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The Crown Heights Youth Collective, Inc. (CHYC) serves the diverse communities of Crown Heights. Because of the rampant crime and truancy within the Crown Heights community; there has been a need for a comprehensive youth program. During the past 30 years CHYC has served more than 100,000 young people through youth outreach. With our unique hands-on approach, we meet the youth wherever they are; whether it is the playground, schoolroom, or street corner.
By initiating youth outreach programs, the Crown Heights Youth Collective is encouraging young people to re-focus. From this newly created vantage point, young people see themselves and their community as wprth of saving. They no longer wait for some outside remedy, buut are taking an active part in preserving and enhancing their neighborhood. Although we continue to target youths ages 3-25 years old, our services are also available to the community -at- large including parents and seniors.
Our youth outreach remedy is multi-dimensional, performing many functions the particular need is at this time. WIth compassion and encouragement we function as a bridge in order to fullfill our mission, which is life-saving and life-sustaining. Besides the traditional forms of youth outreach such as drug prevention, crisis counseling, career and educational guidance and initiated cross cultural exchanges through a revered fostering of relationships with all segments of the community by reaching our Hasidic Lubauctcher neighbors. As a youth oriented organization, we live a duality of a prevention of ills and projection of strengths. From our after-school tutorials, the Crown Heights Youth Collective is committed to furthering the spiritual and educational growth of the community we serve. We also maintain an active working relationship with the New York Police Department and other municipal agencies. After young people are inducted in off the street, we engage them intellectually and psychologically.
ABOUT RICHARD E. GREENRichard E. Green, Grandfather, Father, Husband, Son, Brother, Youth worker.A forty year plus Brooklyn Resident. Attended public school, graduated Erasmus Hall High School. Served in The US Marine Corps, a tour in Vietnam, a Military Police, Honorably discharged. Attended Marist College, BA Cum Laude, Graduate Studies State University at New Paltz, African History & American Studies. Founded the Youth Collective in 1977, and has served over 65,000 young people since its inception. Co-Founded the Street Outreach Program with Councilmember Sal. Albanese and former Mayor Dinkins. Played a pivotal role in quelling the crisis in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991 and beyond. Worked closely with five(5) Mayors; A participant of the Police Dept. Community relations project underFive(5) successive Commissioners; Courtesy Professionalism and Respect (C.P.R.), member and appointed to the N.Y.P.D. Board of Visitors; 1996-2000 Appointed as a Trustee with the NYC Board of Education managing with four (4) others, a school district of 27,000 students in Brooklyn Central; Served on the Dept. of Education Visit teams to the Manhattan and Bronx Schools that were in review;.. Met with President Clinton on Community Youth 1995 & 1999; A member of the National Advisory Board, Police Executive Research Foundation (P.E.R.F.). Meet with Police Commissioners and Chief from around the na tion to collaborate on Community - Police relations. 1993-Present An Adjunct Professor at Medgar Evers College, specializing in World, African and American Histories.-Radio Commentator and Producer WNYE 91.5 FM: Produced and hosted Inner City Views 1987-1999; Medgar Evers College:Co-hosted with Mark Riley WLIB; Commentaries on local and National Television and radio. Featured in a Showtime movie entitle Crown Heights.Recipient of numerous awards to include: ABC News Person of the Week; Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Community Service Award; Brooklyn Old-Timers Community Leadership; Boys & Girls Club Award; National Council of Negro Women "Outstanding Leadership Award". First Baptist Church, Humanitarian Award. St. Francis of Assisi Peacemaker Award Vulcan Society; Northeastern University Giant Steps Award ;Brooklyn USA Leadership Award; Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society; Congressman Towns Special Congressional Recognition; Governor Pataki Living the Dream Award;Nelson Mandela Award. City Council Award. Mayor's Martin Luther King Award. Comptroller Award. -N.Y.P.D. Citizen of the Month. Boys Scout of America.N. Y.U. Latino Community Award. Marine Corps Sixth Com. Award:Political Experiences/Campaigns:1960: Flatbush Democrat Club John F. Kennedy for President-Canvassing and other outreach work;1971-74 Political Science Major Marist College/participated in local elections in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.1976: Shirley Chisholm Congressional Campaign & election;1976: Jimmy Carter for President, Brooklyn contingent;1977: Percy Sutton for Mayor;1985: Mario Cuomo;1989-1994: David Dinkins for Mayor;Una Clarke for Council;2001: Michael Bloomberg for Mayor;2003: Yvette Clarke for Council;2006: Hakeem Jeffries for Council;
ABOUT RICHARD E. GREEN
Richard E. Green, Grandfather, Father, Husband, Son, Brother, Youth worker.
A forty year plus Brooklyn Resident. Attended public school, graduated Erasmus Hall High School. Served in The US Marine Corps, a tour in Vietnam, a Military Police, Honorably discharged. Attended Marist College, BA Cum Laude, Graduate Studies State University at New Paltz, African History & American Studies. Founded the Youth Collective in 1977, and has served over 65,000 young people since its inception. Co-Founded the Street Outreach Program with Councilmember Sal. Albanese and former Mayor Dinkins. Played a pivotal role in quelling the crisis in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991 and beyond. Worked closely with five(5) Mayors; A participant of the Police Dept. Community relations project under
Five(5) successive Commissioners; Courtesy Professionalism and Respect (C.P.R.), member and appointed to the N.Y.P.D. Board of Visitors; 1996-2000 Appointed as a Trustee with the NYC Board of Education managing with four (4) others, a school district of 27,000 students in Brooklyn Central; Served on the Dept. of Education Visit teams to the Manhattan and Bronx Schools that were in review;
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Met with President Clinton on Community Youth 1995 & 1999; A member of the National Advisory Board, Police Executive Research Foundation (P.E.R.F.). Meet with Police Commissioners and Chief from around the na tion to collaborate on Community - Police relations. 1993-Present An Adjunct Professor at Medgar Evers College, specializing in World, African and American Histories.
-Radio Commentator and Producer WNYE 91.5 FM: Produced and hosted Inner City Views 1987-1999; Medgar Evers College:
Co-hosted with Mark Riley WLIB; Commentaries on local and National Television and radio. Featured in a Showtime movie entitle Crown Heights.
Recipient of numerous awards to include: ABC News Person of the Week; Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Community Service Award; Brooklyn Old-Timers Community Leadership; Boys & Girls Club Award; National Council of Negro Women "Outstanding Leadership Award". First Baptist Church, Humanitarian Award. St. Francis of Assisi Peacemaker Award Vulcan Society; Northeastern University Giant Steps Award ;Brooklyn USA Leadership Award; Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society; Congressman Towns Special Congressional Recognition; Governor Pataki Living the Dream Award;Nelson Mandela Award. City Council Award.
Mayor's Martin Luther King Award. Comptroller Award. -N.Y.P.D.
Citizen of the Month. Boys Scout of America.
N. Y.U. Latino Community Award. Marine Corps Sixth Com. Award:
Political Experiences/Campaigns:
1960: Flatbush Democrat Club John F. Kennedy for President-Canvassing and other outreach work;
1971-74 Political Science Major Marist College/participated in local elections in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
1976: Shirley Chisholm Congressional Campaign & election;
1976: Jimmy Carter for President, Brooklyn contingent;
1977: Percy Sutton for Mayor;
1985: Mario Cuomo;
1989-1994: David Dinkins for Mayor;
Una Clarke for Council;
2001: Michael Bloomberg for Mayor;
2003: Yvette Clarke for Council;
2006: Hakeem Jeffries for Council;
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Richard E. Green-------------- ---Founder/C.E.O.
Cheryl Sealey----------------------------- Chairman
Johnnymae Robinson------------------- Treasurer
Alyna Thompson-------------------------- Secretary
Ben Legrand--------------------------------- Director
Coral Barnet ___________________ Director
Dr. Bob Johnson ________________ Emeritus
Advisory Board
Amenawon Green--------------------------- Officer
Assantwa Green---------------------------- Officer
Otto Neal _______________________ Officer
Who's Who?
Executive Staff
Richard E. Green -- Chief Executive Officer E-mail: rgreen_chycbrooklyn.com
Dr. Myrah Brown Green- Co-Founder E-mail: mbgreen_ccny.cuny.edu
Ms. Cheryl Green--- Fiscal Director Phone: (718) 756-1922
Mr. Raiheen Bell- Job Development/ Human Resources Director E-mail: chyc_chycbrooklyn.com
Education Department
MISSION
OUR FOUNDERS
OUR STAFF
THE BOARD
OUR FOUNDER
STAFF
Richard Green (CHYC), Rabbi Robert Kaplan (C.A.U.S.E), Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard), Patricia L. Gatling (Commissioner, Commission of Human Rights), Rev. C. Vernon Mason (Fund for Community Leadership Development), Chung-Wha Hong (Exec Dir. NY Immigration Coalition), Dr. Katherine S. Newman (Princeton University) Civil Rights Public Lecture at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture April 3, 2008
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