Kwame Owusu-Kesse

Husband to @MsErinCarpenter & Daddy to Mikel & Kori; CEO, Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

This was such a special experience. 🙏🏿

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

We are proud to announce that our CEO @MrKwameOK is an official @HarvardHBS “case protagonist"!

The @harvard tradition of the case method highlights leaders who are inspiring #HBS students to build successful organizations and make a positive impact in the world.

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

Thank you @MagicJohnson for your leadership and all that you do for our community. 🙏🏿

[Earvin Magic Johnson @MagicJohnson]

I want to thank Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) President and Founder Geoffrey Canada and and Co-Founder, William Julius Wilson Institute at HCZ Kwame Owusu-Kesse for allowing me to speak at the HCZ Power of Place Convening this evening in New Orleans! Over 500 leaders and community stakeholders joined the formal reception.

I admire how the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) is a network of programs serving K-12 through college, that serves thousands of low-income students and families in Central Harlem in NYC. They work with community-based organizations and prioritize teaching Black kids about life skills, like finance and how to invest at an early age. They also supply mentors from Wall Street and the business community, as well as scholarships, for their students.

@hczorg
@WJWInstitute
#powerofplace

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

Thank you @CrainsNewYork for the wonderful honor!

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

Congratulations to our CEO @MrKwameOK for being featured on @crainsnewyork 40 Under 40! Crain’s noted that, under Mr. Owusu-Kesse leadership, HCZ has “become a model and a partner for organizations around the country”. Click the link for more: https://t.co/ZX1v5ktD3c

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

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[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

Our CEO @MrKwameOK is featured on @cityandstateny’s 2022 Nonprofit 100, a list recognizing the New York nonprofit sector’s “most important and effective leaders.” Click the link for more: https://t.co/lu2OVhdGS1

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

HCZ CEO @MrKwameOK and Founder and President #GeoffreyCanada are featured on @politicsnynews and @amNY 2022 Power Players in Education. Click the link for more: https://t.co/hmFkL3vEGj

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

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[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

Last week, our CEO @mrkwameok connected served as the keynote speaker at @harvardhbs SVMP program. "They are an inspiring group of leaders,” Mr. Owusu-Kesse said, “and I am thankful again to my alma mater Harvard for the amazing experience.”

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

Thank you @MikeBloomberg for such an amazing investment in our young people and our comprehensive model.

[Mike Bloomberg @MikeBloomberg]

.@HCZOrg Promise Academy has a proven track record of closing the achievement gap for low-income students. Glad I got to visit a kindergarten class with Geoffrey Canada & @MrKwameOK this morning – & to celebrate @BloombergDotOrg’s $100M commitment to advance the school’s mission.

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

Thank you to @HarvardHBS @AASUHBS @HBSAAA for the honor of being named this year’s recipient of the Alumni Trailblazer Award for Early Distinction. This truly means a lot to me and my family. 🙌🏿

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

@carlquintanilla @HarvardHBS @hczorg Really appreciate it!

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

Still overjoyed from my @HarvardHBS visit and case discussion. Shoutout to #SectionF (which was also my section when I attended). Thank you for allowing me to share about my leadership journey and about @hczorg!

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

Thank you @usedgov for inviting me to participate!

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

.@MrKwameOK gave the opening remarks @usedgov Promise Neighborhoods 2021 National Network Conference.

Mr. Owusu-Kesse spoke on the success of our national effort with organizations and community-based institutions in six cities to provide COVID relief and recovery.

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

@jonj @HarvardHBS @hczorg So grateful for this tremendous opportunity

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

This was such a special event! So proud of our scholars!

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

We were so proud to host the investiture of Damian Williams - the first-ever Black U.S. Attorney to lead the Southern District of NY.

Our CEO @MrKwameOK made remarks and two of our Promise Academy scholars spoke at a celebration of Mr. Williams' history-making appointment.

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

"Our mission is to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, and we know the best way to do that is by being together, in person."

After 19 months, @MrKwameOK is thrilled to welcome our community back to the Zone!

Watch ➡️ https://t.co/RM8lzeO8dO

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

“You are all shining examples of our model. You continue to raise the bar of excellence. You continue to open minds across the country of what is possible for communities like ours.”

Our CEO @MrKwameOK honored the HCZ Promise Academy #Classof2021 on their graduation day ➡️

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

Check out my latest interview with the man who coined the term “FOMO”!

[@patrickjmcginnis @pjmcginnis]

Check out this week’s all-new #FOMOSAPIENS episode with @hczorg CEO @MrKwameOK who shares how he is taking his community’s fight against COVID nationwide! Listen now: https://t.co/Jc84hgOKPm

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

“We believe we have the vaccine to poverty.”

ICYMI - Our CEO @mrkwameok and president #GeoffreyCanada joined @CNN’s @PoppyHarlowCNN to discuss the pandemic recovery challenges facing hard-hit communities of color – and what HCZ is doing to address them ➡️ https://t.co/Z7L4f6jaUK

[Kwame Owusu-Kesse @MrKwameOK]

Thank you @PoppyHarlowCNN for highlighting our work and for continuing the necessary conversation around covid recovery. We are truly grateful. 🙏🏿

[Poppy Harlow @PoppyHarlow]

"It's so traumatic right now for young people growing up who are people of color" -- a dire warning from @HCZorg founder Geoffrey Canada about a Covid recovery that is anything but equal. @MrKwameOK Please watch our reporting here -- produced by @noraneus

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

TODAY at 10:30 AM on @CNN: our CEO @mrkwameok and president #GeoffreyCanada sit down with @poppyharlowcnn to reflect on the challenges of 2020 - and how we tackled them at home and across the country.⁠

[Harlem Children's Zone @hczorg]

When COVID hit, we took action to hit back.
Through a holistic approach, we confronted the urgent pressures the pandemic put on our community.
Discover the 5 needs that any COVID-19 response should meet in @MrKwameOK's @Ted Talk #ThrowbackThursday
https://t.co/DaVn82vKCV