Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form<\/p>\n
Organization Name: Beyond City Limits Inc
\nLegal Name (if Different):
\nAlso Known As: Beyond City Limits
\nMailing Address: 336 Tranquility Way
\nCity: Middletown
\nState: DE
\nPostal Code: 19709
\nMain Phone: 6463597057
\nMain Fax:
\nOrganization Website: https:\/\/beyondcitylimitsinc.org\/
\nEmployer ID Number: 33-2267101
\nOrganization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)<\/p>\n
Proposal Information<\/p>\n
Today’s Date: July 15th, 2026
\nRequested Amount: $10,000<\/p>\n
Project Title: Bridging Voices Across the Justice Divide
\nProject Description:<\/p>\n
Beyond City Limits Inc. proposes to continue and expand its collaboration with Pan American International High School, building on a pilot program that used the power of storytelling to close the distance between incarcerated youth and their peers on the outside.
\nIn the pilot, I brought writings from BCL’s incarcerated youth participants together with my own poetry to lead high schoolers through a series of conversations on juvenile justice, not as an abstract policy issue, but as lived experience. Students read, discussed, and sat with perspectives they rarely encounter directly. From there, they wrote and staged an original theater production, weaving their own voices together with the words of incarcerated youth into a single narrative.
\nThe result was more than a performance. It was an act of connection, high schoolers carrying the stories of young people the system too often renders invisible, and in doing so, building empathy, awareness, and a shared stake in reforming how we treat justice-impacted youth.
\nWe are seeking support to continue this work: a second cohort at Pan American, with the goal of expanding to additional schools across NYC\/NJ in the coming year. Continuation will include a refined curriculum drawing on BCL’s Cultural Literacy programming, additional writing sessions with incarcerated youth participants, and a new theatrical production culminating each cycle.
\nThis program sits at the heart of BCL’s model, pairing lived experience with creative expression to build pathways of understanding between communities that rarely intersect. It offers high schoolers a rare form of civic education, and it gives incarcerated youth a public voice and audience they are too often denied.\n<\/p>\n
Total Project Budget: $20,000<\/p>\n
Other Funding
\nSources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Beyond City Limits Inc.: $5,000 committed in direct funding, covering program facilitation, curriculum development, and coordination with participating incarcerated youth writers. – Houses on the Moon Theater Company: In-kind contribution covering the theatrical production component, including staging, direction, and performance support for the high school production.<\/p>\n
Project Duration: This program will run over a 9\u201312 month cycle, aligned with the [2026\u20132027] school year, beginning September and concluding with a final theatrical performance in June . This timeline allows for curriculum development and writing sessions with incarcerated youth participants, an extended engagement period with high school students, rehearsal and production of the theatrical piece, and a culminating public performance.
\nGeographical Area Served: This program directly serves students and youth connecting justice-impacted youth with high school students in the local community. It reflects Beyond City Limits Inc.’s broader service area across New York City & New Jersey,
\nAge Group To Be Served: ages 14\u201318<\/p>\n
Contact Information<\/p>\n
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
\nContact First Name: Mario
\nContact Last Name: Wright
\nContact Title: Executive Director
\nContact Phone: 9295361325\/6463597057
\nContact Email: Mariofwright@gmail.com\/team@beyondcitylimitsinc.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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