FALLING for Cuteness In Southeast Queens

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PearTree Explorers hosted the annual fall festival on Halloween 2023. The school successfully brought families together to celebrate Halloween in safe and beautiful environment. The event featured beautiful artwork from the students of PearTree. The event was complete with rides and a traveling petting zoo. PearTree Explorers mission is to provide a childcare environment that fosters to the needs of free thinking and compassionate future leaders. We encourage our children to play and learn as well as challenge themselves as they prepare for school years. As caregivers and teachers, we believe that children develop social and emotional skills when in a loving space that celebrates their uniqueness, provides them with tools to express themselves, and allows them to interact collectively with their friends.

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Clarisa James
Clarisa James is the Co-Founder/Executive Director of DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice. For the past seven years DIVAS has provided free or sliding scale technology training to youth in underserved communities in Central Brooklyn and Southeast Queens. Ms. James has been dedicated to youth development work for the past 15years in the roles of Teaching Artist, After School Director, Curriculum Specialist and artist. Her life's work encompasses empowering youth in underserved communities to use technology for social change and think critically about the issues that are affecting them most. For the past seven years Ms. James has facilitated workshops that help youth develop multimedia projects around environmental justice, housing, leadership development and reproductive justice. Ms. James holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College's Film & Media Department. In addition to DIVAS for Social Justice, Ms. James currently serves on the advisory board of the Children’s Cabinet, Office of the Deputy Mayor Strategic Policy Initiatives at City Hall. Clarisa James is full of gratitude to her parents for providing such a wonderful upbringing and having the foresight to move into the community of Laurelton in the early 1970's. Clarisa is proud to be a daughter of Laurelton.