Some of the acts will include participants in MFEE’s innovative youth programs, which the event is intended to directly support. A portion of the proceeds will fuel these programs that provide academic assistance and boost students’ social/emotional health. MFEE has launched programs like PEEPs (Peer-led Educational Engagement Program), Entrenadores Escolares (bilingual after school program for teens), Poetry Slam Residencies, and Oruguitas (bilingual after school program for elementary students), in recent years to address the academic and social/emotional needs of hundreds of students. In addition to these programs, MFEE has been funding annual social/emotional grants to staff members, as well as supporting the launch of the JED Foundation at Montclair High School. |