Global Partners Junior programming kicked off in October 2008 at 25 New York City locations in all five boroughs. Kids in NYC and around the world began to explore the hot-button topic of environmental conservation in their cities.

2008-09 Participating NYC Sites

NYC Housing Authority Community Centers:

NYC Parks & Recreation Computer Resource Centers:

YMCA After-School Programs

An exciting discussion of habitats yielded imaginative student-created homes, and students learned about various world ecologies including the monkeys of Mumbai, local orchids in Singapore, and red squirrels in Dublin.

A Global Partners Junior class in Jerusalem created a snail/human hybrid home using digital image software.
A Global Partners Junior class in Jerusalem created a snail/human hybrid home using digital image software. 

View the Summer 2008 Update (in PDF)

Students gathered at Tony Dapolito Recreation center to celebrate an eventful year with Global Partners Junior.  Each site exhibited a final project: an advertising campaign promoting tourism in an international city.  The group from Sunset Park Recreation Center in Brooklyn performed their rap, "What's Bubblin' in Dublin." Check it out!
Watch the video in low or high bandwidth
Read the lyrics to "Bubblin" (in PDF )
Over 100 students celebrated their achievements this year at the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center on May 21, 2008!
Over 100 students celebrated their achievements this year at the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center on May 21, 2008!
Photo: Daniel Avila for NYC Parks & Rec.

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