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Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout. Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout, also known as YEAH Philly, is a non-profit community organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that works with teens and young adults who have been impacted by violence. [1] It was founded in 2018 by Kendra Van de Water and James Aye as a Black-led ...
History. Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia was established in 1887 in the city's Germantown neighborhood. [6] In 1892, the group expanded to the Nice town neighborhood and became the first club to serve girls. A third location opened in Wissahickon in1896 and was the first youth club in the United States to serve African American youth.
Smith pointed to figures from the 2021 Surgeon General’s Advisory on Protecting Youth Mental Health, such as the fact that 1 out of 3 high school students reported persistent feelings of ...
Glen Mills Schools. Coordinates: 39.9185°N 75.4998°W. Glen Mills Schools logo. The Glen Mills Schools was a youth detention center for juvenile delinquents located near Glen Mills in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, [1] for boys between 12 and 21 years of age. The school was founded in 1826 [2] and was the ...
The Institute for Colored Youth was founded in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It became the first college for African-Americans in the United States, although there were schools that admitted African Americans preceding it. At the time, public policy and certain statutory provisions prohibited the education of blacks in ...
The Philadelphia Student Union ( PSU) is a community organizing and leadership development non-profit organization in Philadelphia. [1] Its stated mission is to build the power of young people to demand a high-quality education in the Philadelphia public school system. [2] The organization claims to address problems of school funding, teacher ...
YMCA Philadelphia. / 39.95472°N 75.16472°W / 39.95472; -75.16472. YMCA Philadelphia, also Greater Philadelphia YMCA was founded on June 15, 1854, by George H. Stuart, a prominent Philadelphia businessman and importer. The goal of the Association was to reach "the many thousands of neglected youth not likely to be brought under any ...
Pennsylvania CareerLink. Pennsylvania CareerLink is a collaborative project between multiple agencies to provide career services to Pennsylvania employers, potential employees, and others. Pennsylvania CareerLink is operated under the direction of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry . Pennsylvania CareerLink offices and access ...