Current Programs and Services
Arts
Paint Night (creative painting workshops for all ages)
SPARC art workshops for seniors
Our Place Theatre Workshops
Civic Engagement
Support for Neighborhood Resident Associations (capacity building for residents)
Grove Hall Youth Workers Alliance (networking)
Grove Hall Problem Properties Task Force
Choice Neighborhood Outreach Program
Blue Hill Avenue Neighborhood Response Team
Civic engagement (voter mobilization and community service)
Grove Hall Peace Walks and Peace Council meetings
Parent support and advocacy around public school education
School Outreach and support (training on educational disparities issues)
Public Safety
Resident training on zoning, development, public safety and other issues
Grove Hall Safe Neighborhood Initiative (community policing)
Safe and Successful Youth Initiative
Grove Hall Schools Public Safety Committee
Sports
Mike’s and Al’s Basketball League (Several leagues run through the year and serve different age groups)
Friday Late Night Activities at Roxbury YMCA (until midnight with rides homes for youth)
Substance Use
BPHC’s No Drug Coalition
Substance Abuse Outreach and Treatment referral and recovery group discussions
Treatment referrals
The 84 Movement (Teen smoking awareness program)
Trauma
Grove Hall Neighborhood Trauma Team
Youth Development
Summer Youth Leadership Development Program
Department of Public Health’s Violence Prevention program (outreach for at-risk youth)
Boston Public Health Commission’s Violence, Intervention, Prevention Program
GIRL I’MPOWERED (Female Teenagers group school based discussions focusing on healthy relationships
Grove Hall Senior Empowerment Initiative workshops (Support group for teens and young adults)
Adolescent Support Group (Open to the community)
Student Support Groups (Burke HS, Trotter Elementary)
School Outreach and support (training on educational disparities issues)