by admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Featured, Urban Arts, Youth Voices
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us on Tuesday, December 2nd at 6:30 pm for this amazing performance totally written and produced by youth in our Urban Arts program! Everyone is welcome![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
by admin | Sep 10, 2014 | Featured, Restorative Justice
One of our amazing and multi-talented Restorative Justice Specialists is also a percussionist with a Master’s degree in Music Therapy. Please support this indiegogo campaign to buy a set of drums for the Peace Room he is setting up. Check out the page he created...
by admin | Sep 4, 2014 | Career and Employment Services, Featured
This summer, 60 of our youth participated in jobs through the Chase Empowerment program. They were assigned to 5 different sites around the city to work on projects relating to environmental sustainability. The youth participants had great opportunities to tackle...
by admin | Sep 2, 2014 | Career and Employment Services, Featured, Restorative Justice
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For some students, the start of a new school year is a time of hope. For others, it’s a time of dread. After summer, school brings the anxiety of grades, sports, getting chosen for extracurriculars and navigating the school social...
by admin | Aug 11, 2014 | Career and Employment Services, Featured, MAVReC
The mission of the Youth Research Collaborative is to promote Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) as a counter space for discounted, diminished, and underestimated youth. YPAR empowers youth to work collectively and collaboratively to create knowledge and...
by admin | Jul 29, 2014 | Career and Employment Services, Featured, Youth Voices
We asked two youth participants — Justin and Carlos — what it was like to have a conversation with Mayor Emanuel at the Argyle Night Market last week. Listen to what they have to say: Justin: I found it to be a very exhilarating experience because he got...
