SCI gives youth the opportunity to build relationships, gain real experience, and put their ideas into action. SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest The SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest engages youth-led groups in community projects that address the mental health needs of their peers. The program puts young people in the […]
This November, Girls Inc. of Lynn, with the help of SCI AmeriCorps member Liandra Reyes, will be holding their annual HALT Conference with workshops, resources, and fun events for local teens! With HALT, teens can find their “outlet while they are in high school” through vocational training and programs.
In episode 5 of the Cultivating Connections podcast, host David Crowley talks with Ayele Shakur, President of the Redstone Family Foundation. Ayele talks about how she centers relationship building in her work. Throughout her career, she has focused on helping young people develop the social capital they need to flourish […]
The SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest is a program initiative that was piloted in 2021 and was designed to engage community focused youth-led groups in a process of developing projects that respond to community needs. After an incredibly successful pilot program, it is expanding in 2023 by more than doubling […]
Interested in Volunteering at the Pitch Event on April 6, 2024? About the SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest The goal of the SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest is to develop the leadership skills of young people as they develop, pitch, and implement a project to address community needs they’ve identified, […]
“Big things often have small beginnings” This quote from one presentation at this year’s Youth Grant Pitch Contest could not be more true for us at SCI. Nineteen years ago, SCI was founded by our current President, David Crowley. Returning to his hometown of Woburn, he created an organization focused […]
Connecting with teens to support their healthy development is always important. Liandra quickly realized regular meetings and check-ins with the six peer leaders she mentored last year would be all the more important when the pandemic hit. Liandra Reyes, shown on the left, did her first year of SCI AmeriCorps […]
Catching up with family and friends this time of year, work always comes up. Everyone usually knows that I work in nonprofit – but might not know what my organization does. There are so many incredible nonprofits, but SCI is just so unique. I love telling the story of SCI […]
Three years ago at the beginning of 2019, I realized that I didn’t want to be a bartender for the rest of my life and wanted to put myself on a new career path. After learning about an opportunity to serve at the James L. McKeown Boys & Girls Club […]
Meet Josh, and join him in creating change with SCI ! You have an opportunity to help SCI create stronger, more inclusive communities! For many high school students, summer is a time to head to the beach, hang out with friends, and generally take a break from learning. But this […]