Youth Empowerment Project

By Jennie Garcia, Adriana Bennett & Dr. Michelle Thompson
YEP envisions a community where all people have access to the opportunities, skills, resources and relationships they need to actualize their potential.

The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), a community-based non-profit is clear about their vision: “Yep envisions a community where all people have access to the opportunities, skills, resources, and relationships they need to actualize their potential.” The organization supports “opportunity youth” in New Orleans – young people who are not connected to school or employment. Starting out with 25 youths YEP has become (after 12 years) the largest and most comprehensive youth-focused organization in the city. Currently YEP operates 11 programs focusing on community-based skills such as education, mentoring, and employment readiness. In addition to intensive preparation for the high school equivalency/GED, YEP also provides job training for 16-24-year old’s by providing work at either YEP Thrift Works, YEP Design Works, or YEP Bike Works – businesses that they operate on the boulevard.

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1600 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70113 ~ The address given is the YEP Administrative Office.

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http://youthempowermentproject.org/

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Jennie Garcia, Adriana Bennett, and Dr. Michelle Thompson, “Youth Empowerment Project,” New Orleans Historical, accessed December 3, 2023, https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1413.

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Published on Apr 9, 2018. Last updated on Oct 17, 2023.