As we close out Black History Month and look ahead to Women’s History Month, we’d like to take this opportunity to celebrate the amazing group of female leaders we have on staff at RE. We’re proud to say that our leadership team is comprised entirely of Black women. This is not an accident. When you’re […]

We’re always on the lookout for fun and interesting new ways to engage our youth. Recently, we asked our Project STEMWARE students to vote on a group enrichment project. They chose to learn about “zero-waste fashion.” Big Concepts Close to Home To begin with, students learned about environmental sustainability and justice—how these principles can apply […]

Mental health crises among Black youth are increasing at an alarming rate. From 1991 to 2019, self-reported suicide attempts rose by 80%. Time will tell what impact the pandemic has had on those numbers, but based on what we’ve noticed in our own communities, we can’t imagine it has helped. There are many explanations for […]

It’s no secret by this point that the pandemic changed things. Our service model at RE has always been about providing students with the academic, social, and emotional support they need to graduate from high school and be successful in whatever post-secondary path they choose. Since 2020, however, we have found that, in order to […]

At RE, we empower youth in crisis by elevating academic, social, and civic expectations to facilitate high school graduation and post-secondary plans. That doesn’t mean that our support ends when they graduate, however; the goalposts just shift. Project Elevate is designed to ensure that students graduate college and successfully transition into career pathways. We check […]