#AlwaysThere: Jefferson Liu
Almost two years ago, Reach was the lucky beneficiary of free partnership with AKQA. What started as a website rebuild turned into a...
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Dec 24, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: De'Asia
De’Asia might look familiar. If there’s an honor offered by Reach, she’s received it. As a 9th grader, she was quickly promoted to Lead...
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Dec 22, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: Reach's Program Instructors
By Jasmine Jones, Reach Program Manager Meet Anyssa, Attalah, Danielle, Dorothy, Eddie, India, Kamryn, Kevohn, Maishia, Oyinda, Quanis,...
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Dec 18, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: Daveena
By Kenya Johnson, Reach Site Manager Like many people, I now tell time in the terms of “Before COVID-19” and “After COVID-19.” With so...
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Dec 14, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: Dexter & Lydia Manley
Football fans and longtime Washingtonians know him as the “Secretary of Defense” – the flashy and charismatic defensive end who helped...
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Dec 13, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: Christopher Miller
Chris thought we didn’t like him. Connected through a board member matchmaking service, Chris received an introductory email, but we...
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Dec 9, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: London
London is many things: a tutor in Reach’s Anacostia-Ketcham cohort, a Reach Fellow, a published author, and a committed activist. He’s...
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Dec 6, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: The Givens Sisters
You may have seen Shatyia on the news this week. She appeared on Fox5 to talk about her new book, Breonna Marches Through Time. But,...
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Dec 2, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: Nicole Harkin
Nicole Harkin By Suling Miller, Deputy Director for Development When you start fundraising for a new organization – as I did last year –...
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Nov 30, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: Diamond & Mr. Eddie
December 1, 2020 By Mark Hecker, Executive Director Last spring, we held a virtual event during which a number of Reach teens spoke to...
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Jan 2, 20202 min read
#AlwaysThere: Thank You!
Thank you to all who contributed to our 2019 #AlwaysThere campaign. It was our most successful campaign to date. During the month of...
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Dec 29, 20192 min read
#AlwaysThere: Gigi & Geornae
Ms. Deborah was running behind schedule. The Program Instructor for our Anacostia/Boone cohort, she usually arrived early to set up the...
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Dec 27, 20192 min read
#AlwaysThere: Brianna & Brandon
$160,309 of $200,000 raised. Brianna, a 10th grader at Ballou High School, wanted to find a fun and meaningful activity to do after...
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Dec 26, 20192 min read
#AlwaysThere: OnRaé Watkins
$143,543 of $200,000 raised. We didn’t know that Raynia and Keara could sing. Maybe OnRaé didn’t know, either. But, she wanted to hear...
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Dec 24, 20192 min read
#AlwaysThere: Dustin Pizzo
$142,512 of $200,000 raised. Dustin met Reach's Executive Director, Mark, in college, where they sang in the same a cappella group. After...
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Dec 22, 20192 min read
#AlwaysThere: Sian
$101,333 of $200,000 raised. Sian emerged early on as one of our most dependable Beacon House tutors. She always arrived on time, always...
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Dec 21, 20192 min read
#AlwaysThere: Mike Young
$100,553 of $200,000 raised. As told by Patrick Howard, Reach's next Board Chair. I know a little something about following in the...
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Dec 20, 20192 min read
#AlwaysThere: Weeks & Montes
$97,846 of $200,000 raised. Two years ago, we featured Kamila (whose name we apparently spelled wrong, see photo), a student from Payne...
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Dec 17, 20191 min read
#AlwaysThere: Chizi Igwe
$74,565 out of $200,000 raised. The year was off to a rocky start. Despite our best efforts, we hadn’t found an elementary school partner...
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Dec 15, 20191 min read
#AlwaysThere: Hecker Brown
As told by Reach’s executive director, Mark Hecker. $53,740 of $200,000 raised. Steve. Steve. Bill. Madeline. George. Hank. Tom. Any...
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