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Youth Leadership Programs

Youth Leadership Programs 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 […]

By Social Capital Inc., 3 yearsSeptember 22, 2022 ago

SCI AmeriCorps Blog

H.A.L.T.: Continuing a Lynn Youth Leadership Tradition

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.

By Mary Galia, 6 yearsOctober 28, 2019 ago

Podcast

Partnerships and Mentoring for Boston Youth with Pedro Cruz

Partnerships and Mentoring for Boston Youth with Pedro Cruz This episode of the Cultivating Connections podcast features Pedro Cruz, the Executive Director of the Office of Youth Engagement and Advancement (OYEA) for the City of Boston. Pedro shares his inspiring journey into youth work, rooted in his experiences growing up […]

By Leah Mulrenan, 8 monthsNovember 15, 2024 ago

SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest

SCI is seeking 15 youth teams passionate about supporting their community and peers for the 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest! Application Deadline Extended to Monday, December 9th! 2025 Youth Team Application About the SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest Social Capital Inc.’s (SCI) Youth Grant Pitch Contest empowers young leaders to […]

By Leah Mulrenan, 9 monthsOctober 7, 2024 ago

Community Connections

Social Capital for Youth Educational Opportunities

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 […]

By Leah Mulrenan, 1 yearApril 5, 2024 ago

Community Connections

2023 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest

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 […]

By David Crowley, 2 yearsJanuary 19, 2023 ago

SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest

What is 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, with an emphasis on funding for mental health projects that […]

By Leah Mulrenan, 3 yearsDecember 15, 2022 ago

Civic Engagement

Youth Generated Projects: “Big things often have small beginnings”

“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 […]

By Leah Mulrenan, 4 yearsDecember 28, 2021 ago

SCI AmeriCorps Blog

Support our Youth by Supporting SCI AmeriCorps!

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 […]

By David Crowley, 5 yearsDecember 29, 2020 ago

A group picture taken in the main lounge of the Woburn Senior Center on Woburn’s 2nd Annual Kindness Day, where over 60 local students, residents, and volunteers celebrated the city holiday with games and art.

Community Connections

Roots of Connection: SCI LET’s Display of Kindness

On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Social Capital Inc.’s Leaders for an Equitable Tomorrow (LET) celebrated Woburn’s 2nd Annual Kindness Day with the Woburn Senior Center at an intergenerational event called “Kind Activities for Seniors and Teens.” Over 60 local students, residents, and volunteers honored the power of kindness.

By Nicole Osborne, 3 monthsMarch 27, 2025 ago

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