Community
Organizations
& After School programs

The Major Owens Center is proud to offer space for local non-profit organizations providing direct action and advocacy across a variety of targeted initiatives that directly impact Brooklyn and Crown Heights. Read on to learn more about all our incredible partner orgs!

Community organizations

Ifetayo is a movement. It is a place where the values, strength, and creativity of the African Diaspora empower, embolden, and elevate youth and families.
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Digital Girl, Incorporated was founded in 2014 by Executive Director, Michelle Gall a Digital Marketing and Branding Professional. Our mission is to encourage inner city youth, especially girls to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. We are motivated by the United States overall lag in producing an adequate number of STEM professionals and the under representation of women and people of color.
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Brooklyn Community Pride Center provides services and support to the borough’s LGBTQ+ community through original programming and partnerships with other organizations.
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The West Indian American Day Carnival Association is a historic community organization dedicated to promoting, developing and celebrating Caribbean culture, arts, food, history, traditions and people. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in New York City, the West Indian American Day Carnival Association collaborates with the community on programming & throughout the year which culminates with a week-long display of festivities and a grand finale Carnival Parade.
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It takes strength, courage and commitment to build the life and community we all want. The Carey Gabay Foundation is here to help with advocacy and educational services along with personal and community outreach programs.
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The Boys’ Club of New York provides enriching and inclusive after school programming to boys and young men ages 7 – 21. Our open door policy ensures that any boy can join, no matter his zip code, immigration status or family’s income.
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Our mission is to educate and empower promising underserved youth to be leaders, champions and student-athletes by developing the skills necessary for success in high school, college and life. Specifically, our organization uses basketball as a “hook” to engage young men and women in the program, help them access high quality educational opportunities, and instill in them the values and life skills that will prepare them for success in life beyond sports.
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Our mission is to end violence, by promoting Peace and Reconciliation. We seek to holistically build lives through Character, Education and through Conflict Resolution with Compassion. Our goal is to continue bringing awareness to violence, health, and education in inner-city communities.
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Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides sensitive, quality health care and related services targeted to New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities — in all their diversity — regardless of ability to pay. To further this mission, Callen-Lorde promotes health education and wellness, and advocates for LGBTQ health issues.
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Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center, Inc. is dedicated to improving the physical, spiritual, psycho-social and psychological well-being of residents of North Central Brooklyn by providing the highest quality preventive comprehensive family health services with particular concern for lower-socio-economic groups.
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Globall Sports offers multifield turf sports programs and clinics ranging from soccer, football to lacrosse. More than a place to practice and play. We are proud to serve as a center to bring athletes & families together through sports.
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Imagine Swimming is NYC’s premiere learn-to-swim school, sharing a love of the water from infants to adults.  Respect and understanding for the aquatic world is carried throughout the student’s journey at the school and into their daily lives.  Beyond classes, Imagine offers an array of competitive opportunities with it’s water polo and synchronized teams, to its nationally recognized swim teams.
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