Project Kindred

Project Kindred is a relationship-based, youth development program that provides long-term immersive experiences with role models who help youth engage in deep personal and interpersonal reflection. Our program unlocks the transformational power that occurs when youth connect across differences, not only inspiring action but unleashing authentic community-building skills. Through this programming, participants demonstrate a measurable increase in both their leadership and their social and emotional learning capacities. The Project Kindred model includes: 1.Programs that help build meaningful connections across lines of racial and economic difference for youth grades 5-12. 2. Opportunities to strengthen those relationships and initiate new relationships over time. 3. An experiential curriculum that empowers all students to internalize the lessons in diversity, respect, listening, empathy, communication and conflict resolution. 4. Long-term mentoring and support for student-led projects that advance justice in their communities.