A DREAM Built by Volunteers

A DREAM Built by Volunteers

DREAM’s roots have grown out of volunteerism. It was a small group of volunteers who first transformed an abandoned lot into two baseball diamonds for the children of East Harlem in 1991. Those volunteers established our original dream—that those children had a safe,...
DREAM Ambassadors Dream Big

DREAM Ambassadors Dream Big

Over its three-decade history, DREAM has benefited greatly from the multiple leadership bodies that make up our governance. This includes the DREAM Ambassadors, a group of next-generation and established leaders united by DREAM’s core mission: to level the playing...
DREAM at 20 Bruckner: All Kids Can

DREAM at 20 Bruckner: All Kids Can

This past January, DREAM officially opened the doors of the new DREAM Charter School at 20 Bruckner—a 200,000-square foot, 120-year-old former icehouse given new life as a learning institution by renowned architect Sir David Adjaye. In this series, DREAM at 20...
DREAM Spotlight: Ja’Keel Daniels

DREAM Spotlight: Ja’Keel Daniels

The path to a career in childhood education was not always a clear one for Ja’Keel Daniels, Founding Academic Dean at DREAM Mott Haven Middle School. As a young African-American student navigating the city’s private schools, he says he “struggled to...