In 2002, EORO expanded their
program with A Dream and a Plan for Tomorrow (ADAPT). In the
program's first phase, a professional Bay Area theater artist works
one-on-one, over a 35-hour period, with an incarcerated youth to create
and develop a play which is subsequently read by professional actors
before a live audience.
Phase two concentrates on academics and re-entry planning.
College students from Notre Dame de Namur University’s Service Learning
Program and community members facilitate a weekly, one-on-one, two-hour
tutoring session with the youth located at Hillcrest Juvenile Hall in
San Mateo county. These sessions focus on helping them earn their
high school diploma or passing the GED, as well as helping them
envision a life that does not take place in prison. Building on
the success of their playwriting experience and their relationship with
the tutors, these youths are encouraged to express their dreams for the
future and develop concrete plans to realize them.
Since the ADAPT academic component operates weekly on a year round
basis, many young people, in addition to playwriting participants, are
also provided with academic tutoring and support at Hillcrest Juvenile
Hall.
ADAPT is operated in partnership with the San Mateo County’s Juvenile
Probation Department and Office of Education, Notre Dame de Namur
University, Hillcrest's correctional and education staff and theater
professionals throughout the Bay Area. |
In 2007, EORO was recognized by The San Francisco
Foundation as one of 36 agencies as an “extraordinary” Bay Area arts
organization that transforms lives and strengthens communities.
In 1999,
EORO received
The New American Community Award from the
National Council on Crime and Delinquency,
for the non profit's creative work and advocacy toward
reducing crime in its community
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