An alumnus of New England College with a bachelor of arts in business administration with concentrations in accounting and computer technology, Eric Greenfield is principal and lead consultant at Bookkeeping Manhattan in New York City. Community involved, Eric Greenfield supports a number of nonprofits, including the Time In Children’s Arts Initiative.
The Time In Children’s Arts Initiative seeks to provide equal access to the arts for chronically disadvantaged students in the South Bronx and Harlem, New York. Believing that children respond better to participation in real-world activities than punitive time-outs, Time In engages students in the arts during the regular school day, giving them positive reinforcement to help them become knowledgeable creators and ultimately active participants in their local community.
One of Time In’s transformative programs is Arty Readers, where students learn sequential drawing techniques similar to those used in the Japanese art of manga. The program also exposes students to one musical piece and its corresponding literary text each semester. With a 5:1 student-to-teaching artist ratio, the program ensures that every child benefits from as much teacher interaction as possible.
To learn more about the Time In Children’s Initiative and its programs, visit TimeInKids.org.
