This Center is also built on partnerships with local public school districts and community-based organizations.

We are delighted to include into our partnership neighboring public school districts such as:

Amityville Bellport Brentwood Bay Shore Center Moriches Central Islip Copiague East Islip

Elwood Hempstead North Babylon Riverhead Southhampton South Country South Huntington William Floyd Wyandanch

Local community colleges have also joined our alliance, namely,

Suffolk County Community College Farmingdale State University of New York Nassau Community College State University of New York at Stony Brook

Community-based agencies in partnership with our project include newly established agreements with:

The Institute for Student Achievement

Local civic and service-based organizations have made pledges of support through in-kind services and/or offering of scholarships to students enrolled in the Center including:

Eastern Long island Black Educators Association NAACP Town of Islip Branch Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Eastern Shore Chapter of the Links Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority National Coalition of 100 Black Women The Rotary Club of Patchogue

Trailblazers of the business community such as:

Verizon Princeton Review of Long Island Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk County Citibank Battelle Memorial Knapp Swezey Foundation

have come to our rescue by generous donations of their resources, personnel and contributions and we stand united with NYSUT as they seek to annually sponsor a minority student pursuing a degree in education.

Other education and governmental entities such as Brookhaven National Laboratory, Eastern Suffolk BOCES, The Town of Islip, and Suffolk County Legislature have recognized our vital role in the community and have offered support to uplift the program to higher grounds. Together we are "the village" that is seeking to bring about a positive reform in public education in our community and in our nation.

We believe that this project will be a model for others therefore, producing change on a large scale.