HUMANITIES AMPED
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Mission Statement
Our vision is to build an innovative and dynamic community of lifelong learners and civic leaders, and it is our mission to empower public school communities and youth organizations to cultivate healing justice, radical imagination, and beloved community.
About This Cause
AT BROADMOOR HIGH SCHOOL Amplifying English Language Arts Classrooms places Amped staff and community volunteers in Broadmoor’s ELA classrooms to accompany 500+ students and teachers through hands-on, practical classroom support with a special emphasis on the needs of English Learners. Amped Studio Afterschool students earn stipends while participating in civic engagement and arts projects and taking part in positive youth development activities such as restorative circles, college and career readiness mentoring, and homework support. Amplified Lunches offer a space to hang out and participate in peer-led activities that bolster student wellbeing and school climate. Youth Apprentice Leaders League (Y'ALL) fosters democratic engagement and peer-to-peer wellbeing during lunch and after school as students plan and lead activities for their peers. Community Care Check-Ins offer youth the listening ear of a trained staff member who is able to guide youth to strategies for caring for themselves and making connections to critical health and human services. IN THE COMMUNITY Amped Learning Greenhouses offer a guided process for youth development practitioners to conduct their own action research. Learning greenhouses ultimately result in strong, transferable forms of knowledge that can propagate throughout communities for the benefit of all. Youth City Lab is a coalition of four youth organizations, including Humanities Amped, that is developing Baton Rouge’s flagship youth community center on Government Street. Baton Rouge Area Youth Network (BRAYN) is a network of over 50 youth organizations that is working together with EBRPSS, Wilson Foundation, and Capital Area United Way to strengthen youth services and school-community partnerships. Humanities Amped leaders are on the organizing committee of BRAYN. OUR IMPACT Here in Baton Rouge and across the nation, school pushout/dropout rates average 30% and higher in urban schools; however, three years of data show that the students participating in Humanities Amped are 30% more likely than their peers to graduate from high school on time. In Louisiana, a state that ranks 50th for overall youth well-being, known as the “prison capital of the world,” opportunities to thrive in schools are indeed a matter of life and death. Humanities Amped “is a home away from home, and that's a big feeling. It's been a long time since I've had that.” - Amped Youth, 2022