Gwendolyn Brooks, from the poem Speech to the Young Through opportunities for leadership, action, and education, programs for adolescents help participants consider their roles and responsibilities in their communities and society. Programs engage youth in defining and making choices, identifying community needs, and considering post-secondary school goals. Youth are challenged to become positive and critical members of their communities and to define actions to address the concerns they identify personally and collectively.
Mentors provide academic and personal support and weekly group workshops.
To help students imagine, direct, and make choices about their futures, pcep works throughout the high school years, in weekly group sessions and individually, to build academic competency, prepare for the Secondary Achievement Test, support the college selection and application process, and provide college role models. Brown volunteers work with teachers and students at area high schools to prepare for local tournaments. Kelly Phipps , Eric Tucker Providence Mediation trains middle school students to be mediators, and provides support and ongoing training on conflict resolution, working with difference, and finding alternatives to problems. The program is a partnership with the Providence Community Mediation Center and local middle schools. Teams of Brown students work at Bridgham and Bishop Middle Schools, providing individual and group tutoring, and weekly workshops focused on issues such as identity, racism, and community building.