Earlier this month, SCAN-Harbor Executive Director, Lew Zuchman was invited to speak at Bay College in Escanaba, Michigan. The College extended the invite to hear Mr. Zuchman speak about his life and history with the Civil Rights Movement, as well as his work with SCAN-Harbor. Here is an excerpt from the news coverage of […]
SCAN-Harbor Executive Director Lew Zuchman was featured in a lengthy profile this week by NYN Media. The feature included many insights on work at SCAN-Harbor, and what makes the organization special: “We empower people to move up, encourage them to get their high school and college degrees. Many of our staff came to us […]
SCAN-Harbor’s Exective Director, Lew Zuchman, has been invited to Bay College in Escanaba, Michigan to speak about his life’s work from Civil Rights activism, to decades-long leadership in youth and family services. The talk will be on January 18th at 2pm on the Bay College campus. Here is an exerpt from local media covering the […]
SCAN-Harbor’s Eisman Nursery School was the site of transformational refurbishment from The New York Junior League’s (NYJL) Community Improvement Project (CIP). The project, completed this month, utilized over 200 volunteer hours, and a nearly $20,000 investment from NYJL, to give students at the Nursery School a warm and welcoming reading space. Last week, at […]
This past weekend, youth from the South Bronx came to Reverend T. Wendell Foster Recreation Center, a community center operated by SCAN-Harbor for over 30 years, to discuss gun violence in their community. SCAN-Harbor and Office of the Bronx District Attorney hosted the Youth Summit, an event that will be the first of many […]
SCAN-Harbor Executive Director Lew Zuchman is receiving the honor of induction into Marquis Who’s Who Registry, not only for his service as an original 1961 Freedom Rider, and his decades-long efforts in the Civil Rights movement, but as well, since 1987 he has positively impacted the lives of countless families and children as the Executive […]
On the evening of February 16th, at SCAN-Harbor’s Johnson Center in East Harlem, Assemblymember Edward Gibbs and SCAN-Harbor will present a Black History Month Event honoring civic leaders in New York who have broken barriers to become the first African American to reach their esteemed position. Invitees for the event include: Manhattan District Attorney […]
Last year, SCAN-Harbor Executive Director, Lew Zuchman was invited to speak at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College of New York. Mr. Zuchman spoke about his history with the civil rights movement as a 1961 Freedom Rider. The discussion delved into the past and educated attendees about civil rights […]
What an electric evening as SCAN-Harbor Executive Director Lew Zuchman was honored by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. along with fellow 1961 Freedom Riders and other Champions of Civil Rights at Queens Borough Hall recently.
