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 Youth Service Center.
ADAPT is operated in partnership with the San Mateo County’s
Juvenile Probation Department and Office of Education, Notre
Dame de Namur University,Youth Service Center's correctional and education
staff and theater professionals throughout the Bay Area.
For more information on ADAPT – www.eoro.org
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