Teen Programs

Empowers

Our teen workforce development program is a FREE program. Many of our CCC Empowers volunteers are alumni of our programs. Help with IT Support, work with kids, lead workshops, coach sports, and more!

The Hip Hop Transformation

Cambridge teens come together to learn the history of hip hop, the role it plays in our society, and how to write, record, and perform their own original hip hop songs

Our Riverside

Conduct interviews, take pictures, tell a story! Help preserve the history of the Riverside neighborhood in Cambridge. Participate in a project to create a public display that communicates the rich history of Riverside. 

The Mental Health ACCESS Program

The Mental Health ACCESS (Advancement of Culturally Competent Education to Stop Stigma) program is designed to expose Black (self-identified from the African diaspora, including but not limited to: African, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Latino) teens in Cambridge to mental health professions; provide psychoeducation about mental illness/health and its relevance; and destigmatize mental illness and mental health treatment; and foster interest in pursuing post-secondary education and/or careers in mental health.

Dottin University Basketball

Dottin University Basketball (DUB) is a program that has been made possible through a partnership between the Cambridge Community Center (CCC) and DUB Founder, Mr. Gerald Dottin, Jr. DUB engages young men in grades 7th-10th to participate in a spring basketball season. 25 players will be divided into two teams, based on grade-level, to participate in two weekly practices and seven tournaments.