Roca’s Mission is to Disrupt the Cycle of Incarceration and Poverty by Helping Young People Transform Their Lives.
How we do it?
Programs
High-Risk Young Men Program
Roca helps young men leave streets and gangs and go to work
High-Risk Young Mothers Program
Roca helps young mothers get out of violence, go to work and care for their children
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‘They Immediately See Gangs’: From El Salvador To Boston, Helping Young People Shake Stigma And Feel Safe
October 23, 2018
President Trump has referred to members of the MS-13 gang as “animals” Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the gang is infiltrating the U.S., calling unaccompanied…
From: WBUR
He helps steer young men away from trouble with ‘love, time’
October 18, 2018
“This work is not 9 to 5,” says Tha Thai, a 41 year old who came to America with his family as a refugee from Cambodia in 1984. Today, he is the assistant director at Roca…
From: Dorchester Reporter
Hundreds Join Roca for Its 30th Anniversary Celebration Party
October 15, 2018
An outpouring of community love, relentlessness and transformation echoed around Park Street Wednesday as the region’s leaders joined hundreds of young…
From: Chelsea Record
Anti-Violence Nonprofit Roca Opens Holyoke Office
July 29, 2018
An organization committed to keeping young men out of the poverty-to-prison pipeline is expanding its presence in western Massachusetts. Roca has opened…
From: WAMC
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