Free Your Star Foundation: Graduating with honors from LIM College, Sahar focused every paper and project with Freedom Star in mind.
Fashionlanthropist, Sahar Pazirandeh (formerly Parirokh), has spent the last few years in a fashion incubator with Brooklyn high school students. Her credit-earning fashion programs allow participants between the ages of 14 and 20 to experience positions relevant to the fashion industry. She knew she wanted to use fashion as vehicle to educate teens and create a community amongst her peers; her ed
ucation at LIM and her experiences surviving an economic meltdown molded Freedom Star into what it is today. This vision was evident in all of her actions from very early on, taking on a mentorship roll through tutoring, teaching dance, and starting a babysitting company at the age of 13. Often refereed to as her "bait," Sahar utilizes her accessories line (Freedom Star Accessories) and the fashion industry to teach urban youth business fundamentals. She works closely with teachers, counselors and even principals to customize her program's curriculum per the students needs. To-date more than a dozen students have earned over 60 credits through work they have completed with Freedom Star Mentorship. From this experience Free Your Star Foundation was born. Sahar has a passion for exposing urban youth to various career possibilities and being a resource for women interested in fashion, photography, film and magazine industries. The future goal of the Foundation is to offer short-term housing offering those outside of New York a starting point. When Sahar is not giving back to the community through fashion, she writes grants and consults other startup non-profits via program development and fundraising. Her experiences include supporting a new public high school in Brooklyn by partnering with Pulitzer Award winning author, Junot Diaz, as well as raising Alzheimer’s awareness through dance for Rhythm Break Cares with Dancing With The Stars’ Edyta Sliwinska and So You Think You Can Dance, Iveta Lukosiute.
“The only thing we owe ourselves is to self-actualize, when your work fuels your soul you are more complete as a person, then you have more to give back to your community. I wish this for every person I come in contact with, and hope to be able to help them or connect them with someone to make their journey more fruitful.” Sahar Pazirandeh
NYC volunteers needed for Wisdom of Women Event by Generation W, founded by former WNBA President, Donna Orender, The event will be at Braclay's on August 11th. Please contact Generation W directly if you are interested in volunteering: GENERATION W
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leaders and young joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott for the signing of the “Save Our Lemonade Stands." The bill encourages Texas kids to host lemonade stands to learn about and . Awesome!
Lemonade Day representatives join Texas Governor Abbott, Matt Krause and Jane Nelson at Lemonade Bill Signing Ceremony at State Capitol in Austin
You don’t have to make top dollar to attend a top school.
Rice will offer free tuition scholarships to undergraduates whose families earn $130,000 or less. Students with family incomes of $65,000 or less will receive free tuition plus grants covering the full cost of room, board, and fees. The plan will take effect in the fall of 2019.
Reach for those stars Houston!
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The Houston-based Emerge Fellowship program has made national headlines recently after stories of low-income Houston students who were accepted into the country’s most competitive colleges went viral.
Love this man!
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The multi-hyphenate announced the news during a commencement speech for the Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy.
Whatever you put your mind to... Free Your Star
With digital tools like cloud storage, students have access to data, resources and notes that doesn’t necessarily require the physical carrying of textbooks or even writing tools like in previous eras. Cloud storage and collaboration makes for a much more streamlined process of sharing information between students and teachers, and it means the learning experience does not have to occur in one particular physical place.
Three Ways The Internet Has Revolutionized The Education Experience & Improved The Way We Learn. Online colleges, cloud collaboration & educational games.
10 seconds of compliments can change a persons perspective. What if we ended every class with 30 or 60 seconds dedicated to
Education reform starts in the classroom. ❤
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Let me bring you up to speed with slang words the kids are using now.
1. Snack...no this is not lunch or food this reference someone being cute
e.g Did you see Josh since we got back from winter break? He's a straight snack!
2. Ugly...say what? This can be used in the place of silly,funny or being extra
e.g. Omg that's hilarious, you ugly!
3. Finesse...the art of being a playa or being played
e.g. Mike tried to finesse Kelli to go with him to spring dance but he's with Tara.
(Repost from parent MsNifa Stain)
Age is nothing but a number. If you have the will to do something to change the world you can.
Feed your mind, and your wardrobe will be an extension of the real you.
I'm a big believer that you can learn from voices younger than you - they have less programming to break though.
"People expect women to be easy to understand. And, women are mad at themselves for not being that simple. When in actuality, women are complicated and multi-faceted. Not because we are crazy..."
https://www.ted.com/talks/tavi_gevinson_a_teen_just_trying_to_figure_it_out?language=en
Fifteen-year-old Tavi Gevinson had a hard time finding strong female, teenage role models -- so she built a space where they could find each other. At TEDxTeen, she illustrates how the conversations on sites like Rookie, her wildly popular web magazine for and by teen girls, are putting a new, unapo...
The big dream is worth a thousand steps. And, every single one counts! Have a great rest of your summer!
Little by little, a little becomes a lot. ~ Tanzanian Proverb
I invite you to join me, Sue Krebs, in an Akashic Record Reading to assist you in seeing yourself as the expression of the Divine that you truly are and how everything in your life is leading you toward this understanding! These transformational readings tap into the essence of your soul and bring insight, clarity and understanding into your every day living. They are available by phone or Skype, cost $150 for 60 - 90 minutes and are recorded for your convenience. For more information or to schedule your reading, please contact me at [email protected].
The author of this article is the first educator that opened his classroom and students to the program at Free Your Star Foundation. Congratulations Mr. David Levine and thank you for the work you do.
“This doesn’t look like any detention I ever seen!” Eric reacts to the ring of chairs that I've set up for our school’s daily in-school detention. ...
Summer Internship Alert! Do you have or are you a college student or a responsible high school Junior or Senior looking for a paid internship this summer?
I'm looking for someone to hire for 10 hours a week, we can meet virtually or in person. You will get me as a mentor and supporter as you learn creative and logistic aspects of running a creative company. Must be responsible, good communicator, and social-media savvy. Email resume to [email protected]
Because sometimes social media works against you. Cyber-bullying is a big problem, one that Free Your Star is going to tackle this year.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/15-apps-and-websites-kids-are-heading-to-after-facebook
Advice from Common Sense Media editors. Social media apps that let teens do it all -- text, chat, meet people, and share their pics and videos -- often fly under parents' radars.
On the last day of 2015, Free Your Star is excited to announce the launch of Houston based programs in 2016!
Stay tuned...
Free Your Star Foundation is here to help women and minorities be the new faces of several industries. We have a background in Fashion, but we want to see our girls excel in all areas.
We need more educational opportunities that start earlier
Free Your Star will be awarding $500 scholarship in August 2015.
Applicants must be an undergraduate student enrolled in a fashion, film, photography or journalism major in the United States with a minimum of 3.0 GPA.
The deadline will be June 1, 2015. Please email [email protected] for application information.
http://www.freeyourstar.org/, http://www.freeyourstarfoundation.org/
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