Fall is off to a fantastic start here at the Octavia Project—and it’s all thanks to our amazing community! With your help, we exceeded our recent fundraising goal, raising over $7,000 to create new pathways for our participants and alumni to engage with STEM and the arts, connect with mentors, and become leaders and changemakers in their communities.
We’re deeply grateful for your support and excited to share details about the school-year programming you’ve made possible!
Announcing Our Brand-New Afterschool Program!
We’re launching our very first afterschool workshop series later this month, in partnership with the Gowanus Canal Conservancy! Hosted at GCC’s classroom space in Gowanus, Brooklyn, this weekly program will kick off in mid-October and run for seven weeks.
This series focuses on conservation and urban green spaces and is open to new and returning participants in grades 6–10. Applications are open now—apply here!
Our Office Wish List!
We’re settling into our first-ever office at The Old American Can Factory, a historic 130,000-square-foot complex on the Gowanus Canal that serves as a hub for artists, publishers, and nonprofits in Brooklyn. We’re delighted to join this vibrant community and connect with other organizations doing vital work across NYC.
Visit our office wish list to help us outfit our new space for partnership meetings, training sessions, alumni gatherings, and more!
OP in the News
We’re thrilled that Brooklyn Magazine featured us in their recent article, “Three Organizations Changing Brooklyn from the Inside”! Our co-founder and co-director Meghan McNamara spoke to writer Sachin Bhola about the origins of the OP’s unique STEM and arts-based curriculum, the impact of our programs on NYC youth, the support we receive through Brooklyn Org, and how community members can get involved with our work. Read the full article here!
Summer Wrap-Up
Even though it’s autumn, you can revisit memories of this summer at the OP any time! Check out our blog for a look into our first week of Summer Camp—where students built their own battery-powered circuits and explored Japanese folklore by reading Mai K. Nguyen’s Anzu and the Realm of Darkness—and more.
You can also play narrative Twine games coded by our Institute participants here.And look out for this year’s Positive Obsessions zine of student work from the summer, coming later this fall!