PACT
PACT ( Power Action Change for Teens ) is a (FREE) youth based program that helps young girls (cis and trans) and gender non conforming youth that provides skills and tools to become social advocates for themselves and in their communities whether through interpersonal conflicts and/or systemic conflicts in youth held spaces. PACT aim to create a safe space for our youth as they grow into young adulthood.
PACT is divided into 2 components:
PACT Scholars
(Grade levels : 7th and 8th Grade) is an free after school program that offers workshops, community skill building and empowerment self defense for youth girls and gender non conforming youth on ways to prevent, interrupt and dismantle violence in their community. This program is a year long program based on schools commitment needs and is hosted on school site.
To request more information, reach out to Georgie at georgina@caeny.org.
PACT Activists
(Grade levels : 9th -12th grade) is a free weekly after-school program offered to teen girls (cis, trans) and gender non conforming youth who are interested in learning skills on tools on becoming a youth upstander, building connections with other teens that share interest in social justice programming and becoming leaders in their own communities and gaining skills in empowerment self defense practices.
Applications are open now for our upcoming session on Monday January 9th, 2024
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PACT Activists
The Center for Anti-Violence Education works to dismantle and disrupt acts of violence in communities that experience xenophobia and all forms of racism through community programming and empowerment self defense practices. Our PACT Program, which stands for, Power, Action, Change for Teens, is our youth-based program that offers these same skills and tools for pre-teens and teens. PACT Activist is our high school level youth program. It is an incredible opportunity for teen girls and gender expansive and gender non-conforming youth to learn skills and tools through empowered self defense work and social justice practice in their community.
✨Start date: Monday, January 8th!
✨Deadline for our application is December 1st. First come, first serve. Space is limited.
✨Accepted students will have the opportunity to receive either community service credit or an end-of-program stipend.
✨Please feel free to distribute the flyer to anyone you think may be interested and email our program at youth@caeny.org or Georgina Pierre-Louis, the Youth Program Manager at georgina@caeny.org with any questions.
✨Register HERE