THURSDAY: BRICK Education Network Hosts Virtual Forum with Community Leaders and Grant Funders to Discuss COVID-19 Response and Recovery

Newark-based charter management organization provided much-needed services to community during pandemic and will continue to do so in months ahead

NEWARK, NJ – Newark-based charter management organization BRICK Education Network (BEN) is hosting a Virtual Partners’ Forum on Thursday, June 11 at 9:00am to discuss the organization’s successful response to COVID-19 and what needs to be done moving forward. The conversation will focus on what strategies were successful and what resources are needed in the future.

BEN has provided thought leadership around the response to COVID-19 in Newark’s South Ward and provided much-needed services to impacted Newark families during the pandemic. The organization is committed to ensuring the community’s needs will continue to be met if there is a resurgence of the virus in the fall as New Jersey’s economy reopens and children return to school. Impacted families face a long uphill battle ahead as they progress towards financial, health and emotional recovery post-pandemic, and it is vital that BEN remain a trusted resource they can rely on during these challenging times.

Media planning to join the virtual forum must RSVP to tjohnson@brickeducation.org to receive dial-in information.

BRICK Education Network Virtual Partners’ Forum

WHO:                  Dominique Lee, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, BEN

Shane Harris, Executive Director, The Prudential Foundation at Prudential Financial

Curt Fields, Chief Executive Officer, the Turrell Fund

John Sharpe James, South Ward Council Member, City of Newark

Keri Logosso-Misurell, Executive Director, Greater Newark Healthcare Coalition

WHAT:                BRICK Education Network is hosting a Virtual Partners’ Forum to discuss the organization’s successful response to COVID-19 and what needs to be done moving forward.

WHEN:                Thursday, June 11 at 9:00am

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About BRICK Education Network

BRICK (Building Resilient, Intelligent Creative Kids) Education Network (BEN) is a charter management organization based in Newark, New Jersey. BEN is powered by visionary, diverse leaders committed to fighting the status quo. BEN’s mission is to relentlessly knock down all barriers to students’ academic success so they can have an unimpeded path to unlocking his or her limitless potential and ending the cycle of lost dreams. To learn more about BEN, visit http://brickeducation.org/.