Annually our city comes together to celebrate what has come to be known as Peace Week. This allows communities to come together to celebrate a culture of peace by performing activities and encourage positive actions for peaceful coexistence. It equally allows the community an opportunity to honor the life of Dr. Mathin Luther King Jr. […]
The popular American rapper and song writer, Cardi B is among other notable celebrities that extends partnership collaboration with CCD in 2022. The celebrity is highly motivated to partner with CCD to explore the opportunity to appraise the Youth Justice Network Music studio program, a peaceful lyrical message recorded over a drill inspired music production. […]
The year 2022 at CCD has been a very eventful one full of progress and remarkable achievements. We started the year in February with a call from the President of United States requesting to meet with our Executive Director, K. Bain and the CCD team in our New York office. The President visited our program […]
As a” Core-5” member of the White House Community violence intervention collaborative CVIC, the CCD team led by Demetrius Similien, our National Coordinator, was at the White House to participate in the National Training and Technical Assistance Convening on December 8. This convening was the culmination of an 18-month strategic initiative launched by the Biden-Harris […]
In December, our Executive Director had a one-on-one Interactive session with Ms. Resto, the Principal of I.S.232 in The Bronx. K. Bain spoke extensively on the key components of the Sustainable Growth Plan (SGP) and the need to introduce this customizable tool to help the young ones navigate a life of purpose. The Executive Director […]