“I am you and you are me.” Jim St. Germain’s words hung in the air and stayed there throughout the time that he spent speaking
GOSO Has a Strong Presence at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Town Hall in East Harlem
Last night, September 28, New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio held a Town Hall at the Johnson Community Center in East Harlem. The Town Hall was mediated by Speaker of the New York City Council, Melissa Mark-Viverito. De Blasio and Mark-Viverito were accompanied by many leaders of city government agencies (NYCHA, DOE, NYPD, etc.).
How Stand Against Violence East Harlem (SAVE) Creates Community Change
Stand Against Violence East Harlem, or SAVE, is an organization whose mission is to treat violence as a disease and work to spread a cure for violence by changing the community norms.
STAFF REPORT: Visiting GOSO Clients Upstate
GOSO staff spent a day visiting GOSO Guys at Hudson Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Hudson Correctional Facility, a juvenile center that holds 16-
GOSO presents at 2017 White House “Summit on Reentry”
GOSO is pleased to have had the opportunity this week to present our organization’s successful approach and best practices at a White House summit on reentry services.
GOSO Guys Crack the Code
What’s the Code for Success? Coding is a segment of the tech industry that is booming. Countless companies and organizations are teaching people how to
Muay Thai Class at Renzo Gracie Academy
GOSO guys learn beginning Muay Thai at the Renzo Gracie Academy during our Monthly Coaches Club outing! Coaches Club is a mentoring program where a group of GOSO guys get to do a fun activity with volunteer mentors.
Omar and Javon join the SAVE Team
Congratulations, Omar and Javon! As Program Manager and Outreach Worker Supervisor, respectively, these guys are now in a position with SAVE to share their personal
New York Times: “Admit This Ex-Con to the Connecticut Bar”
Poet and memoirist Reginald Dwayne Betts should be lauded as a true American success story. Following a conviction and 9-year sentence for carjacking in 1996 and following an awakening spurred by the book “The Black Poets,” Mr. Betts wrote two critically-acclaimed books of poetry and a memoir, got a B.A. and an M.F.A, became a Radcliffe fellow at Harvard and, last summer, graduated from Yale Law School.
Talking Tech with Thrive Capital
Last December, GOSO Guys met with representatives from Twitter and Buzzfeed and learned about the rapid growth of the tech world. This week, we were thrilled