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After nearly 20 years in the South End of Boston, Teen Empowerment's administrative office has moved to a new space in Roxbury! We will miss all our friends and supporters in the South End, especially the people from United South End Settlements who rented space to us from the beginning. But we are excited to get to know our new neighborhood on Warren Street. We are thrilled to be sharing space with Higher Ground, a new initiative founded by Hubie Jones, and also with our Warren Gardens youth organizing site.

Download our latest print newsletter, the TE Times, for an update on Teen Empowerment's work in 2011.

TE is working with the Somerville Police Department to break down stereotypes and thus increase safety in the community. Read about it in the Somerville News. Check out some great photos of the event.

Teen Empowerment's newest project opened July 5, 2011, in the Warren Gardens neighborhood of Roxbury. Throughout the summer, youth organizers at the site have planned and implemented violence prevention initiatives, community events, and other efforts to improve their community. This pilot project is part of TE's exciting collaboration with Higher Ground, a place-based initiative to improve youth and community outcomes in the Warren Gardens area.

It's Time 2 Change the Game in Rochester! Check out Teen Empowerment's June 23 Peace March & Rally coverage in the Democrat & Chronicle.

Teen Empowerment's Massachusetts sites held two successful Youth Peace Conferences this spring. TE Boston's 19th annual Peace Conference was on May 14 at the Burke High School, and the 5th annual Somerville conference was April 16 at Somerville High. See photos of the Somerville conference in the Somerville News and check out this extensive coverage in the Somerville Journal.

TE Rochester's first annual community luncheon, held May 5 at the Riverside Convention Center, was a huge success, with more than 400 people attending. Enjoy this amazing gift of poetry offered at the event from TE Associate Coordinator Shanterra Randle. Then, read what one attendee has to say, and see this follow-up piece in the Democrat & Chronicle: "Empowering teens to shape their own lives."

Teen Empowerment's Celebration of Hope & Caring honored Hubie Jones on March 3, 2011. Honorary co-chairs for this special event were Governor Deval Patrick and Dr. J. Keith Motley, Chancellor of UMass Boston. It was an extraordinary evening at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel! Thanks to everyone who supported Hubie and Teen Empowerment!

• See video highlights from the evening.
• Download a short biographyof Hubie Jones.
• Read a recent article about Hubie, Pay Life's Rent through Service
• See the video shown at the Celebration.

Teen Empowerment's Boston sites once again employed youth through the Martin Luther King, Jr. Summer Scholars program, funded by John Hancock Financial and other sponsors. In addition, throughout the summer TE organized weekly professional skills development gatherings for 650 youth from nearly 100 organizations that participated in the program. See coverage of the 2010 program on NECN.

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.

TE has 10 short videos posted on YouTube that illustrate how we work interactively to engage groups of youth and adults. See exercises in action  from our book, Moving Beyond Icebreakers! Concentric Circles, Make It Up: Paper Chase, Wordstorm, Evaluation, The Human Knot, Name Wave, Warm-up Questions, Bag Toss, Zip Zap Zup with Foot-Stamp, and Wind Blows with Word.

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