Partnerships and collaborations with the following organizations have further enhanced Council for Unity's services through:

The National Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Our partnership with Boys and Girls Clubs working with children in gangs began as a pilot project in 2000. In Boys and Girls Clubs across the United States , with members of some of the country's most notorious gangs leaving their violent lives for school, jobs - a future. Through this joint effort, a Best Practices manual was developed to set-up a gang intervention/prevention program in their respective club using the Council for Unity model. You may download a copy of this report.

NYC Police Department
The Council joined forces with the NYC Police Department early in 2002 to achieve what some think impossible - Police officers and kids working to improve the quality of interaction between and among themselves - building better relationships and a stronger, unified city. In recent months the Council has had inquiries from other police departments around the country to help implement this unique program in their local communities.

Riverhead Central School District
Members of the Council for Unity at Riverhead High School collaborate to keep the school a peaceful learning environment for all of the students, to erase lines of division among its student body, to promote tolerance and to strive for unity. This year, in addition to the Council for Unity Club which meets as an after school activity, RHS also offers a History/English elective, which follows the Council for Unity curriculum. Please visit their website at: http://www.riverhead.net/

Leake and Watts Services, Inc.
Leake and Watts is one of the largest and most respected social services agencies in the country.  In 1997, Council for Unity and Leake and Watts partnered to develop a CFU program to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of vulnerable children and their foster care families.  Today, the children in the CFU program at Leake and Watts , who once believed they had no influence over circumstances in their lives, feel empowered to hold fast to their chapters' slogan, "Who Said There Could Not Be Light!"  Please visit their website at: www.leakeandwatts.org

Jewish Board Children and Family Services
In partnership with JBFCS, Council for Unity has developed cultural outreach programs to meet the needs of immigrant young people in Brooklyn , New York. Through, CFU's Bridges program, where immigrant teens from diverse backgrounds grow and learn greater inter-cultural understanding, create and implement community development projects which build positive friendships lasting a lifetime. Participants in The Bridges program host an annual multicultural Seder, Unity Day , a yearly celebration of togetherness in Prospect Park , Brooklyn . See our Special Events page for more information on this fun day.

United Way of New York City
Council for Unity was selected from among the thousands of NYC not-for-profits to participate in The United Way of New York City 's Management Assistance Program (MAP), which provides comprehensive and customized consulting services geared towards strengthening an agency's management capacity. MAP has provided sustained multi-year support to CFU on a range of management issues, improving our ability to deliver quality services. UWNYC has sponsored consulting services from the following organizations:

The Taproot Foundation
A volunteer organization that provides local not-for-profits consistent, high-quality professional services through grants. The Taproot Foundation has been working with Council for Unity staff in developing a new name for the agency, which will serve as an umbrella name, while keeping the Council for Unity program name in place. Return to this website to learn our new name - soon to be revealed!