News & Articles

Report Describes Missteps on gangs: Police, ministers missed signs of brewing violence

Recent study by researchers at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government claims Boston police largely missed brewing gang conflicts and paid scant attention to the steady increase in gangkillings between 2000 and 2006.

Businesses help put 500 teens to work

More than 500 teenagers will find work this year as part of the program announced yesterday by the Boston Globe Foundation and John Hancock Financial Services Inc. through Boston Summer Scholars initiative, the largest corporate summer jobs program in the city this year.

A Better System for Young Offenders

Below is an editorial that appeared in the New York Times on June 17 describing recent innovations in New York City that promise to reduce unnecessary detentions of juveniles: opening a juvenile court that sits on Saturdays and Sundays and instituting a new risk-assessment system.

Boston City Council Hearing on Safe Homes Initiative Sparks Lively Debate

Eli Pabon provided powerful testimony for the YWA at this hearing, and several others echoed the need for more youth workers as the real solution to violence.

Citizens for Juvenile Justice issues statement on The Annie E. Casey Foundation 2008 KIDS COUNT Essay on juvenile justice reform

Statement

Taking kids' voices seriously

The Boston Children's Chorus

Problem students in pipeline to prison

In Massachusetts and across the country, an increasing number of incidents that traditionally have been handled in schools by trips to the principal's office are being dealt with by law enforcement officials and judges in the juvenile justice system.

Children in Adult Jails

Congress's attempt through the Juvenile Justice Law to address the growing concern of children populating jails nationwide.

Take a Stand Against Violence: Be a part of the JOBS Team movement

We, the JOBS (Justice and Opportunities for Boston Students) Team, decided that we had to do something to stop the violence currently keeping our peers from reaching their full potential as leaders in our respective communities.

Diverse Turnout Makes YouthShines Art Auction a Success

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how many words might dozens of artworks by local kids express?

PBHA Fundraising for Franklin I-O

Franklin I-O is a seven-week academic and enrichment camp in the Dorchester community, serving approximately 80 youth, ages 6-13, every summer.

Mayor Menino's Message on Youth and the Summer

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Jorge Palmarin, South End youth activist, dies at 36

Jorge Palmarin, South End youth activist, dies on May 3 after a long battle with cancer.

YouthShines Art Auction feature articles!

"Auction Shines! Spotlight on Young Artists" and "Getting an Artsy Start"

Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations'

The United States has less than 5 percent of the world's population. But it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners.

An Alliance For Art

The YouthShines Art Auction story in the South End News!

Resist: Funding Social Change Since 1967

Various articles on youth organizing and the change that is happening with the growth of youth power.

Boston Neighborhood Income Stats

2005 stats for Roxbury and the South End

"And They Said You Wasn't Coming"

A Boston youth worker shares his: Poem for the Commander and Chief Barack Obama

1,948 city workers earn over $100,000

The top earner in the City is the police captain in D-4- the South End station!