Working in Boston and Somerville, MA and Rochester, NY, The Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc. employs youth ages 14 to 20 to create and implement initiatives that positively influence their peers and create real, meaningful changes in their communities.
Teen Empowerment hires core groups of youth leaders to work in their own neighborhoods, helping them develop the skills they need to identify pressing issues in their communities, amid racism, poverty, and violence in rapidly changing cities, and tap into their own and their communities’ strengths to create positive change.
TE’s youth-led initiatives engage thousands of youth and adults in community improvement efforts each year and lend youth voices and lived experiences to shape policies that empower young people and achieve equity, opportunity and strong, healthy communities.
