We are proud to bring the community yet another career opportunity by opening our doors to La Mega & Wells Fargo as they seek to employ bilingual candidates for North Philadelphia bank branches. If a great job with a great company sounds like a good way to start the year, then come see Mega Radio…

  PRESS RELEASE:   The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Come Together to Host the Third Annual Philadelphia Festival of Young Musicians, Monday, February 16, 5 PM in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center 13 of Philadelphia’s Leading Community Music Education Organizations Celebrate Arts Education on Presidents’ Day. (Philadelphia, PA)—Monday,…

Esperanza Academy Charter School in coordination with Educational Opportunities for Children and Families (EOCF) is hosting a Parent & Community Meeting in order to encourage parents to be advocates for their children’s education as well as for Esperanza Academy and the charter school movement. Founded in 2000, Esperanza Academy Charter School exists to provide a…

On Friday, January 23rd at 5:00 PM, Esperanza is holding an info session so that community members can learn how they can receive funds for their project to revitalize and beautify the Hunting Park neighborhood. These funds (up to $1000*) are given as part of the NeighborCare Team Program to teams composed of a leader…

Esperanza Academy Charter High School sophomore Sarah Santiago attended the Community Celebration and Essay Contest Awards Ceremony featuring Storyteller Artie Brown, Dr. King Re-enactor Jeremiah Thompson and live music at the African American Museum of Philadelphia on January 19th, MLK Day. Santiago won 1st place in the Sharing the Heritage Writing Contest and was presented with…

The 2015 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast will give you the chance to have a discussion about the needs of our youth with other Christians from around the country. We’ll talk about different kinds of mentoring – both formal and informal – and also take a look at Esperanza’s successful and nationally-recognized Real Time Mentoring program…

Countless studies have revealed that children and teens exposed to and practicing the arts show a greater capacity for educational success. As a meta-analysis from Harvard University asserts: most cultures in more eras of history have not doubted the importance of studying the arts; the arts have been around far longer than the study of…

Esperanza would like to thank all of those who have supported our work and mission in 2014. Without the help of our donors, the opportunity that we offer our constituents would not be nearly as great and encompassing. In 2015, we will continue to honor our mandate to serve “the least of these” (Matthew 25:40)…