New England Society in the City of Brooklyn

The Arab-American Family Support Center, also known as AAFSC, is one of the first social agencies in New York serving the minority Arab community. Established in 1994, the center is nonsectarian and is staffed by Arabic-speaking professionals of all faiths. AAFSC provides counseling and family support services, legal and immigration services, youth and education programs and English language classes. It also offers a range of auxiliary services, including information and referral services, advocacy, translation and interpretation. AAFSC s clients include a high concentration of families from Yemen, Egypt, Palestine and Morocco. The center collaborates with various youth organizations and area schools, and organizes youth conferences, youth clubs, multicultural clubs, and youth leadership activities and events. AAFSC has its headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, based in Brooklyn, N.Y., is an independent day school for children up to grade eight. Established in 1965, the school provides educational programs to more than 300 students annually. Brooklyn Heights Montessori School s Little Room classes are designed to serve children with speech and language delays and deficits, learning disabilities, sensory processing and related emotional and social difficulties. It also offers Montessori Afternoons Plus, an after school program offering a wide variety of activities, such as photography, chess, soccer, art, yoga, ceramics, music and cooking. Brooklyn Heights Montessori School is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools, American Montessori Society, National Association of Independent Schools and the Educational Records Bureau. BHMS is also licensed by the New York City Department of Health.

Brighter Green is a Brooklyn-based organization that focuses on various global programs and initiatives, including the Asia Program, China Initiative, and Globalization of Factory Farming, among others. Their work involves engaging academics, advocating for international climate action, collaborating with the Global Forest Coalition, and empowering young women's leadership in East Africa, while also promoting veganism in America through the Vegan America Project.Generated from the website