Trinity Boston Connects

Oep Connects individuals and organizations committed to racial equity to dynamic, holistic, learning opportunities. The program began in 2016 as the racial equity learning community (relc), a quarterly learning event that fosters cross-organizational learning, collaboration, dialogue and grassroots change work within community-based organizations across the city. Relc quickly grew to encompass a variety of other trainings, which eventually gave rise to our consulting work.

Sole train: Boston runs together, founded in 2009 as part of Trinity Boston foundation, is a free running and mentoring program for Boston youth. We aim to inspire the city's youth to realize their full potential and accomplish goals they never thought possible as they train for and complete a 5 mile race or a half-marathon. Building a safe, supportive and inclusive community where all youth are welcome; encouraging and fostering self-confidence, perseverance and responsibility by achieving personal and collective goals and expanding one's sense of possibility, community and capacity to grow and change the world.

Trinity Boston counseling center (tbcc) provides clinical services and other trainings, which eventually gave rise to our consulting work. Therapeutic mentoring to young people and training and consultation to staff at schools, youth-serving agencies and nonprofit organizations. Partners include: the mccormack middle school, the department of youth services, and city year Boston.

Trinity education for excellence program (teep) works to build a consistent, safe community through which youth come to recognize their own potential and to experience models of success in their older peers. Many teep graduates return to work in the middle schoolprogram as paid counselors, often throughout college and even after graduation. 100% of teep students who complete the full program graduate from high school and are accepted to college. 100% of teep high school graduates complete college or military service within5 years.

Trinity@mccormack Connects students and staff at the mccormack middle school in dorchester to support and resources that assist the school in becoming a healing and inclusive educational community. The trinity@mccormack began in 2013 as an embedded program with a focus on supporting students with chronic absenteeism. In the six years since its inception, the program has grown into a collaborative partnership with the mccormack school in creating an educational environment that understands, embraces, and supports the holistic needs of each student specifically focused on the needs of students dealing with trauma and toxic stress.