Meet the 2024 YGPC Mental Health Awareness Association youth team and their three volunteer coaches, Monica Altamar, Steve Rubin, and Valery Crayton. The Mental Health Awareness Association team wants to teach youth about the various mental health resources, the variety of mental health issues, and how to identify and address Read more…
Meet the 2024 YGPC Arts and Culture Committee team and their two volunteer coaches, Sesha Kadakia and Vasant Narayan! The Arts and Culture Committee team’s goal is to represent youth voices and the multicultural communities in Boston. They want to achieve this by establishing a space for youth artists to Read more…
Join the Leaders for an Equitable Tomorrow (LET) program on Monday, March 25 for a panel discussion on Healthy Approaches to Post-High School Pathways. The event will take place on Monday, March 25, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the James L. McKeown Boys & Girls Club in Woburn. Read more…
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…
The SCI Social Capital Inc. 2024 Youth Grant Pitch Contest (YGPC) is officially underway, featuring a record number of 12 youth teams from both the city of Boston and Greater Boston. In total, there are approximately 100 youth involved in the 2024 YGPC who want to support the mental health Read more…