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New Life for High School Civics

Youth Organizers Campaign Successfully for Better Classes

Walking through the streets of Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, one may think of 'today's troubled youth,' or 'inner city violence,' and Jamaica Plain does have a reputation for gang behavior, violence, and drug use among its teens. But tucked away behind an old church in Hyde Square is an organization that has led many JP teens on a different path. The Hyde Square Task force has supported and guided youth to participate in community activism and social change. Their latest project, the Campaign for Civics, has successfully changed the curriculum of Boston Public Schools (BPS).

The Hyde Square Task Force is a nonprofit ...

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