Our History

Founded – Mothers Day Peace March

Met Michelle Wu

“You Matter: Personal Leadership Training.” was developed, the core of MJE’s educational programming.
City Hall
First billboard campaign – all around boston – photo with city official
2013 First Courage and Conviction Awards
First Youth Park Rally
Statehouse Survivors Month Event

MJE began offering a vision-driven Financial Literacy curriculum to inmates at the Suffolk County House of Corrections to expand our impact and address the needs of young adult inmates coming back into the community
MJE began offering training to new Boston Police Cadets and Boston EMTs to prepare them when facing individuals dealing with trauma.
MAV Grandparents Awards – Eileen
You Matter Graduation
youth meet with Ayanna Pressley US Rep

Maura Healy invited MJE to a press conference on “Ghost Guns” – guns that are handmade, no serial numbers
Met Elizabeth Warren
Met Michelle Obama

In 2019, MJE was awarded one of only nine statewide ‘Gun Violence Prevention, Intervention, Treatment and Recovery Services’ contracts from Massachusetts DPH’s Child and Youth Violence Unit to further deepen our “Second Chance” program working with system-involved youth and young adults; this contract continues today.
MJE expanded our Second Chance program to support youth aged 16-21 who were in DYS custody at the Eliot Street Facility, an initiative that ended due to COVID. MJE was a LEADS program partner for seven months in 2021 and we served 20 DYS involved youth that year. MJE is also a contracted Department of Transitional Assistance provider.