by Lindi Duesenberg | Jan 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
January 2023 – DMF Youth’s Executive Director, Lindi Duesenberg, has been nominated for the 2021-2022 national LifeChanger of the Year award. Sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation, the national LifeChanger of the Year program recognizes and rewards the...
by Lindi Duesenberg | Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Gratitude for Impact Spotlight Stories Meet one of our teaching artists, Colleen Unda! My name is Colleen Unda and I am a lead Teaching Artist for DMF Youth. You may think DMF Youth’s impact is limited to the students it serves. But the truth is, DMF Youth’s...
by Lindi Duesenberg | Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Gratitude for Impact Spotlight Stories Meet Homes for the Homeless (HFH), a DMF Youth partner since 2017! Since inception, DMF Youth has served a unique population of young New Yorkers–homeless youth. Last year, nearly 1 in 10 students in New York City public schools...
by Lindi Duesenberg | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Gratitude for Impact Spotlight Stories Meet Autumn, a 4th grader from East New York, Brooklyn. When Autumn began programming, she often sat out and refused to participate. She claimed she didn’t like dance and couldn’t do it. But we knew there was more to the...
by Lindi Duesenberg | Aug 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
DMF Youth has been partnering with Homes for the Homeless (HFH) since 2017 to serve hundreds of kids at HFH shelters in the Bronx. Recently, Homes for the Homeless shared our work at the shelters on their website: Giovani Yapor, Lead Teacher at Prospect Afterschool...