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Stella Downie Honored as Somerville's "Unsung Heroine"
On March 19, 2008, the Somerville Commission for Women honored TE's Special Projects Consultant, Stella Downie, as Somerville's Unsung Heroine, citing her commitment to community involvement and youth leadership. Stella has been involved with Teen Empowerment as a staff member or board member since 1993. Read about it.
Danny McLaughlin Honored by Somerville Human Rights Commission
Teen Empowerment program coordinator Danny McLaughlin is the 2008 individual recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. award from the city's Human Rights Commission. The Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) received the agency award. Commission cochair Ify Mora says, "Both Danny and CAAS inspire us to continue striving towards equality and justice in Somerville." Read about it.Be a Villen Youth Art in Somerville
In January 2008, Teen Empowerment cosponsored an exhibit by young Somerville artists, dedicated to Brian Liberatore, Somerville High School class of 2002. Young people in Somerville have suffered recent tremendous loss due to drugs, violence, and accidents. If anything, tragedy seems to have brought these "villens" closer together as a group. The exhibit "Be A Villen" was a vehicle for allowing artists to express some of the many complex emotions evoked by their experiences of tragedy. Read the press coverage.