October 19, 2024 • 11 mins
Some of Boston's civic leaders are getting ready to pack their bags and head back to school, but not in the way you'd think. City councilors, state and federal lawmakers, community leaders and many others are teaming up with 826 Boston for their very first Civic Leaders Week of Tutoring, which runs from October 21-24. 826 Boston is a Roxbury non-profit dedicated to helping students find their voice through creative, thoughtful and educational writing, and Executive Director Corey Yarbrough talks with Nichole about their mission, their plans for the tutoring week, and the work they do with students in some of Boston's underserved neighborhoods.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
From WBZ News Radio in Boston. This is New England Weekend.
Each week right here, we come together, we talk about
all the topics important to you and the place where
you live. It is so good to be back with
you again this week. I'm Nicole Davis. For kids who
go to underserved schools who need a little bit of
extra help, tutoring can be just the right fit. Not
only do they get help and invaluable support with their
(00:28):
assignments and college essays, but they can also make a
friend or even develop a special mentoring relationship. Eight twenty
six Boston is a nonprofit based in Roxbury. They're dedicated
to helping students find their voice through creative, thoughtful and
educational writing. This coming week, they're doing that by getting
extra help of their own from local elected and appointed leaders,
(00:48):
all through a brand new Tutoring week. Let's talk about
it now. Executive Director Corey Yarborough is here. Thank you
so much for being here. You know, firstly, I've got
to learn more about this name. Why eight two six
Boston specifically.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
So A six Boston or A two six comes from
our flagship chapter, so back in in two thousand and two,
the original chapter of A two six was in San
Francisco and the address, the physical address of that chapter
was a.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Two six Valencia Street.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Every since then, every chapter kind of carries on that tradition.
I guess it kind of has some good energy wrapped
all around it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Sure, no, it's a good mission. It's a good energy.
I'll take that. So, knowing now where the name comes from,
tell me about the work you do.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, we are a writing and tutoring and publishing organization.
We work with students who share their stories, amplify their voices,
and develop as leaders in school and life. And so
what I love about the organization is not only do
we provide individualized tutoring and support to help those stories
and all of that creativity come alive, but we take
(01:53):
it a step further and we share those amazing stories
with the world through published projects. And it is just
incredible to see the pride and the confidence on students'
faces to have a physical, professionally bounded book that they get.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
To share with the world. So that's a joy in
my favorite part of the job.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I think anybody would be thrilled to have a published
book of their own. I mean, even as an adult.
If somebody wanted to publish my ramblings and give it
to me in a book form, I'd be like, whoa, Okay,
this is cool, and that's the day.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
You never know who the wild inspire. And we tell
our students that all the time. So everyone's voice, everyone's
story matters, for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And I appreciate that at the young ages that these
kids are, at, the teenagers and younger children, that you're
teaching them how to have a voice publicly and that
their voice matters, because I think as a teenager, you're
trying to find that voice right. You're not really sure
who you are and what you're doing and oh my gosh,
what is that on my face? But you have ideas
(02:47):
and you have thoughts, and you have a voice, and
it's really cool that you're able to let them express
themselves in such a way.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Absolutely, and it's completely okay to not even know what
your voice is or to feel like you don't have
a voice, right. I think that is the joy of writing, right,
and writing can be healing. It could be a way
of exploring those emotions to figure out yourself.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
And so that is why the work of a two
six is so important.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And I'm thrilled that we can be in all grade levels,
so we serve K two twelve, So regardless of you know,
if it's a first grade, second grade student exploring you know,
creative stories about light dinosaurs or peanut butter and jelly
or whatever you know they have in their mind. We
have a place for that. And then we also have
a place for our juniors and seniors in high school
(03:31):
that are about to apply for college and have these
amazing stories of resilience that they want to share with
college admission officers. So there's a place for everyone at
A two six beautiful.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
So let's talk about the tutoring side of what you do,
because this is really what we're focusing on here, this
upcoming tutoring week that you've got coming connection connected with
Boston local officials. What a cool idea. Where did you
come up with this?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well, I mean, we want to spread the joy of
our programs to everyone and you know one demographic.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
We especially want.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
To engage our civic leaders because we want to make
sure that our civic leaders know the power of individualized tutoring.
The Boston Globe actually identified our organization and the work
we do around individualized tutoring as a key strategy for
closing the pandemic gap, the learning loss that was found
during the pandemic. So we want elected officials and civic
(04:22):
leaders to experience that firsthand and to realize how important
it is for our students to grow academically.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, I wanted to talk about that actually, because you know,
we have all these studies coming out about learning laws,
and even recent studies show that here in Boston specifically
I'm a Boston resident. In our city, we are struggling
to get even back to where we were before COVID,
much less move ahead. What should we be doing and
what can we do to help these kids who have
suffered such a loss, and how do we make sure
(04:51):
that younger kids don't suffer the same faith?
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Right, it takes a village, So it takes all of
us working together to close this gap.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Prior to coming to A to six, Boss, I was
an assistant.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Principle, And what I love about A two six Boston
is they work. We work with teachers, we work with
school administrators all around the same goal. And so we
are not getting in a way, but we're coming in
and we're asking teachers, how can we support your curriculum,
or how can we bring tutors and volunteers in to
provide that extra support you need to the students. And
(05:22):
so it is going to take a community, as I said,
to close that gap. But you know, I think our
schools and our school leaders are paving the way, and
we are just supporting them and providing that supplemental support
to teachers and students.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
And how do you think kids are reacting to those
efforts to try to get them back to good? I mean,
obviously they don't really know what good is because they're
still growing and learning, But how do you think kids
are opening up to these ideas?
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yeah, I mean, something else I love about A two
six is we don't operate from a deficit mindset.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
So for us, it's not about going in.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
To teach, you know, students something that they may not
know or you know, to close the gap.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
And no, I said that, and that's the reality of
the situation.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
But when we go in, it's all about pulling out
the creativity of our students and knowing that our students
are already brilliant and they just need a megaphone to
kind of amplify that brilliance and amplify those stories that
we can all learn from. And so I think because
we go in with that mentality, students tend to gravitate
tools us because, like you said earlier, so many people
wanted to share their stories or they want feedback on
(06:25):
whether people even want to hear their stories, and so
we are just the listening ear and the boost of
confidence or encouragement to get them to do that.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
I appreciate that tech because it's more of boosting kids
up and not reminding them that they're lesser than because
there's so many stories. I mean, it's everywhere out there
right that all these kids are suffering, and all these
kids are you know, neglected, and so on and so forth.
And yeah, the pandemic hit us all super hard. That
is certainly not a question. But kids need support and
love and they need I don't know, not every kid's
(06:57):
going to be going to Yale. Every kid needs to
know that they're to direction in life is okay, whatever
it chooses to be within reason, right.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
And as volunteers, and I hope our elected officials leave
the week experiencing this as well. But every time I
volunteer with an eight six Boston student, I always learned
something about myself or always leave so inspired. And so
it really is a two way street in terms of
you know, you give and you show up as a volunteer,
but the students also give you so much more in return.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
You know, I've been out of school for a while.
We're not going to talk about how long, but my
grade school studies are a little bit fuzzy, okay, so
you're right there with me. It's kind of like smarter
with the fifth grader. And so I would love to know.
You've got all these different civic officials of age and
background and so on and so forth. How do you
do you have like a process where you place them
with certain students where they might have better you know,
knowledge of a certain subject or this or that or
(07:46):
is it just like more of a mentoring situation.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Yeah, definitely more of a mentoring situation on some of
the civic leaders have express preferences.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
But you know, we also give.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Our civic leaders, but also ady volunteer a quick training
and tutorial dues and don'ts, just to set them up
for success to be the best tutors that they can be.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
But you know, as I.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Said earlier, we are supporting teachers. And so the teachers
are still in the classroom, and they are still that experts,
and they are guiding the instruction, and our volunteers are
just there to support students along the way, help them
think through what they may want to write about, how
to structure their ideas, giving them the affirmations that they
need to keep going. But you know, it's okay for
(08:28):
volunteers and tutors to have questions as well or to
say I don't know. I think that's a beautiful thing
to model for our young people. So when our tutors
and volunteers do find themselves in that situation, the school
teacher is there to lead us as well.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Yeah, vulnerability and knowing that it's okay to say I
don't know is a huge lesson for kids to learn.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Absolutely, I agree.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
So then let's talk about the specifics of this tutoring week,
when it's taking place, where it's taking place, who's involved,
so on, and so forth.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yeah, I'm really excited about it. This is the week
of October twenty first, and we sent invitations to every
single civic leader, definitely every elected official as well as
some other civic leaders in our community as well, and
We were fortunate enough that thirteen responded and wanted to
be a part of this, and they exceeded my expectations.
I thought, hey, if I could get four or five,
(09:18):
you know, that's a great start, because this is the
first year that we're doing it. But I'm excited. We
have a diverse roster of civic leaders. We have five
city councilors, we have four elected officials at the state level,
we have a person on the school board committee coming
in the neighborhood liaisons, and even a tentative from a
federal legislator as well, and so we are hoping this
(09:42):
is an incredible week. But you know, even beyond the numbers,
it's all about what we hope the civic leaders take
from this experience, right because not only would they witness
the power of a two six, but you know, these
civic leaders are making important decisions that impact the future
of these students and bp yes in general.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
And so we hope, you know, again our.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Students can teach them something that they can then take
back as they.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Represent their district.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Also, you were talking earlier about kids getting ready for college.
You've got a special boot camp going on for these kids.
Tell us about that we do.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
So yeah, if anyone out there is listening and they
have juniors or seniors, we have a college essay boot
Camp and on October twenty sixth at Suffolk University. And
I promise even though boot camp isn't the title, it's
not as scary as it sounds. It is a day
of support and so regardless if you have not started
your college essay or you have a final draft that
you want some final feedback on, we have tutors and
(10:38):
volunteers that we'll be providing one on one support to
help you with that process. And so again people can
learn about that by going to our website at A
two six Boston dot org. I believe we're still looking
for tutors as well, and so if this excites you
or you want to hear an amazing young person's story
and then help them write it into an essay, we
welcome you on this day as well.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
All right, and where can people find you on social media?
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (11:02):
We are on all social media, so Facebook, Instagram, X
at A two six Boston, So the number eight two
six and in Boston, pretty easy, right.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
I think?
Speaker 2 (11:13):
So?
Speaker 1 (11:13):
All right, well, Corey, thank you so much for your time,
and I hope the tutoring week goes better than you expected.
And thanks for all the work you're doing with our
local kids.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Thank you so much, Nicole, I appreciate the time.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Have a safe and healthy weekend. Please join me again
next week for another edition of the show. I'm Nicole
Davis from WBZ News Radio on iHeartRadio.
From WBZ News Radio in Boston. This is New England Weekend.
Each week right here, we come together, we talk about
all the topics important to you and the place where
you live. It is so good to be back with
you again this week. I'm Nicole Davis. For kids who
go to underserved schools who need a little bit of
extra help, tutoring can be just the right fit. Not
only do they get help and invaluable support with their
(00:28):
assignments and college essays, but they can also make a
friend or even develop a special mentoring relationship. Eight twenty
six Boston is a nonprofit based in Roxbury. They're dedicated
to helping students find their voice through creative, thoughtful and
educational writing. This coming week, they're doing that by getting
extra help of their own from local elected and appointed leaders,
(00:48):
all through a brand new Tutoring week. Let's talk about
it now. Executive Director Corey Yarborough is here. Thank you
so much for being here. You know, firstly, I've got
to learn more about this name. Why eight two six
Boston specifically.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
So A six Boston or A two six comes from
our flagship chapter, so back in in two thousand and two,
the original chapter of A two six was in San
Francisco and the address, the physical address of that chapter
was a.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Two six Valencia Street.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Every since then, every chapter kind of carries on that tradition.
I guess it kind of has some good energy wrapped
all around it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Sure, no, it's a good mission. It's a good energy.
I'll take that. So, knowing now where the name comes from,
tell me about the work you do.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, we are a writing and tutoring and publishing organization.
We work with students who share their stories, amplify their voices,
and develop as leaders in school and life. And so
what I love about the organization is not only do
we provide individualized tutoring and support to help those stories
and all of that creativity come alive, but we take
(01:53):
it a step further and we share those amazing stories
with the world through published projects. And it is just
incredible to see the pride and the confidence on students'
faces to have a physical, professionally bounded book that they get.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
To share with the world. So that's a joy in
my favorite part of the job.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I think anybody would be thrilled to have a published
book of their own. I mean, even as an adult.
If somebody wanted to publish my ramblings and give it
to me in a book form, I'd be like, whoa, Okay,
this is cool, and that's the day.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
You never know who the wild inspire. And we tell
our students that all the time. So everyone's voice, everyone's
story matters, for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And I appreciate that at the young ages that these
kids are, at, the teenagers and younger children, that you're
teaching them how to have a voice publicly and that
their voice matters, because I think as a teenager, you're
trying to find that voice right. You're not really sure
who you are and what you're doing and oh my gosh,
what is that on my face? But you have ideas
(02:47):
and you have thoughts, and you have a voice, and
it's really cool that you're able to let them express
themselves in such a way.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Absolutely, and it's completely okay to not even know what
your voice is or to feel like you don't have
a voice, right. I think that is the joy of writing, right,
and writing can be healing. It could be a way
of exploring those emotions to figure out yourself.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
And so that is why the work of a two
six is so important.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And I'm thrilled that we can be in all grade levels,
so we serve K two twelve, So regardless of you know,
if it's a first grade, second grade student exploring you know,
creative stories about light dinosaurs or peanut butter and jelly
or whatever you know they have in their mind. We
have a place for that. And then we also have
a place for our juniors and seniors in high school
(03:31):
that are about to apply for college and have these
amazing stories of resilience that they want to share with
college admission officers. So there's a place for everyone at
A two six beautiful.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
So let's talk about the tutoring side of what you do,
because this is really what we're focusing on here, this
upcoming tutoring week that you've got coming connection connected with
Boston local officials. What a cool idea. Where did you
come up with this?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well, I mean, we want to spread the joy of
our programs to everyone and you know one demographic.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
We especially want.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
To engage our civic leaders because we want to make
sure that our civic leaders know the power of individualized tutoring.
The Boston Globe actually identified our organization and the work
we do around individualized tutoring as a key strategy for
closing the pandemic gap, the learning loss that was found
during the pandemic. So we want elected officials and civic
(04:22):
leaders to experience that firsthand and to realize how important
it is for our students to grow academically.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, I wanted to talk about that actually, because you know,
we have all these studies coming out about learning laws,
and even recent studies show that here in Boston specifically
I'm a Boston resident. In our city, we are struggling
to get even back to where we were before COVID,
much less move ahead. What should we be doing and
what can we do to help these kids who have
suffered such a loss, and how do we make sure
(04:51):
that younger kids don't suffer the same faith?
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Right, it takes a village, So it takes all of
us working together to close this gap.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Prior to coming to A to six, Boss, I was
an assistant.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Principle, And what I love about A two six Boston
is they work. We work with teachers, we work with
school administrators all around the same goal. And so we
are not getting in a way, but we're coming in
and we're asking teachers, how can we support your curriculum,
or how can we bring tutors and volunteers in to
provide that extra support you need to the students. And
(05:22):
so it is going to take a community, as I said,
to close that gap. But you know, I think our
schools and our school leaders are paving the way, and
we are just supporting them and providing that supplemental support
to teachers and students.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
And how do you think kids are reacting to those
efforts to try to get them back to good? I mean,
obviously they don't really know what good is because they're
still growing and learning, But how do you think kids
are opening up to these ideas?
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yeah, I mean, something else I love about A two
six is we don't operate from a deficit mindset.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
So for us, it's not about going in.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
To teach, you know, students something that they may not
know or you know, to close the gap.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
And no, I said that, and that's the reality of
the situation.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
But when we go in, it's all about pulling out
the creativity of our students and knowing that our students
are already brilliant and they just need a megaphone to
kind of amplify that brilliance and amplify those stories that
we can all learn from. And so I think because
we go in with that mentality, students tend to gravitate
tools us because, like you said earlier, so many people
wanted to share their stories or they want feedback on
(06:25):
whether people even want to hear their stories, and so
we are just the listening ear and the boost of
confidence or encouragement to get them to do that.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
I appreciate that tech because it's more of boosting kids
up and not reminding them that they're lesser than because
there's so many stories. I mean, it's everywhere out there
right that all these kids are suffering, and all these
kids are you know, neglected, and so on and so forth.
And yeah, the pandemic hit us all super hard. That
is certainly not a question. But kids need support and
love and they need I don't know, not every kid's
(06:57):
going to be going to Yale. Every kid needs to
know that they're to direction in life is okay, whatever
it chooses to be within reason, right.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
And as volunteers, and I hope our elected officials leave
the week experiencing this as well. But every time I
volunteer with an eight six Boston student, I always learned
something about myself or always leave so inspired. And so
it really is a two way street in terms of
you know, you give and you show up as a volunteer,
but the students also give you so much more in return.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
You know, I've been out of school for a while.
We're not going to talk about how long, but my
grade school studies are a little bit fuzzy, okay, so
you're right there with me. It's kind of like smarter
with the fifth grader. And so I would love to know.
You've got all these different civic officials of age and
background and so on and so forth. How do you
do you have like a process where you place them
with certain students where they might have better you know,
knowledge of a certain subject or this or that or
(07:46):
is it just like more of a mentoring situation.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Yeah, definitely more of a mentoring situation on some of
the civic leaders have express preferences.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
But you know, we also give.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Our civic leaders, but also ady volunteer a quick training
and tutorial dues and don'ts, just to set them up
for success to be the best tutors that they can be.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
But you know, as I.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Said earlier, we are supporting teachers. And so the teachers
are still in the classroom, and they are still that experts,
and they are guiding the instruction, and our volunteers are
just there to support students along the way, help them
think through what they may want to write about, how
to structure their ideas, giving them the affirmations that they
need to keep going. But you know, it's okay for
(08:28):
volunteers and tutors to have questions as well or to
say I don't know. I think that's a beautiful thing
to model for our young people. So when our tutors
and volunteers do find themselves in that situation, the school
teacher is there to lead us as well.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Yeah, vulnerability and knowing that it's okay to say I
don't know is a huge lesson for kids to learn.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Absolutely, I agree.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
So then let's talk about the specifics of this tutoring week,
when it's taking place, where it's taking place, who's involved,
so on, and so forth.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yeah, I'm really excited about it. This is the week
of October twenty first, and we sent invitations to every
single civic leader, definitely every elected official as well as
some other civic leaders in our community as well, and
We were fortunate enough that thirteen responded and wanted to
be a part of this, and they exceeded my expectations.
I thought, hey, if I could get four or five,
(09:18):
you know, that's a great start, because this is the
first year that we're doing it. But I'm excited. We
have a diverse roster of civic leaders. We have five
city councilors, we have four elected officials at the state level,
we have a person on the school board committee coming
in the neighborhood liaisons, and even a tentative from a
federal legislator as well, and so we are hoping this
(09:42):
is an incredible week. But you know, even beyond the numbers,
it's all about what we hope the civic leaders take
from this experience, right because not only would they witness
the power of a two six, but you know, these
civic leaders are making important decisions that impact the future
of these students and bp yes in general.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
And so we hope, you know, again our.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Students can teach them something that they can then take
back as they.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Represent their district.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Also, you were talking earlier about kids getting ready for college.
You've got a special boot camp going on for these kids.
Tell us about that we do.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
So yeah, if anyone out there is listening and they
have juniors or seniors, we have a college essay boot
Camp and on October twenty sixth at Suffolk University. And
I promise even though boot camp isn't the title, it's
not as scary as it sounds. It is a day
of support and so regardless if you have not started
your college essay or you have a final draft that
you want some final feedback on, we have tutors and
(10:38):
volunteers that we'll be providing one on one support to
help you with that process. And so again people can
learn about that by going to our website at A
two six Boston dot org. I believe we're still looking
for tutors as well, and so if this excites you
or you want to hear an amazing young person's story
and then help them write it into an essay, we
welcome you on this day as well.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
All right, and where can people find you on social media?
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (11:02):
We are on all social media, so Facebook, Instagram, X
at A two six Boston, So the number eight two
six and in Boston, pretty easy, right.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
I think?
Speaker 2 (11:13):
So?
Speaker 1 (11:13):
All right, well, Corey, thank you so much for your time,
and I hope the tutoring week goes better than you expected.
And thanks for all the work you're doing with our
local kids.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Thank you so much, Nicole, I appreciate the time.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Have a safe and healthy weekend. Please join me again
next week for another edition of the show. I'm Nicole
Davis from WBZ News Radio on iHeartRadio.
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