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 strategies involving over 6,000 people in building peace, tolerance, and community. We are proud to count you as a partner in our efforts to save lives, bring hope to urban teens, and help young people use their talents to improve their inner-city neighborhoods.

On Sunday night, at our first youth and staff reunion, young people and some not so young people who have worked as Teen Empowerment Youth Organizers over the last 19 years came together to reconnect and affirm their support for our mission. There are now more than two thousand people who have worked with Teen Empowerment in their youth and continue to make positive contributions to their communities in so many different ways. I know that they are also grateful for Teen Empowerment and for whatever roles you've played in furthering our mission.

Teen Empowerment is working for a world in which youth, with adults in supportive and mutually respectful relationships, use their voices creatively to inspire, lead, and empower their communities to achieve justice and peace. On behalf of the youth, staff, and board of Teen Empowerment, thank you for joining us in working toward this important goal!


Warm regards,

Stanley Pollack
Executive Director


More opportunities to get involved....


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**Kick Off the Holiday Season: Shop for Gifts with Teen Empowerment in Mind

GoodShop: When shopping online, start at GoodShop.com and put "Teen Empowerment" in the "Who do you support" box. More than 700 top online retailers, such as Amazon, Best Buy, Gap, iTunes, and Target, will donate a percentage of your purchases to TE. You pay the same price as you normally would, and the retailer makes a donation to us.

Purchase a $5 ticket to GIFT, a holiday shopping event at The Shops at Prudential Center December 3 and 4. 100% of the proceeds support TE. Enjoy a wealth of discounts from Prudential Center stores & restaurants, just in time for the holidays.

Check out the growing list of discounts, updated regularly. To get your ticket, email us or send a check to 48 Rutland Street, Boston, MA 02118. Want to help us sell tickets to your friends and colleagues? Let us know and we'll send you a bunch.

Shop, save, and raise money for TE! It's that easy!



Move Beyond Icebreakers: Learn about TE's Group Facilitation Book

Interactive methods are usually ignored or marginalized as "icebreakers" to be used only in the first few moments of a meeting, or first few hours or days of a group's experience. Moving Beyond Icebreakers offers more than 300 interactive exercises and shows you how to use them to engage the hearts, minds, and energies of diverse groups of people. Order our book and learn how seemingly simple activities can help your participants connect to the goals of your meeting, as well as to one another.

Teen Empowerment also offers monthly Moving Beyond Icebreakers Workshops in Somerville, MA. The next one is Thursday, December 9, 9:30am-12:30pm, and costs $50 per person. Email sapna@teenempowerment.org to let us know you're interested. You'll receive a registration form via email.

Also,visit our website to learn more about our educational DVDs and discussion guides for use in youth groups and high school classrooms.

Got ideas, questions, or comments? Contact us any time.
617-536-4266 www.teenempowerment.org