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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Francine A. LeFrak
Credit - Michael Ostuni—Francine LeFrak, whose family oversees one of the biggest real estate companies in the New York City tri-state area, focuses her philanthropy on women, using an approach that she calls the 'three pillars' of wellness: physical, mental, and financial. The latest example of her largesse: the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being at Barnard College, which opened in June 2024. The state-of-the-art facility, which cost $36 million to build (LeFrak's foundation was the lead donor), offers behavioral and physical fitness services and financial literacy training to both students and college staff at the women's college. The year before the foundation took a similar approach in New Jersey financing a wellness center in Jersey City that provides vocational training, medical services, and micro-grants to women involved in the court system. LeFrak, who hopes to replicate the Barnard wellness center at other colleges, says she developed her three-pillars approach in 2007 after working with Rwandan women who were supporting themselves by selling handmade jewelry and housewares after surviving the country's 1994 genocide. 'Talent is everywhere, opportunity isn't,' says LeFrak, a 2019 Giving Pledge signatory. 'The dignity of work is the best philanthropy.' Contact us at letters@
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Francine A. LeFrak
Credit - Michael Ostuni—Francine LeFrak, whose family oversees one of the biggest real estate companies in the New York City tri-state area, focuses her philanthropy on women, using an approach that she calls the 'three pillars' of wellness: physical, mental, and financial. The latest example of her largesse: the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being at Barnard College, which opened in June 2024. The state-of-the-art facility, which cost $36 million to build (LeFrak's foundation was the lead donor), offers behavioral and physical fitness services and financial literacy training to both students and college staff at the women's college. The year before the foundation took a similar approach in New Jersey financing a wellness center in Jersey City that provides vocational training, medical services, and micro-grants to women involved in the court system. LeFrak, who hopes to replicate the Barnard wellness center at other colleges, says she developed her three-pillars approach in 2007 after working with Rwandan women who were supporting themselves by selling handmade jewelry and housewares after surviving the country's 1994 genocide. 'Talent is everywhere, opportunity isn't,' says LeFrak, a 2019 Giving Pledge signatory. 'The dignity of work is the best philanthropy.' Contact us at letters@
Black America Web
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
MFT: Lee Vasi (Even With Hives!) Nailed Her First Audition
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Michael Ostuni Auditioning for anything requires you to be as close to perfect as possible — a well-rested body, all the lines memorized and making sure personal appearance is top notch, of course, are all check points on the list. Unfortunately, a hive breakout has no boundaries and usually happens at the absolute worst times. Christian R&B sensation Lee Vasi knows that all too well. In this week's 'My First Time,' the budding star took us back to her first audition as a toddler which proved to be successful even if the hives she was experiencing didn't want her to. RELATED: My First Time – Ivory Scott Looks Back On His First Publishing Deal Thankfully even at seven years old she possessed a level of talent that would lead to her nabbing the role — it was for a Munchkin in a production of The Wizard Of Oz ! — but the ultimate lesson was always about seeing her true beauty beyond fixating on a temporary skin rash. Lee Vasi specifically being a musician that dedicates her lyrical content solely to praising God, it was an early lesson in understanding that love for Him begins with love for self. You'll hear more of that on her upcoming debut album, Love Me To Life , highlighted by the recent single, 'He Is.' The song has only been out for a few weeks, and fans are already gearing up for the rise of a superstar…with or without a hive breakout! Take a look at Christian R&B singer Lee Vasi on 'My First Time' below, and keep an eye out for her debut album, Love Me To Life , when it arrives on May 30: SEE ALSO
