PBHA’s Athena Program is dedicated to increasing awareness, empowerment and activism of high school girls from Boston and Cambridge. The Program aims to unite young women from underserved, low-income communities in the greater Boston and Cambridge areas with undergraduate mentors who support and challenge each

PBHA’s Asthma Swim, in partnership with the HMS Office of Enrichment Programs/Division of Service Learning and the South Cove Community Health Center, allows HMS students and volunteers to provide health education and swimming lessons at the Chinatown YMCA for children with asthma and their families.

PBHA’s STRIVE is a mentoring program for teenagers with sickle cell disease. The full acronym stands for Sickle cell Teens Raising awareness, Initiating change, Voicing opinions, and Empowering themselves. The full name encapsulates the values of the program. We aim to build a support network

PBHA’s NAYEP Big Sib is a mentoring extension of the Native American Youth Enrichment Program. For more information, see NAYEP under Summer Programs or contact David Billing (billing.david@gmail.com) or Linda Zhang (zhang53@fas.harvard.edu).

PBHA’s South Boston Outreach Big Sibling is a one-on-one mentoring program that matches volunteers with children ages 6-13. Our little siblings come primarily from three major housing projects in the South Boston area and are all participants in the South Boston Outreach Summer Program. As

Looking for a great way to help young girls build positive self-esteem? Interested in spreading the word about the awesome accomplishments of strong women? PBHA’s Strong Women, Strong Girls program is a weekly mentoring program designed to provide elementary school-aged girls with the skills they

PBHA’s King School Buddies chapter matches Harvard volunteers with developmentally delayed and learning disabled kids and adults from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. Since all three sites are within easy walking distance of the Yard, volunteers can make their own schedules for visiting their

formerly Cerebral Palsy Friends (CPF) Join PBHA’s Kids with Special Needs Achievement Program (KSNAP)! Every Friday afternoon we plan fun and educational classroom activities for 4th & 5th grade special education students in Chinatown and South Boston, including field trips every semester. As a KSNAPista,

The David Walker Scholars Program (DWS) was created by members of the Harvard Black Men’s Forum to empower young men in under-resourced African American communities. Today, DWS is a collaborative multi-ethnic effort with the same message of empowerment for both African-Americans and Latino Americans. Specifically,

The Committee on Deaf Awareness works to promote understanding and awareness of the Deaf community. CODA offers on-campus American Sign Language (ASL) classes for Harvard students taught by a professional ASL instructor. Students can then use their ASL skills to participate in CODA’s mentoring program,