Since inception, The Westchester Community Foundation has operated as an affiliate of The New York Community Trust.
As part of our centennial celebrations, we are creating a single, unified organization to more powerfully advocate for our region with one voice.
We will still maintain our physical offices in Westchester with the same dedicated staff who will continue to honor and build upon our relationships with local nonprofits and communities.
You can now find us at: https://www.thenytrust.org/westchester/
The Westchester Index is at westchesterindex.org.
The New York Community Trust. For Westchester. Forever.
The African American Men of Westchester address social issues related to education, youth empowerment, domestic violence awareness and environmental justice. The Foundation partners with AAMW through the Albertina Bloom scholarship program, which provides promising young people with financial assistance for college.
Born in 1904, Albertina Bloom taught in public schools in Harlem and the Bronx. She is remembered as a soft-spoken woman who often provided underfunded classrooms with art supplies purchased with her own money.
Bloom left her entire estate to the Foundation “to aid students of promising educational potential and good character, who have need of assistance and who might otherwise be unable to avail themselves of the advantages of college training.”
Laura Rossi, executive director of the Westchester Community Foundation, said the partnership with AAMW is honoring an important legacy gift to the Foundation.
“Albertina Bloom dedicated her life to educating young people, and her bequest continues that legacy,” she said. “The African American Men of Westchester have done a fabulous job of identifying stellar students. We think Miss Bloom would be proud.”
This year’s recipients were chosen from a pool of 29 nominees. They received their scholarship at AAMW’s signature event, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Youth Awards, which recognizes outstanding students throughout the county for their service to the community. Pictured, left to right: Rev. Hugh Marriott (AAMW), Scholars Arianna Ronan (White Plains High School), Lamyaa Hamid, Alexis Fernandez and Leonah Esteves (Peekskill High School); Eon Nicholas, Esq. (AAMW)
