Breaking Barriers to Youth Success
UTEC's mission is to ignite and nurture the ambition of our most disconnected young people to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success.
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88% vs.
of UTEC young adults
had no new arrests
while enrolled (FY18)
52%
of MA young adults
are re-arraigned within a
year of release from jail
mattress recycling
We provide residential and commercial mattress pickup in Eastern MA, deconstruct the pieces, and recycle more than 80% of materials.
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woodworking
Cutting boards and other hand-crafted Madd Love Market products help young adults carve out better futures.
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food services
From catering and Cafe UTEC lunches to food manufacturing in the UTEC Community Kitchen, young people learn essential food preparation and service skills.
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facility rentals
Our historic green building is perfect for weddings, galas, concerts, meetings, seminars, conferences, and more.
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Over 90% of juvenile records are for nonviolent offenses.
Let's update the law to give more people the opportunity to pursue careers, access housing, and more FREE from the constraints of a criminal record.
Our young people have been working hard advocating for this update to legislation - Follow Teens Leading The Way for the latest on their organizing work.
Congratulations to Teens Leading The Way organizers and thank you to state leadership on this important step towards equal justice.BREAKING NEWS!!! Thanks to the Massachusetts State Senate for including an update to the EXPUNGEMENT law in the "Reform Shift and Build Act!" Special thanks to Senate President Karen Spilka, Majority Leader Cynthia Creem, Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz, Senator William Brownsberger, and all members of the Racial Justice Working Group for your leadership! #mapoli #ExpungeMA
The Teens Leading The Way organizers are not giving up on their fight for freedom from a criminal record.
Join the movement: www.expungementmovement.org
#ExpungeMA #mapoli #Independenceday2020
We are proud of all the youth organizers at Teens Leading The Way! Let's provide a clean slate!
Join the movement: www.expungementmovement.org
