Although Leaders! was created in 2002 to address the lack of programming designed specifically to cultivate young leaders from low-income Boston neighborhoods and prepare them for the future, it traces its roots back to the beginning of PBHA’s junior counselor program. This history begins ten

PBHA’s CYEP is the largest of the SUP camps, and the only one in Cambridge. It consists of three different sites, serving about 150 children with a total senior staff of 21. Our children come from low-income families from North Cambridge, Central Square, and East

As a Senior Counselor with the Summer Urban Program, you have the chance to work with a group of 10 children, teaching and mentoring them as you explore the city together. All Senior Counselors receive free housing and a stipend of at least $3400.

I sit down with Matthews Mmopi, Harvard ’10, and he immediately launches into a story about Maya, a new camper of his at PBHA’s Roxbury Youth Initiative (RYI). This 11-year-old is mature, intelligent, and talented, but as Matthews, her Senior Counselor, puts it, “At first, she didn’t want to be there… and she made it very clear to me.”

One of the PBHA’s 12 summer urban programs!