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Teen Empowerment has produced a 25-minute DVD entitled Voices from Behind the Wall, featuring messages to youth from prison inmates in Massachusetts. We now have a curriculum and discussion guide to accompany the DVD. Click here to check out the DVD and the guide on YouTube. Order online. Here's an article about the "Voices" DVD (with video excerpts) from the Boston Globe: Prison counsel.

Check out some short videos that illustrate how TE works interactively to engage groups of youth. See exercises in action  from our book, Moving Beyond Icebreakers: "Bag Toss," "Zip Zap Zup with Foot-Stamp," and "Wind Blows with Words."

Be a Friend of TE! Thanks to everyone who joined TE staff and youth June 3 at Johnny D's in Somerville for Change for a 10 Spot. Turnout was excellent and we had a lot of fun. Read about it here. Whether or not you were able to attend, there are a few simple things you can do today to help Teen Empowerment carry on its work: Five Things You Can Do. Save the date for the launch of Friends of TE: Thursday, July 16, 6:30 pm. For more info, email us.

The Boston Globe interviewed TE's executive director, Stanley Pollack, about the impact of proposed state funding cuts on violence prevention efforts: A harsh cut for our youth.

TE's Boston Youth Peace Conference on May 9, themed "Reality Check," was a great success. Read the Boston Globe article about the conference, and a follow-up letter from TE's executive director. Listen to Stanley on WBZ radio discussing what can be done about youth violence.

The Somerville Youth Peace Conference on April 4 was awesome! Thanks to everyone who supported this event. Read about it in the Somerville News and the Somerville Journal.

Many thanks to everyone who supported Teen Empowerment's Celebration of Hope and Caring on February 25. Read about it in the Somerville Journal. Special thanks to our Host Committee and Board of Directors. We were pleased to honor the law firm of WilmerHale and long-time community workers Stanley Graham and Lynne Jackson. Download profiles of our honorees.

Download TE's most recent newsletter: TE Times.

Check out TeenEmpowermentTV on YouTube.

TE is seeking resident artists to work with youth at our Massachusetts sites through the Commonwealth Corps. Visit our Opportunities page for more information.

Download TE's publication, Voices of Children Left Behind in Massachusetts Public Schools.