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  • "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 7:12
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  EVkids is a faith-based organization that empowers Boston youth (EVkids) to realize their full potential through one-to-one, multi-year tutoring and mentoring.  Through connections at Havard, as well as Boston College, Tufts University, and Lesley University, they recruit and guide university students to be EVcorps tutors, who support their tutees on a weekly basis. The Harvard Catholic Center is grateful to be a longtime partner with EVkids and a supporter of EVkids mission of social justice.

  
  EVkids began in 1980 as "Earthen Vessels," an annual summer camp experience in Vermont for Boston youth, led by founders Brian and Marie-Claude Thompson.  Since its humble inception, EVkids has expanded its reach, partnering with Harvard in 1985, Boston College (BC) in 2011, and numerous other Boston area colleges (Tufts, Lesley, Northeastern University, UMass Boston) in recent years.
   

  
  (l to r) Melissa Santizo '20 with one of her students.

  
  T he Harvard Catholic Center is delighted to continue this longtime partnership with EVkids in the Catholic social justice tradition. Today, EVkids is a unique one-on-one tutoring/mentoring program that recruits, accompanies, and matches college students with youth from the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. The tutors support students (grades 4-12) to build their skills, tools, and confidence as they navigate academic careers and life beyond.

  
  Through Tutor Director Chaplains and Education Advocates, EVkids, as an organization, supports the  formational development of both tutors (EVcorps) and tutees (EVkids). In collaborating with various stakeholders (families, teachers, schools, tutees, and tutors) a collective model of support is created to enact change, centering the young people of our community. 

   

  • Apply to be a tutor!

  
  Scott Pyzik - Tutor Director Chaplain

  Scott supports EVcorps tutors as they accompany and mentor EVkids (tutees). He appreciates the opportunity to form connections with university students as they engage relationship-based service with Boston youth, that nudges them to think critically about social injustices in the greater Boston area. 

  
  Before joining EVkids, Scott previously worked as a Program Coordinator for the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest, where he held space for year-long Jesuit Volunteer/AmeriCorps Members as they responded to local, community efforts to bring about a more just and equitable world. Scott holds a B.A. in English and minor in Secondary Education (St. Joseph’s University), as well as a M.A. in Theology and Ministry, with a concentration in Hispanic Ministry (Boston College School of Theology and Ministry).
  
  Visit the EVkids - Tutor Program web site to learn more and apply to become a tutor.

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    Scott Pyzik
    EVKids Chaplain & Tutor Director
    617-862-9411
    scottpyzikevkids.org