‼️ A-VOYCE School Year program application season is now closed. If you are interested in getting involved, please fill out our interest form!

Youth Programs

ACDC’s Youth Programs empowers youth to be advocates and community organizers to shape their neighborhoods for and by the community!

Photo by Reina Matsumoto

Through ACDC’s youth leadership program, A-VOYCE, and youth-led placekeeping initiatives (SaturPLAY and Films at the Gate), ACDC youth have the opportunity to:

  • Learn more about their identities with their peers

  • Develop their leadership skills

  • Provide service to the community

  • Gain public-speaking skills and experience

  • Earn money through internships and other programs

  • Learn how to use their voices and organize with community to bring about change in their neighborhood

What have our youth been up to?

Asian Voices of Organized Youth for Community Empowerment (A-VOYCE)

Photo by LD Tran

A-VOYCE, Asian Voices of Organized Youth for Community Empowerment, is the ACDC’s youth leadership program for high school students in the Greater Boston area. There are currently two A-VOYCE programs:

  • The School Year program runs in Chinatown & Malden: October - May/June

  • Summer Leadership Academy (6 weeks): July-August

“[A-VOYCE] helped me grow more as a person. I was able to vocally express my ideas and what I wanted, fit in with a group, and allowed me to navigate through finding my own identity and leadership style.”
— Sabrina Yang (Malden A-VOYCE alum)

Youth-Led Placekeeping Initiatives

ACDC engages young people in activating underutilized public spaces with family-oriented activities and cultural programming. Our youth plan, organize, and implement the events and activities for the benefit of all community members who live and visit the neighborhoods we serve.

SATURPLAY

Between May to October, youth organize a monthly series at Mary Soo Hoo Park at the Greenway, in partnership with the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.

 

FILMS AT THE GATE

Every summer, ACDC hosts a free film festival to bring community members of all ages together at the historic Chinatown Gate. Events such as this cultivate a sense of community and promotes increased accountability for visitors and residents to keep public spaces safe, clean and enjoyable for all.

Join us today!

Are you high-school aged (13-19) and interested in joining A-VOYCE?

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