Our team's leader, Philip Manga, contributed to this op-ed piece with the Herald Leader. Here's a preview:

Philip Manga leads Box 2 Box, offering spiritual formation, education, and soccer to rising fifth graders through seniors in an afterschool program at Dunbar Community Center. He wants students to "walk with their chests up." The 40 students, immigrants from Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and several from the Middle East, receive tutoring and play soccer.

The tutors are University of Kentucky International Studies students from Step-Up, a service-learning program initiated designed by Francis Musoni to mentor immigrant students. In summer 2024 Philip organized a six-week program that offered English Language Learning by pairing students with mentors. "You can make change!" Philip says.

For full details check out the article.