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Learning and Growing: A Kind Internship with Riley’s Way

Working with Riley’s Way has truly been the most rewarding and transformative experience of my young career. I joined Riley’s Way in February of 2024 as the Program Marketing Intern. Looking back at those 7 months, I see how much I have grown, both personally and professionally.

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A Return Home

When I was first introduced to Riley’s Way, I was encouraged to join by my 10th grade history teacher Jessica Taylor. At the time we met, to the naked eye, Jessica appeared to be any other educator. However, she was much more than that. We connected on many levels, advocating for issues we both cared about with a desire to connect with others who felt the same way. That’s why I eagerly seized the opportunity to join the Riley’s Way TYWLS of East Harlem and Nightingale Council.

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Making Music, Making Connections: Interview with Manavi Bajpai

Manavi Bajpai (she/her) is a second year college student from Nashville, Tennessee. She was a 2022 Call for Kindness Fellow and is currently the Co-Chair of the Riley’s Way Youth Advisory Board. As a musician herself, she said that her closest friends came from her orchestra band group. She realized that she and many of her friends had old instruments that were in good condition and had no place to put them. Using her passion for music and her desire to put old instruments to good use, she founded Tunes For Kidz.

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The Pioneering College Chapter Looks Forward: Riley’s Way at UMich

Lauren Belous and Noah Weber founded the Riley’s Way Chapter at the University of Michigan (UMich) in 2023 after hearing a powerful lecture from Riley’s dad and Riley’s Way co-founder Ian Sandler.

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Self-Care and Community: An Insider Scoop on the 2024 Riley’s Way Youth Leadership Retreat

After months of organizing, emailing, and seeing a hundred names on numerous spreadsheets, I was so excited to finally put faces to the names. As the Riley’s Way Youth Leadership Retreat Intern, I spent months planning for the Retreat, but nothing could have prepared me for the new community I found as we all gathered at Timber Lake West Camp in Roscoe, NY this past September.

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Supporting Young Leaders in Building a Kinder World: Riley’s Way at the READ Alliance YOUth Summit

On August 9th 2024, Riley’s Way was welcomed back to the Read Alliance YOUth Summit at Hunter College. READ Alliance is a non profit organization that works to accelerate the educational trajectory of early elementary students through the power of teens who provide one-to-one literacy tutoring in under-resourced communities. It is a very special program because it not only helps boost young children’s reading skills, but also pays the tutors they employ, allowing many young students the opportunity to gain job experience. READ Alliance is a longtime partner of Riley’s Way and continues to do inspiring work and make the world a kinder place.