empowering Youth, Empowering Women, and Empowering Innovation. In our Empowering Youth vertical, our HGB team had the chance to go on a site visit with our BridgeUP Environment program, housed within our partnership with the Student Conservation Association (SCA). The visit…
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BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle Highlighted by Playbill
Carol Dunne, Director of the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle was recently interviewed by Playbill on the importance of a program like BOLD for women in the theater industry and its efforts to improve gender parity. You can read the interview here. Congratulations are in order for two BOLD Circle Alumni. Former BOLD Associate Artistic…
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Who was Helen Gurley Brown?
Born in 1922 in Green Forest, Arkansas, Helen Gurley entered a world in financial freefall that held very few options for women. As a teenager, she moved to Los Angeles, and sent money back to her mother Cleo and her sister Mary in Arkansas for years. Helen worked impossibly hard. She was a Mad-Men style…