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2024 Annual Report Out Now!
New Year. New Board. New Partnerships. New Opportunities for Growth. Same Mission to help Columbus students & families overcome...
Feb 101 min read
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Exciting Leadership Update
On July 1, Harambee Christian School became an independent nonprofit ministry with a separate board of directors. Until this time,...
Aug 23, 20242 min read
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2023-24 Annual Report Out Now!
Help Us Build a Bigger Table for Harambee Youth What does God have in store for Harambee's new season of ministry? Our heart is...
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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Harambee Becoming Independent Parachurch Organization
We want to share about an important change to the relationship between Dwell Community Church and Harambee. Over the next year, Harambee...
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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2023 Impact & Gratitude Report
Staff and students are currently on Fall Break, which means we are approaching the Holiday season! As a precursor to Thanksgiving, we...
Oct 4, 20231 min read
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Where Are They Now? Alumni Update!
Our team at Harambee has recently set out to reconnect with alumni to hear their reflections on their time at the school and to see if...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
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A Case for Hope
Letter from Alex Steinman Founder & Principal Dear Friends, I am eager to share the below Case for Support with you because I believe...
Jul 27, 20231 min read
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New Annual Report - Attacking the Achievement Gap in 2023
Ready for some sobering news? Experts say that some grade levels could take 5+ years to recover from pandemic-related learning loss...
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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Is the New SGO Tax Credit Right For Me?
By now you may have heard about Ohio’s new Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO) Tax Credit, and that an SGO was established this year...
Dec 22, 20222 min read
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New Tax Credit Program Helps You Support Harambee Students at NO Cost!
Harambee Family, Are you sitting down? You’re never going to believe this. If you pay state taxes in Ohio, you can repurpose that money...
Dec 9, 20221 min read
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Quantifying COVID’s Impact on Learning & The Path Forward
Data Shows the Hurt and the Hope After reviewing student test scores this Summer, we've been able to better quantify the detrimental...
Aug 29, 20222 min read
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New Annual Report Out Now
Pandemic restrictions hit students hard as schools around the globe reestablished in-person learning after a year of isolation. How did...
Dec 6, 20211 min read
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Simplifying Who We Are
After 30 years, we’re retiring the Urban Concern brand For years, we have co-brandÂed our minÂistry as “UrÂban ConÂcern & HaramÂbee...
Sep 19, 20212 min read
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Streamlining Our School, Three New Departments
With a host of new staff added over the past two years and key new positions being added to the school, we’ve taken this season of...
Sep 15, 20211 min read
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Statement on Racial Justice
Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death. Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we...
Jul 1, 20212 min read
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Why We Continue to Give In the Pandemic
Three Faces of Sustaining Support Making sure Columbus’ inner-city youth have access to an above the bar education and life-changing...
Mar 2, 20214 min read
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How Harambee’s New Teachers Are Hitting the COVID Curveball
You’re hired! But there’s a catch… Picture the scene. You’ve worked most of your adult life earning your degree and professional...
Mar 1, 20216 min read
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Harambee Students Reach New Milestone
Harambee Students Reach New Milestone In September, the Ohio Department of Education released scorecard data for schools and districts....
Dec 11, 20201 min read
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Celebrating and Making Black History
Uncovering Hidden Figures In a school with a majority African-American student body, Black History Month is of special importance. This...
Nov 3, 20204 min read
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Hitting the COVID Curveball
COVID-19 was the curveball no one saw coming. Our latest Annual Report recaps how Harambee navigated a challenging year-end and is...
Oct 5, 20201 min read
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