Welcome to El Puente
El Puente creates community-led movements of self determination through a holistic leadership and membership model, and high impact youth and community development programs.
Brooklyn & Puerto Rico based Youth Organizing, Artivism, & Community Led Action
El Puente has been at the forefront of social El Puente remains determined to nurturing the next generation of leaders and using the power of art to advocate for community sustainability and self-determination.
Our 4 core program areas include: Leadership Development, Environment, Arts, and Training and Education.
Our Core Programs
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Training & Education
El Puente models the whole student, whole school, whole community approach in partnership with MS50 community school and El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice.
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Leadership Development
El Puente develops the leadership of young people and their families to imagine and advocate for their own solutions to the challenges facing their communities.
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Arts
El Puente channels the power of the arts toward personal and community transformation. Young people engage in pre-professional visual, performance, and digital arts training, and community artists incubate cultural organizing and resource development through the CADRE network.
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Environment
El Puente researches, implements, and advocates for sustainability solutions to mitigate climate risk and address impact through integrated focus on environmental, housing, transit, health, and economic sense.
Contact us.
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211 South 4th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718)-387-0404info@elpuente.org
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Please send any press inquiries to El Puente’s press email.
press@elpuente.org