This leading human services organization was founded in 1974 to help provide positive communities for youth who are remanded to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services state institutions as the result of unruly and delinquent behavior. Since its beginnings the organization has also developed a foster care program. Today it operates more than 90 programs in nine states.
Art Street is a non-profit organization run by Robert Guillemin who is lovingly known as sidewalk sam. Art Street's mission is to harness the unique powers of the arts to inspire people, promote community spirit, enrich daily life, and address social ills. To accomplish this, Art Street offers a variety of programs including positive picketing and sidewalk advertising in downtown Boston. These fundraising efforts are donated to noteworthy causes.
The non-profit Education Development Center works in 35 countries across the globe to improve education and health through various projects and research. The center looks to improve schools on an international scale through professional development resources and youth training programs, such as the "sericulture" training in Rwanda, where EDC funds helped show local youths how to raise silkworms to successfully produce silk. EDC has also worked with other international organizations such as the World Health Organization to help bring more awareness about health education in schools.
The Education Development Center is easily accesible by the #558 MBTA bus, which stops nearby at 75 Chapel St.