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2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest Recap

15 Youth Teams Awarded $20,000 from SCI’s Youth Pitch Event The 4th year of SCI Social Capital Inc.’s Youth Grant Pitch Contest wrapped up at La Colaborativa’s Survival & Economic Development Center with a Pitch Event on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Fifteen student teams from nonprofits, schools, and community programs Read more…

By Leah Mulrenan, 1 monthApril 10, 2025 ago

2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest | Meet the Teams: Riot Squad Team Goal: “[To] design and implement campaigns to tackle housing challenges and improve access to vocational education, amplifying the voices of Chelsea’s youth and families for a more equitable future.”

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Riot Squad – 2025 YGPC Team Spotlight

Meet the Team! | Riot Squad Team Goal: To amplify the voices of Chelsea’s youth and families Affiliation: La Colaborativa Community: Chelsea, MA Meet RIOT Squad, a 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest Youth Team, from La Colaborativa (Chelsea) and their two volunteer coaches, AJ Lemarier and Judy Cazeau. The RIOT Read more…

By Kylee Sawyer, 2 monthsMarch 17, 2025 ago

2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest | Meet the Teams: Con Manos Unidas We Change Team Goal: “To unify the Latino community through a series of events in East Boston aimed at connecting community members, combating misinformation, and increasing access to essential services.”

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Con Manos Unidas We Change – 2025 YGPC Team Spotlight

Meet the Team! | Con Manos Unidas We Change Team Goal: Unify the Latino community through a series of events in East Boston Affiliation: EASTIE Coalition Community: East Boston, MA Meet Con Manos Unidas We Change, a 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest Youth Team, from the EASTIE Coalition (East Boston) Read more…

By Kylee Sawyer, 2 monthsMarch 17, 2025 ago

2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest | Meet the Teams: Community Health Youth Cohort Team Goal: “To educate peers, gather community data, develop policy recommendations, and lead grassroots campaigns to reduce teen pregnancy and increase access to sexual health resources for Chelsea’s youth and immigrant families.”

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Community Health Youth Cohort – 2025 YGPC Team Spotlight

Meet the Team! | Community Health Youth Cohort Team Goal: Reduce teen pregnancy and increase access to sexual health resources for Chelsea’s youth and immigrant families. Affiliation: La Colaborativa Community: Chelsea, MA Meet Community Health Youth Cohort, a 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest Youth Team, from La Colaborativa (Chelsea) and Read more…

By Kylee Sawyer, 2 monthsMarch 17, 2025 ago

2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest | Meet the Teams: Resilience for Refugees Team Goal: “To build a supportive community by constructing events and sharing tips and information, ultimately ensuring refugees and migrants can thrive and contribute to their new environments.”

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Resilience for Refugees – 2025 YGPC Team Spotlight

Meet the Team! | Riot Squad Team Goal: Build a supportive community through events and resources to support refugee and migrant populations. Affiliation: Wilmington High School Community: Wilmington, MA Meet Resilience for Refugees, a 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest Youth Team, from Wilmington High School and their two volunteer coaches, Read more…

By Kylee Sawyer, 2 monthsMarch 17, 2025 ago

2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest | Meet the Teams: Boyz II Men Team Goal: “To create a youth-led leadership summit where the community would participate in workshops and activities focused around Mental and Physical Health, Financial Empowerment and Social Justice.”

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Boys II Men – 2025 YGPC Team Spotlight

Meet Boys II Men, a 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest team from the Moses Youth Center in Cambridge and their two volunteer coaches, Nick Fratto and Elise Brady!

By Phil Gordon, 3 monthsMarch 6, 2025 ago

2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest | Meet the Teams: Be My Buddy Team Goal: “To provide emotional and social support through peer connections.”

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Be My Buddy – 2025 YGPC Team Spotlight

Meet Be My Buddy, a 2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest team from the Friends of Costa Park and their two volunteer coaches, Seth Goldberg and Elise Vernely!

By Phil Gordon, 3 monthsMarch 6, 2025 ago

2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest | Meet the Teams: 4 Kids By Kids Team Goal: “To expand our program into a school-year program where kids will be helped outside of the summer, and to grow the program into other libraries and such.”

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4 Kids By Kids – 2025 YGPC Team Spotlight

Meet 4 Kids By Kids, a 2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest team from 4 Kids By Kids Tutoring in Woburn and their two volunteer coaches, Kristen Risley and Magnus Mammy!

By Phil Gordon, 3 monthsMarch 6, 2025 ago

2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest | Meet the Teams: Spectrum Club “[To] provide a safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) and straight ally students to meet and support each other.”

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Spectrum Club – 2025 YGPC Team Spotlight

Meet Spectrum Club, a 2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest team from Woburn Memorial High School and their two volunteer coaches, Joyce Vyriotes and Byron DeLaBarre!

By Phil Gordon, 3 monthsMarch 6, 2025 ago

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Thriving, Inclusive Communities – The Work Ahead

Thriving, Inclusive Communities – The Work Ahead At SCI, we are deeply passionate about cultivating authentic connections among ALL community members. Our work is all the more important as we move past election day in our deeply divided country. Millions of words will be shared in the coming days analyzing Read more…

By David Crowley, 6 monthsNovember 8, 2024 ago