The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress Campaign formally launched a virtual Homework Helpers Program on Tuesday, Nov. 24, after a four-week pilot program helped approximately 100 Throggs Neck students. The program is made possible by a community of educators and volunteers from around the country who provide NY-14 students with one hour of free virtual homework help per week.

“COVID-19 has meant parents are struggling to juggle work, childcare, and remote schooling. Last week, NYC shut down our public schools, and as we brace for yet another wave of rising COVID-19 cases, folks need our support more than ever”, said political organizer for the AOC Campaign, Jonathan Soto, “So we are calling on retired teachers, college students or anyone interested in helping kids keep up with their studies to sign up and volunteer their time.”

The campaign currently has 120 trained tutors and is recruiting more volunteers, specifically tutors who speak Spanish, Bangla, Urdu, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, French and Kru, to be able to help the diverse constituencies in NY-14. Volunteer tutors are committing to virtually support a student with their homework for one hour per week for four weeks. The volunteers will be supported and trained by experienced educators.  

Interested tutors can sign up here: bit.ly/aoctutorsignup