On Saturday, February 7th, the 2026 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest officially got underway as youth teams and volunteer coaches gathered at Roxbury Community College for the Kickoff Event.
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
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
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
![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.”](https://socialcapitalinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Team-highlight-4.png)
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
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!
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!
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!
![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.”](https://socialcapitalinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Team-highlight-3.png)
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!
2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest kicks off with 15 Teams! Two youth teams in the SCI 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest, Soley (Mattapan) and Resilience for Refugees (Willmington) connect through the bingo ice-breaker activity. The 2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest is officially underway, featuring a record number of Read more