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🎉 Lawrence, we’re excited to join the celebration at Party Del Barrio ‘26! 🎶🍿☁️

Stop by this Saturday, June 6 from 1–5 PM at 168 Newbury St. in Lawrence for an afternoon celebrating culture, community, music, art, food, and neighborhood pride.

UTEC Streetworkers will be there supporting the event with:
✨ Raffles
🍿 Fresh popcorn
☁️ Cotton candy

Come meet neighbors, enjoy live performances, and celebrate the incredible diversity and energy of the Lawrence community. FREE and open to all!

Lawrence CommunityWorks

The historic steeple at our 35 Warren St. building in Lowell is getting some much-needed repairs 🔨✨

Question from staff during drop-in this week: would YOU climb those teeny tiny stairs to the top? 😅

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In a world where emotional intelligence is not always taught, Boys Don’t Cry: Youth Edition aims to pour into our youth early by helping them build healthy communication skills, self-awareness, confidence, and emotional strength.

This powerful event will create a safe space for young men and adult men to openly discuss topics such as:

Mental health
Grief and loss
Peer pressure
Bullying
Family violence
Emotional expression
Healing and resilience

We are proud to support our very own UTEC Transitional Coach, Jerome “Rome” McNulty, alongside other speakers and panelists are dedicating their time and lived experiences to help uplift and guide our youth in meaningful ways.

Date: May 22nd, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Methuen Community Studios | 20 Aegean Drive Unit 11, Methuen, MA

This event is FREE and open to anyone ages 14 and older.

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Young adults in our culinary program designed their own aprons! 🧡

With the branding and design studio in our woodshop, they can create custom gear and hands-on projects that build creativity, confidence, and real-world skills across programs.

🏁 Some friendly competition is underway at our Lowell center 🏁

Young adults are putting their rally racing skills to the test on the driving simulator, competing for the fastest lap time on the same track using the same car through mid-June 🎮🚗

It’s been a fun way to build connection, unwind, and bring a little extra energy into the space as summer approaches

🧡 WEAR ORANGE HAVERHILL 🧡

Join us on June 6th in Haverhill as our community comes together to honor victims and survivors of gun violence.

Wear Orange is a time to stand together for peace, healing, and safer communities for everyone, especially our young people and families.

We hope you’ll wear orange, bring a friend, and join us in showing that our community is stronger when we come together 🧡

June 6, 2026
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Central Plaza
2 Water St, Haverhill, MA

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A glimpse at last week's “Violence Is Not the Answer” community response circle in Haverhill 🧡

It was powerful to see people come together to speak truth, support one another, and remind our young people that they are not alone.

These conversations matter. Healing, accountability, and safer communities start with us.

We’re grateful to everyone who showed up, shared their experiences, listened with compassion, and continues doing the work every day to build stronger, safer communities 🙏🏽

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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to the incredible educators who show up every day for young adults and families at UTEC 🧡

From HiSET classes to culinary arts, woodworking, career readiness, hands-on job training, and our 2Gen early childhood education team, our teachers and educators do so much more than teach. They build trust, encourage growth, create opportunity, and help young adults and children believe in themselves and their futures.

Learning at UTEC doesn’t always look traditional, but transformation is happening every single day because of the patience, creativity, and commitment of this team.

Thank you for meeting people where they are, celebrating every step forward, and helping make brighter futures possible 🧡🙏