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A Call to Mentor
Berna Barshay is deeply involved in helping at-risk kids in Harlem.

When Berna Barshay did a volunteer teaching stint in an elementary school junior achievement class more than a decade ago in New York’s Chinatown neighborhood, she came away discouraged. Most pupils were attentive and respectful, but every week the same few students would disrupt the class. Today, Barshay recounts that
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