ProJeCt of Easton's Rosalind Lucien Earns Rising Star Award

Wraparound case manager with ProJeCt of Easton Rosalind Lucien received a Rising Star Award from the Junior League of Lehigh Valley. The announcement was made by Chief Executive Officer Janice Komisor.

“Rosalind has shown great dedication to students in our SSP program and we are so pleased to see her honored for her community service as well,” Komisor said.

The Rising Star Award recognizes women who, in their earliest years of Junior League membership, have demonstrated significant leadership promise consistent with the vision and values of The Junior League mission.

Founded in 1901, the Junior League is one of the oldest and largest women’s volunteer organizations in the world, encompassing 150,000 women in 292 Leagues in four countries.

Lucien is chair of the League’s Community Impact Committee. In 2009, moved to act by the negative portrayal of women in the media and the influence it was having on young girls, Lucien founded The Glam Squad, which offers empowering workshops for mothers and daughters that address social media safety, healthy relationships and strong self-esteem.

As wraparound case manager with ProJeCt, Lucien facilitates prevention education, life skills training and healthy decision-making programs for adults and adolescents in ProJeCt’s Student Success Program. The Program was developed at the request of the Easton Area School District in 1999 to address at-risk behaviors among students. The program provides life skills training and wraparound case management for students in grades 5-8.

ProJeCt is a community benefit human service agency founded by local clergy and community leaders in the wake of the King assassination and in response to the rising tide of poverty and social unrest of 1968. Its purpose was to advocate for action and to provide service to an under- served poor population in Easton, Pennsylvania. Today the agency provides assistance to more than 5,000 people a year, serving Easton (population 26,000) and the surrounding communities in Northampton County (population 295,000), Pennsylvania. They offer emergency assistance and food program, case management support services that assist people in developing life skills and moving to self-sufficiency and educational programs that include adult basic literacy, English as a second language, GED preparation, family literacy and supplemental education programs for school-age children.