LE.O is privileged to count Fred Rogers as a board member, he and his wife Jenny Hartley, are also valued host parents. An open Letter from Fred Rogers and Jenny Hartle In preparation for an email promoting the Zoom conversation with Mahmoud Abdelfattah, I was reading the LE.O website today and I realized that it […]
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We wish to invite you to join us for a Zoom event with our special guest Mahmoud Abdelfattah. Mahmoud is the first Muslim and Palestinian American head coach in NBA and G-League history. We believe in the value of education at LE.O and we also believe that this must encompass many other forms of learning
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Today we celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Leonard Education Organization (LE.O ). As you know, thanks to our scholars, our board, and supporters like you, we have overcome tremendous challenges and achieved some incredible successes. We enter our 6th year humbled by the reality that we cannot continue to sustain this amazing community without your
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The LE.O Community is devastated by the news from Lebanon, so many of our families and friends have been impacted, and this added to the already disastrous economic and political state of affairs. Next week marks our 6th year anniversary, we had planned to write to you to share our successes and achievements thanks to
Dear Friends, This month we would like to celebrate the fact that LE.O exists thanks to each one of you, the members of our LE.O Community. Without your drive, dedication and hard work, LE.O would never have been founded, it would not exist. And without your participation, it would not be the resounding success it
So what of our students in the LE.O Community, how have the many changing models of education impacted them? Firstly, we would like to commend the institutions that are educating our community whether in the US, Canada and Europe or in countries in the Middle East, for the tremendous work they have been doing to
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On behalf of all of us at LE.O, we wish you good health and high spirits. We invite you to celebrate with us the tremendous achievements of our scholars graduating this Spring. We couldn’t be prouder of our scholars and more honored to serve them. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these students have had their
Dear Friends, We wanted to update our donors, supporters and friends, on how our LE.O Community has been managing in these uncertain times. We think it is crucial to take this opportunity to reflect on the fact that while everyone is at risk at times of global crises, the most vulnerable communities in society have
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We continuously reflect on the work we do at LE.O., the reasons behind establishing this program, the tremendous challenges the Palestinian youth we work with continue to face and overcome, and ultimately our purpose. Are we doing enough? Are we doing it right? What processes can we include to truly make a lasting impact? One
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