Meet the 2024 YGPC Greater Love Tabernacle Youth Ministry team and their two volunteer coaches, Magnus Mammy and Christian Klacko! The Greater Love Tabernacle Youth Ministry YGPC team will develop a back-to-school kickoff cookout for inner-city youth that focuses on providing a safe space for the youth and promoting positive Read more…
Meet the 2024 YGPC Dreamers team and their three volunteer coaches, Kate, Molly, and Namratha! Through the creation of visual art, The Dreamers youth team hopes to make public artwork that strikes a conversation; one that can help bring awareness to issues surrounding mental health. They hope to have a Read more…
Meet the 2024 YGPC Lynn Lady Leaders team and their two volunteer coaches, Amanda Richardson and Carla S. Beaudoin! The Lynn Lady Leaders plan to support their youth team lead, Divine, in her start-up business, D&D Signatures. Divine’s business sells lip care for women and they hope to see even Read more…
Meet the 2024 YGPC Unity in Action youth team from Woburn Memorial High School and their two volunteer coaches, Rebecca Slisz and Rob Toro! As admirers of change, Unity in Action feels they have the ability and passion to create a supportive and developing environment for young individuals. For example, Read more…
Meet the 2024 YGPC Neighborhood Service Project (NSP) youth team from the Moses Youth Center and their two volunteer coaches, Dan Legmann and Nick Fratto! The NSP team identified a need to support the mental health of high school students. Their goal is to create a Youth Summit event that Read more…
Meet the 2024 YGPC Wakefield Youth Action Team from Wakefield High School and their two volunteer coaches, Ji Lim and AJ Lemarier! Because the CDC’s 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey results indicated that LGBTQ+ youth are quite vulnerable to risky behaviors, the Wakefield Youth Action Team aims to create a Read more…
Community Engagement Exchange Program Participant from Indonesia Conducting Civil Society Practicum with Social Capital Inc. Eka Santi is partnering with SCI through the U.S. State Department’s Community Engagement Exchange Program. For twelve weeks, Eka, an emerging international young leader, is working at SCI, collaborating on civil society initiatives and preparing Read more…
At SCI we prioritize connections. The concept of “social capital” is that our social networks- the connections we make- have value.Supporting SCI means supporting connections and building social capital for young leaders in the community, helping them achieve their goals SCI programs accomplish this goal in many ways. The SCI Read more…
A lot of exciting things happened at SCI in 2023, including welcoming many new team members to our staff, and also to our Board. The SCI Board has grown to 15 members, the largest in our history! These 3 individuals bring a variety of skills and experiences to SCI, and Read more…
This past weekend, over 100 volunteers raked leaves for senior citizens around Woburn. The group included some 50 Haitian migrants staying in local hotels who volunteered as part of the effort. This was the second and final SCI Volunteers for Seniors raking day, that saw over 200 volunteers of all Read more…