Almost two years ago, Reach was the lucky beneficiary of free partnership with AKQA. What started as a website rebuild turned into a...

De’Asia might look familiar. If there’s an honor offered by Reach, she’s received it. As a 9th grader, she was quickly promoted to Lead...

By Jasmine Jones, Reach Program Manager Meet Anyssa, Attalah, Danielle, Dorothy, Eddie, India, Kamryn, Kevohn, Maishia, Oyinda, Quanis,...

By Kenya Johnson, Reach Site Manager Like many people, I now tell time in the terms of “Before COVID-19” and “After COVID-19.” With so...

Football fans and longtime Washingtonians know him as the “Secretary of Defense” – the flashy and charismatic defensive end who helped...

Chris thought we didn’t like him. Connected through a board member matchmaking service, Chris received an introductory email, but we...

London is many things: a tutor in Reach’s Anacostia-Ketcham cohort, a Reach Fellow, a published author, and a committed activist. He’s...

You may have seen Shatyia on the news this week. She appeared on Fox5 to talk about her new book, Breonna Marches Through Time. But,...

Nicole Harkin By Suling Miller, Deputy Director for Development When you start fundraising for a new organization – as I did last year –...

December 1, 2020 By Mark Hecker, Executive Director Last spring, we held a virtual event during which a number of Reach teens spoke to...

Thank you to all who contributed to our 2019 #AlwaysThere campaign. It was our most successful campaign to date. During the month of...

Ms. Deborah was running behind schedule. The Program Instructor for our Anacostia/Boone cohort, she usually arrived early to set up the...

$160,309 of $200,000 raised. Brianna, a 10th grader at Ballou High School, wanted to find a fun and meaningful activity to do after...

$143,543 of $200,000 raised. We didn’t know that Raynia and Keara could sing. Maybe OnRaé didn’t know, either. But, she wanted to hear...

$142,512 of $200,000 raised. Dustin met Reach's Executive Director, Mark, in college, where they sang in the same a cappella group. After...

$101,333 of $200,000 raised. Sian emerged early on as one of our most dependable Beacon House tutors. She always arrived on time, always...

$100,553 of $200,000 raised. As told by Patrick Howard, Reach's next Board Chair. I know a little something about following in the...

$97,846 of $200,000 raised. Two years ago, we featured Kamila (whose name we apparently spelled wrong, see photo), a student from Payne...

$74,565 out of $200,000 raised. The year was off to a rocky start. Despite our best efforts, we hadn’t found an elementary school partner...

As told by Reach’s executive director, Mark Hecker. $53,740 of $200,000 raised. Steve. Steve. Bill. Madeline. George. Hank. Tom. Any...