As Thanksgiving approaches, we wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for everything and anything you've done to help Teen Empowerment empower urban youth as agents of positive change.



Whether you supported TE financially, by volunteering your time, attending our events, advocating for youth services, or spreading the word about TE, your support helps makes our work possible.



With your support, Teen Empowerment employed 102 talented youth this year to organize… Continue

On Friday, May 1, a host of community groups and elected officials held a press conference to announce the fourth annual Boston Peace Month. Speakers talked about how this might be the last year given the way government and private funders have cut support for the violence prevention programs. Underscoring this fear, the House of Representatives cut Department of Public Health funding for violence prevention from the FY10 budget that same day.



Like Swine Flu (the story the attracted… Continue