Youth Programs

As our youth develop, they need to interact socially and safely with each other and with children, adults and seniors. The programs listed below will continue to meet the needs and desires of the youth of the Mt. Hope Learning Center, by continuing to provide a safe environment where the neighborhood can further learn and develop the skills needed to have a more productive future. If you are a middle or high school student and have ideas about a new class, program, or activity, please let us know!

Young Women's Group

The Young Women’s Group is funded by the Miriam Hospital and offers high school female students the opportunity to maximize the individual development of young women in the Mt. Hope neighborhood. Through programming that supports the students’ interests and abilities, students participate in activities such as performance art, hip-hop classes, tutoring, self-defense classes, yoga, cooking/nutrition classes and a guest speaker series covering topics like safer sex and drugs/alcohol. In addition, members strive to increase civic engagement among young women in the community by funding service learning projects that are determined both by their own interests and the needs of the Mt. Hope community. 

Thanks to funding from Miriam it is free to participate in the Young Women’s Group.

Hip Hop 101

The Mt. Hope Learning Center and the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence in Providence have partnered together to provide a history lesson on Hip Hop. Hood Lesson 101: Knowledge for the Streets, will give participants the opportunity to learn about the roots behind the Hip Hop movement. Students will learn about the history of gangs and meanings behind some of their favorite songs from yesterday and today. This class will culminate with Kingian nonviolence training at the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence.   Sign up at the Mt. Hope Learning Center to participate!

Thanks to the AmeriCorps members serving with the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence the class is free. Classes start on November 15 and continue every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:00-4:30 pm.

Step Class

The Mt. Hope Learning Center is thrilled to offer a new Step Class coached by our own Ayanna Johnson. The class is available to middle school students daily after school and participants will be part of the MHLC Step Team and also have access to the computer lab and time to work on homework. For more information please contact Ayanna at 390-8939.

Classes start on November 14 and run Monday-Friday from 3:00-4:30 pm. The fee to participate in the Step Class is $100 for the six week session.

 

For more information regarding any of these exciting programs please contact the Mt. Hope Learning Center at 455-8875, or stop in to see us at 140 Cypress Street in Providence.