In the early years, Jakubowski himself was the sole connector. Now, with PAMers and volunteer facilitators nationwide, his role is slowly waning, which is precisely what he wants. As for the youths, PAM now has 300 formal members and several thousand informal members. Apart from age, the main thing uniting them is energy. The favorite undertakings tend to be cultural events like anti-alcohol concerts and art festivals, but projects take many different forms.
Some groups run charitable projects such as outreach programs for cancer patients.
Others raise enough capital to start their own businesses. But while they are in PAM, they change things. One group, in the small town of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, brought origami lessons into local elementary schools, marking the first time that local teachers worked together with youths in the classroom. The project signaled a departure from the traditional model of active teachers feeding passive students information. After we did some of that, the adults actually started to come to us with ideas for future projects.