About HCZ’s National Leadership Initiatives
We’ve learned a lot in our decades of serving the community of Central Harlem. Through a generation of evidence, we’ve proven that we can transform lives and communities through place-based interventions and culturally responsive programs that create pathways to social and economic mobility.
As part of our vision, we are scaling our impact — offering support to other under-resourced communities so they can do the same.
Through our national leadership initiatives, we assist community leaders and educators across the world in rooting out poverty and unlocking opportunity.
National Leadership Initiatives
From deep learning opportunities to turnkey frameworks that can be adapted to local needs, we’re committed to sharing our knowledge and providing support to communities all over the world.William Julius Wilson Institute
William Julius Wilson Institute is a national resource for place-based, people-focused solutions that open pathways to social and economic mobility.
William Julius Wilson Institute
Practitioners Institute
Practitioners Institute helps organizations across the U.S. and the world implement comprehensive, place-based solutions developed at Harlem Children’s Zone in their communities.
Practitioners Institute
Replication
Starting with Healthy Ways, Replication creates turnkey solutions for our comprehensive programs so that communities can implement them anywhere.
Replication
National Efforts
Through our national leadership initiatives, we have undertaken a series of critical efforts to support under-resourced communities across the country, particularly Black and brown communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
COVID-19 Relief and Recovery
COVID-19 hit Black and brown communities disproportionately hard. HCZ took swift and broad action to hit back. On short order, HCZ developed a five-pronged emergency response and recovery plan in Harlem — a critical lifeline to close resource gaps and address vulnerabilities in our community. So impactful was our work that The Audacious Project at TED selected Harlem Children’s Zone as one of its prestigious 2020 project grantees, making a generous $26 million commitment towards our goal of raising $50 million to supercharge our COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts in six other communities around the country. The William Julius Wilson Institute at Harlem Children’s Zone is the platform for this national effort. Discover more about COVID-19 Relief and Recovery >
One Million Connected Devices Now
The shift to online learning has disrupted education for students across the country. But for Black and brown communities, the challenge is particularly acute. Long-standing inequities have left many communities without access to technologies — including laptops and Wi-Fi connections — needed to engage in online learning.
Harlem Children’s Zone has partnered with a coalition of best-in-class companies, led by Proctor & Gamble, to lead a nationwide movement to bridge the digital divide.