Providence Monthly will be holding its “10 People You Don’t Know Now, But Soon Will” celebration on: Wednesday, January 195:30-8:30pmHope Artiste Village1005 Main StreetPawtucket, RI All proceeds from this event go to benefit The Hub, PASA’s citywide approach to building Read More …
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9 Cities Visit Providence to Replicate AfterZone Model
On November 15 and 16, PASA held a two-day City Symposium, “Creating Citywide After School Systems for Youth Success,” at the Rhode Island Foundation. New Orleans and Nashville were two of nine cities that came to Providence to learn how to replicate Providence’s Read More …
PASA Featured in New National Report
A new report featuring PASA and out-of-school time systems in 4 other cities has been released by the RAND Corporation. The 3-volume report, “Hours of Opportunity,” explores effects to bolster after-school services citywide by coordinating the work of the institutions involved in them, Read More …
PASA Launches The Hub: Press Coverage
On Thursday September 30, PASA celebrated the launch of The Hub, a city-wide approach to building sustainable, high-quality out of school time opportunities for high school-aged youth. Over 350 high school youth and community members came out in support, and so did Read More …
Join Opportunity Equation!
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Institute for Advanced Study have partnered to launch a new site, Opportunity Equation, to mobilize around the recommendations of the 2009 report, The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Read More …
Youth-designed Hub Logo Unveiled
For the past few months, the Hub youth team have been working with the folks over a Schwadesign to design a logo for the Hub. In addition to having the final say, youth were taught the principles of logo design Read More …
Youth Celebrate Culmination of AfterZone Summer Scholars Program
The AfterZone Summer Scholars Program ended on July 29 – the culmination of 4-weeks of community- and school district-educators joining forces to co-lead hands-on, academically enriched programs for middle school youth. Education staff from Save the Bay, Museum of Natural Read More …
Providence Mayoral Candidates Visit AfterZone
In July, the AfterZone Summer Scholars Program, was lucky enough to be visited by Providence mayoral candidates Steve Costantino, Angel Taveras and John Lombardi. The candidates visited programming at Save the Bay, The Museum of Natural History and Riverside Park Read More …
RI Monthly Features Hub Director
If you flip through July’s Rhode Island Monthly, you may see a familiar face: Damian Ewens, PASA’s Director of High School Initiatives and the Hub is profiled in their “10 Things” section. Learn about his favorite secret spots, some of Read More …
AfterZone Touted in New National Report
An evaluation undertaken by Public/Private Ventures and commissioned by The Wallace Foundation has been released, with a key finding that the AfterZone is an innovative after-school model which has succeeded in enrolling over 40 percent of the student population in Read More …