Braven to receive $1.5M from the Deloitte Foundation

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kasia Kalata Braven kasia.kalata@bebraven.org Braven to receive $1.5M from the Deloitte Foundation  Braven, a national nonprofit organization that is helping college students on a path to economic mobility, announced a $1.5M three-year commitment from the Deloitte Foundation. This donation is one of the most significant collaborator investments made to Braven to date. […]

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A letter to MacKenzie Scott: Gratitude for the freedom to be prepared & seize the moment

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Dear MacKenzie Scott: I’m brimming with gratitude for the $11 million contribution to grow Braven’s future and the futures of young people from humble beginnings and underrepresented backgrounds. I’m also beyond grateful to the courageous champions who have been with me and the Braven team over the last 9 years. When we set out to […]

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Braven Announces Winner of 2022 Fellow Card Design Content

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Braven invited Fellows and Post-Accelerator Fellows to submit their unique art for our first “2022 Card Design Contest” with a chance to win a $200 gift card and have their work published on our end of year celebration greeting card. Each design created by our talented Fellows represents the theme Our Hope for the Future […]

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Braven Partners with Northern Illinois University with Fully Virtual Programming

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CONTACT: Joe King Northern Illinois University 815-762-7425 joking@niu.edu Kasia Kalata Braven kasia.kalata@bebraven.org A new partnership between Northern Illinois University (NIU) in Dekalb, IL and Braven, a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Chicago but with sites across the country is helping promising college students on a path to economic mobility, will offer students a two-part career-accelerating […]

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Braven launches at The City College of New York

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ashley Arocho Communications and College Relations Specialist The City College of New York aarocho@ccny.cuny.edu Kasia Kalata Director of Communications & Marketing Braven kasia.kalata@bebraven.org The City College of New York and Braven, a national nonprofit organization helping promising college students on a path to economic mobility, partnered for a college-to-career pipeline that will […]

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Brooks Brothers leadership team shares career advice and opens up their networks with Braven Fellows

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Brooks Brothers, America’s longest-established retailer, hosted a private networking event for college students who enrolled in Braven at Lehman College (called Fellows). Senior Executives, including Brooks Brothers CEO Ken Ohashi and SPARC CEO Marc Miller, and other leaders and associates from various cross functional teams joined at Brooks Brothers Hudson Yards store to chat with […]

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Black Leadership with Braven Board Member Roger G. Arrieux Jr.

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Braven is proud to celebrate Black History Month by uplifting the voices of Black leaders in our community like Roger G. Arrieux Jr. Read his story!

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5 Things You’ll Learn in Braven

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We asked Braven’s Post-Accelerator Fellows for their most meaningful learnings after completing the Accelerator course. Read through their inspiring advice!

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On Influential Mentors and Closing the Network Gap

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Whether it’s through an organization like Braven, your employer, or individually, we can all play a role in helping our country’s young people achieve their full potential through mentorship and expanding their networks. Here are a few ways from Braven CEO and founder, Aimée Eubanks Davis.

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2018-2019 Stanford GSE Research on Braven Outcomes on Non-Cognitive Constructs

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2018-2019 Stanford GSE Quasi-Experimental Quantitative Study 2018-2019 Stanford GSE Qualitative Study

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