Sil Ganzo featured on the cover of HOLA News Magazine
Originating from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sil Ganzo is the founder and director of ourBRIDGE for Kids, an organization that helps families.
Sil was featured on the cover of HOLA News Magazine in July 2023.
Check out the full article here.
ourBRIDGE for KIDS at CreativeMornings
CreativeMornings is a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. ourBRIDGE kicked off the 2023 season with the first morning.
WCNC: Charlotte After-School Program ourBRIDGE Helps Refugees Adapt
ourBRIDGE was featured in WCNC on December 10, 2021.
"There's a huge gap in services for families who are newly arrived and we know the number is going to continue to grow," ourBRIDGE executive director Sil Ganzo said.
New York Times: As Pandemic Reveals Gaps in Safety Nets, ‘You Can’t Look Away’
ourBRIDGE was recently featured in a New York Times article, along with Ruby Orduna. “Since Covid hit, the amount of people in need of food has gone up.”
Sil Ganzó, the executive director of ourBridge, says her staff is very connected to the community’s refugees, asylum seekers and first-generation immigrants. At the outset of the pandemic, the most pressing need among them was food, and the Hispanic Federation assistance helped provide 5,000 breakfasts and lunches.
Read the full NYT article here.
Foundation for the Carolinas - Philanthropy Focus
In celebration of receiving the The 2020 Nish Jamgotch Jr. Humanitarian Award, Sil Ganzó was featured in the Foundation for the Carolinas' Philanthropy Focus magazine.
“Receiving this award for the work done through a global pandemic brings me an incredible sense of reassurance. I am thankful for our team's selflessness, for their commitment to our work and for their trust in me to lead us through it.”
EdNC: ourBRIDGE for KIDS adapts to meet needs of Charlotte immigrant, refugee children
ourBRIDGE was featured in EdNC as part of a series and ongoing reporting on Latinx communities in North Carolina.
“I saw that there was a huge gap — not just a gap, an inexistence of services for children who were transitioning to the United States that were not faith-based. We wanted to give parents that choice to be in a place that was designed for kids who were learning to speak English, where they could celebrate their traditions, cultures, and celebrations, and actually have the opportunity to teach each other about it.”
Afterschool Alliance: ourBRIDGE Program Spotlight
OurBridge was featured in the Afterschool Alliance article "ourBRIDGE for KIDS working with immigrant and refugee families amidst COVID-19."
Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, ourBRIDGE for KIDS (ourBRIDGE) is an afterschool program that works with immigrant and refugee students new to the United States. The program—whose three core pillars are academic support, trauma-informed care, and cultural pride—serves approximately 150 K-8 students daily who represent 22 different cultures, 100 percent of whom qualify for federal free or reduced price lunch, and more than 80 percent are English language learners.
EdWeek: Coronavirus Upends After-School World
OurBRIDGE was featured in EducationWeek about our COVID-19 Response.
“These are tough times. We need to make ourselves relevant and if the kids are not here, how do we make it happen?’” said Sil Ganzó, the founder and executive director of ourBRIDGE. “Because the need is still going to be there and if anything, it’s going to increase.”
QCNerve: ourBRIDGE Adapts in a Crisis with New Drop-Off Services
OurBRIDGE was featured in QC Nerve on April 17, 2020.
Like most folks in the United States, Sil Ganzó didn’t spend much time pondering the implications of the COVID-19 virus during January and February. It wasn’t until early March that things became real for the founder and executive director of ourBRIDGE for KIDS, an after-school program for Charlotte’s immigrant and refugee children.