As I had mentioned on my reflection, which related to the readings as well, I mentioned about the ROCA nonprofit organization, which I am somewhat familiar with, which is located in Chelsea, MA these groups as wells as the groups mentioned in the readings all help the youth try to take them out the streets and have then engage civically in our community for our future. Recently, the City of Malden has expanded contributions to create partnerships with the ROCA from Chelsea as well, which is great because it demonstrates its interest in increasing awareness in youth participation in communities, and also in the cities interest in expanding such organization which are limited to only a couple of communities such as Chelsea.
Link to this article:
http://www.nobomagazine.com/2013/06/04/roca-city-of-malden-collaborate-to-expand-proven-intervention-model-for-high-risk-young-young/