Somerville, MA

Center for Teen Empowerment – Somerville, MA

Teen Empowerment (TE) engages young people as leaders in local efforts to turn their peers away from violence, gangs, and drugs, and toward positive community involvement. TE organizes in communities with high rates of youth violence, among other risk factors, and places with low rates of youth achievement. Through the program, youth are trained as community organizers and develop effective strategies that involve their peers in creating positive social and instructional change in their communities and schools.