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Urban Improv in the News

Six and the City
January 1, 2007
When Robin Graves moved to Massachusetts from Maine a dozen years ago, she heard about Urban Improv, an anti-violence program that, through drama and role-playing, helps city kids deal with challenges.

Urban Improv Program Model Accepted for Inclusion in OJJDP's Model Program Guide

March, 2007
OJJDP's Model Program Guide (MPG) to promising youth violence prevention programs is touting a new program - Uban Improv.

May 22, 2006
It was the final day of a nine-week unit with eighth-graders from a Boston middle school...
 
April 7, 2005
By acting out, Urban Improv gives youths valuable life lessons
 
July 12, 2005
Practice scenes for the tough choices of adolescence: Improv group tackles teasing, gun violence 
 
June 6, 2004
Groups take a role in fighting violence - Improvisation helps teens learn to defuse situations
 
Winter, 2004
"It looked like a regular punch, thrown by one teenage girl at another over a boy.  But what you didn't see was that the hand that struck the girl was holding a razor blade, and now there's a gash running down the size of the girl's face."
 
April 14, 2005
Improv group takes swipe at bullying
 
March 25, 2005
Boston Police and area teen peer leaders walk in each others shoes through Urban Improv. 
 
October 2, 2003
Meeting the bully head-on: Urban Improv helps kids learn the skills to handle real-life problems
  
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Raising Cain with Dr. Michael Thompson
See Urban Improv as part of Dr. Michael Thompson's PBS program Raising Cain, a two-hour doucumentary with resource guide exploring the social and emotional development of contemporary boys.
highlights
4th Grade Curriculum Guide
Now Available for Download
Paul Pierce Supports Urban Improv
View the Video Here
Families and Kids Honored at Winter Celebration
Over 100 Fifth Graders and Family Members Attend
NEW! Urban Improv Video
See Our Program in Action
Bullying Workshops and Assemblies
Now Booking for Fall 2010