- Social Innovation Fellowship
Julia
Schuster
Award Year
2010
Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment (BRYTE)
Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment (BRYTE) is a student-run organization that facilitates one-on-one tutoring and mentoring between Brown students and recently resettled refugees in the Providence area, coming from over sixteen countries. The program helps the underserved refugee population acquire crucial language skills as well as cultural fluency in a time of difficult transition. It also fosters meaningful relationships and promotes cross-cultural understanding. BRYTE works in collaboration with the International Institute of Rhode Island to both connect students with refugee tutees, and organize continuing enrichment events and opportunities.