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Read more about what's new with our programs, issues our work addresses like trafficking, homelessness, and poverty, and updates on our work and your support.

We are thankful for anyone able and willing to help us communicate our work. If you have creative ideas to help us spread the word through social media, print, television, an online publication, or another medium, or if you are a member of the press, we would love to talk to you. Please contact our Communications Manager.

January 7, 2021

Announcing Our Virtual Open Doors

Our Virtual Open Door Information Sessions will be held monthly via Zoom at 10 am and 1 pm. We hope you'll join us! Learn more about how to attend.

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November 20, 2020

Jon Higgins Second Story President of the Board

Second Story’s Holiday Letter

Each year Second Story sends a holiday letter from our Board President to our community to review the past year and let you know how you can support us over the holiday season. You can read the letter here.

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November 13, 2020

An Update on Our Programs

You’re an important part of this community, so it’s important to us that as things change you remain updated on our work. Before we begin this holiday season we wanted to provide a comprehensive update on where things stand in each of our programs.

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October 16, 2020

Our Beacon of Hope Virtual Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Beacon of Hope Virtual Fundraiser! We are so grateful to each of our sponsors, donors, ambassadors, and participants. You can watch the replay of the presentation at any time.

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September 22, 2020

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Virtual Learning at Second Story

We spoke with Meghan Huebner, Vice President of Residential Programs, to learn more about how virtual schooling is going for youth in our programs and the unique challenges presented this year.

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August 4, 2020

Our CEO Judith Dittman’s 25th Anniversary

Our CEO, Judith Dittman, has been with Second Story for 25 years as of this past July! We are so thankful for her leadership and the ways she has helped the organization grow, change, and develop to best support youth. To celebrate her anniversary Judith shared with us some reflections on the past 25 years.

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July 31, 2020

A Day in the Life at our Food Distribution Sites

We spoke with Edwin Alfaro, Community Organizer of Opportunity Neighborhoods for Second Story in the Community, about what a typical day looks like at the food distribution center in Culmore.

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July 14, 2020

Graduation

100% of Second Story’s Eligible Seniors Graduated from High School

All nineteen eligible seniors from Second Story for Homeless Youth and the Culmore Teen Center graduated from high school in 2020!

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June 17, 2020

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Connecting with Second Story

Many of you have messaged us asking for ways to help and responded in overwhelming ways--thank you! Here is another way to get involved: become an ambassador!

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June 11, 2020

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Where We Stand on the Black Lives Matter Movement

We’re deeply grieved by injustices, such as systemic violence, that impact people of color. Diversity and equality are values that have been at the heart of our mission since the beginning – we have a diverse staff and serve a diverse group of young people and families. We know that injustice persists, that it affects our staff, the youth we serve, and our community as a whole, and that it requires action from each of us.

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April 2, 2020

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COVID-19 & Our Programs: Updates from the Frontlines

We're updating this page as new stories and information come in. Our program staff are working on the front lines with youth and families experiencing homelessness and crises, especially as COVID-19 forces them into a new and more challenging way of life.

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March 20, 2020

Our COVID-19 Task Force

Dear Friends, I hope you and your families are doing as well as possible under these challenging circumstances. I wanted to provide you another brief update on our programs, but mostly tell you about something new we’re starting in this season to help us support youth and families in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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March 13, 2020

Update: COVID-19 and its Impact on Our Programs

A note from our CEO, Judith Dittman: Dear Friends, Because I know how much you care about the young people in our programs, I wanted to provide you with an update on the ways we are trying to keep them safe during the current COVID-19 outbreak. As of this writing, there are no community spread

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January 31, 2020

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Second Story Featured in “Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection” by Anne Kim

Anne Kim is a Northern VA based writer, focusing on some of the issues at the core of our work. Her new book, "Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection" comes out on February 11th. She has an entire chapter dedicated to Second Story and how our work is helping address this crucial challenge. Her book is an excellent way to really understand some of the big issues Second Story seeks to address.

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January 21, 2020

Our Decade in Review

Happy new decade! In 2020 we celebrate not only a new year but a new decade, and we're feeling extra thankful for all the ways we have grown, with your help, over the past 10 years. Read about some of our 2010-2019 highlights.

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