Collaborative Education
The Collaborative Educational Programs Department at Bronx Community College is the umbrella office for BCC educational initiatives focused on developing partnership and collaboration with grades K -12 public schools, community-based agencies, and local art programs. Collaborative Educational Programs are an active and visible component of the College’s effort to build community strengths and attract potential students to the campus. Our collaborative programs are a part of the larger BCC mission “to be responsive to community needs” as well as provide families and children with access to the wealth of educational and social resources available at the College.
The BCC Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) completed the first year of its five year, $875,000 New York State Department of Education grant.STEP operates the Summer five-week Program and its Fall/Spring Saturday Program. Over 150 middle and high school students participate from more than 15 local schools. Both the summer and school year programs provide academic and social development and curricula that support science and technology learning focused on mathematics, robotics/drones, social media applications and chemistry.
Contact Us
Office of Collaborative Education
Eugene Adams
(718) 289 – 5952
eugene.adams@bcc.cuny.edu
Collaborative Education Events
12th Annual Amadou Diallo Youth Arts & Sci Tech Day
Feb 7 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Amadou Diallo Youth Arts & Sci-Tech Day – Saturday, February 7, 2026
Amadou Diallo was unjustly killed by four NYPD officers on February 4, 1999. Amadou’s tragedy ignited the movement for police reform across the United States. The Amadou Diallo Youth Arts and Sci-Tech is a day-long celebration of the life and success of Amadou. Through panel discussion and hands-on activities youth participants will develop solutions for social, technological, and health challenges facing our communities. On Saturday, February 7, 2026, the Amadou Diallo Youth Arts and Sci-Tech Day will present Youth Solutions for Up righting an Upside-Down World. The event aims to ask youth to come up with possible solutions to some of the problems impacting all of us. We are faced with punitive immigration, predatory health care, poor education, misogynist entertainment, and inhumane mental illness services.
African Services Project
In 2009, BCC Collaborative Education has implemented the BCC African Services Project. In collaboration with the Lehman College Social Work Department, social work interns provide individual counseling, service referrals and workshops to BCC’s growing West African student population. The Bronx has the largest African community in the United States. Approximately 10% of the BCC student population is from West Africa.
