Catherine Duarte, SM ’16 on Youth Activism

Catherine Duarte SM ’16 organized a panel on youth activism at this year’s dLOV conference.  Youth panelists represented four Boston non-profit organizations focused on social justice, including Beantown Society, Boston-Area Youth Organizing Project (BYOP), Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project (REEP), and the Urbano Project. Panelists shared their involvement in their respective organizations, including what brought them there, the campaigns they’ve taken part in and the impact their work has had, both personally and community-wide.

Reflecting on the panel, Catherine offered, “Despite our building’s central location in Mission Hill, there is a lot of incredible work happening in this community and throughout Boston that we don’t often explore. Through this panel we had the opportunity to hear from and engage with youth activists in our community around the social justice initiatives they are leading to effect real change in their daily lives, in the lives of their youth peers, and in our lives as well. We are hopeful that this will spark opportunities for future collaboration.”

Learn more about the participating organizations here:

Beantown Society

BYOP

REEP

Urbano Project