It was this energy and these people that took me from a few weekly visits to feeling as though I was a part of a community, where I was popping into the shelter almost every night.
Growing up, Javion Rookard always wanted to work as the director of PBHA's Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program. This summer was his thirteenth year with the camp.
This past Friday, Keylatch marched in the opening parade to the Festival Betances, the South End's annual celebration to commemorate Puerto Rican doctor and activist Ramón Emeterio Betances.
PBHA will send two young adults who have been long-time participants in PBHA programming to Washington, DC, where they will be honored by First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2015 Beating the Odds Summit.