May 9, 2017 From the Lowell Sun: LOWELL — Local nonprofits Girls Inc. and UTEC will each receive substantial funding every year for the next decade as part of a new grant award, creating a degree of financial stability that will allow them to focus on long-term plans for the community The Lowell … >More
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Lowell’s Take Back the Night: One Woman’s View
After gathering at City Hall, the marchers peacefully walked through Lowell to a rally at UMass Lowell’s University Crossing. My name is Sadyra Martinez and I currently serve at UTEC as the AmeriCorps Social Justice Specialist. In honor of sexual assault awareness month, I had the opportunity to attend my first Take Back the Night (TBTN) … >More
See What Makes Us Tick: UTEC Hosts Social Enterprise Showcase, May 6th
Do you want to tour the world’s oldest green building, pick up a beautiful handmade cutting board, visit a brand new commercial “incubator” kitchen, enjoy scrumptious catering samples, watch a mattress being deconstructed, and meet UTEC’s awesome program participants – all in one visit? Join us this Saturday (May 6th), from noon to 2:00 PM, for all of this … >More
A Day to Celebrate: Lowell Earth Day Parade and Festival
On this Sunday, April 23rd, the City of Lowell will hold its 2017 Lowell Earth Day Parade & Festival. Organized by UMass Lowell and other community partners, activities start at 11:00 am at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (246 Market Street) and, after a parade through downtown Lowell, will conclude at UTEC (35 … >More
UTEC Holds Annual AmeriCorps Service Day
On March 31st UTEC held its annual AmeriCorps Service Day in Lowell – one small way that we try to ‘give back’ to our community and some of our local partner organizations. “Part of the mission of the AmeriCorps program, of course, is to ‘strengthen communities’ and to engage in ‘team-based community service,’” said Miguel Quinones, UTEC’s AmeriCorps … >More
Kronos commits to 3-year grant to assist UTEC
April 4, 2017 From the Lowell Sun: LOWELL — Members of the Kronos GiveIn- spired team visited UTEC to present a grant award to UTEC’s young people and staff. Kronos made a three- year commitment to UTEC Mattress Recycling, the social enterprise where all UTEC young adults begin their work experience. “This relationship is about … >More
Mattress Recycling: First Step In the UTEC Journey
The young adults and staff of UTEC currently recycle around 15,000 mattresses a year at the UTEC Mattress Recycling facility in Lawrence. The UTEC Mattress Recycling facility is unlike anything else you’ll find at UTEC. This sprawling warehouse in an industrial section of Lawrence is a far cry from the shiny, contemporary ambiance of Café UTEC. … >More
What Is “HiSET” and How Does It Work at UTEC?
At UTEC instructors take a very different approach towards teaching. As most people know, a young person who has not completed high school may choose to study and be tested for a “Certificate of High School Equivalency.” Here in Massachusetts this program is known as HiSET (or High School Equivalency Test), which (like GED in … >More
Big ‘snaps’ to Lowell’s leadership
March 13, 2017From the Lowell Sun: It was recently reported that Crime in Lowell fell by 10 percent in 2016 compared to the prior year. In fact, Cheif Justice Ralph Gants of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court praised the efforts of local officials for such continued decrease in gang and criminal activity … >More
AmeriCorps Week: Honoring Those that Serve
Most of the members of UTEC’s current AmeriCorps team. This week (March 4th to 11th) is “AmeriCorps Week” – a national celebration and recognition of the extraordinary contributions of the some 80,000 service members currently active throughout the country, as well as the approximately one million AmeriCorps alumni. Since 1993, AmeriCorps members have collectively served … >More