To make up for lost learning during the pandemic, The Community Learning Collaborative, which consists of four prominent leaders from the YMCA, Latinos for Education, The Base, and Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion work with Boston-area teens and launched 12 learning pods across the city for Black and brown students. James Morton, President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Boston, and Amanda Fernandez, CEO, and co-founder of Latinos for Education, explain the importance of offering children they serve an equitable learning experience through COVID-19 by creating free minority-focused learning pods.