The Problem
The Pen and Scroll Organization Inc. has been designed to intervene and mitigate today’s youth anti-social behavior challenges, especially in view of gun and gang violence, substance abuse, social/economic circumstances and technological disparities as a means to confront the negative enticements of the streets and instill positive measurable outcomes such as peer mediation, conflict resolution, team/peace building skills and gender equitable attitudes for youth who reside in the low-income and under-resourced neighborhoods of Harlem and the South Bronx. We believe one of the most significant social investments we can make is one in the ability of young people to live up to their fullest potential and pursue lives of leadership and service to empower them to shape a secure future – for themselves, their communities, and the world for those that have been fragrantly marginalized and woefully forgotten