Center for Advancing Community helps young people become active, informed contributors to stronger, more connected communities.
Through evidence-based programming, intergenerational dialogue, and skill-building workshops, CAC equips youth with the tools to better understand their world—socially, economically, historically, and civically—and to shape it with intention.
Sustainable change begins with education and communication that bridge knowledge, confidence, and contextual gaps. Our work focuses on strengthening the full spectrum of youth development—leadership, self-advocacy, financial literacy, civic understanding, and mental and physical well-being—so that young people are not only prepared for the future but also actively shaping it.
By creating welcoming, rigorous learning spaces rooted in peer-reviewed research and aligned with educational standards, we help young people and adults build trust, share perspectives, and grow together. CAC is not just about conversations—it's about equipping communities to thrive by investing in the power and potential of youth.
We invest in youth as catalysts for stronger, more resilient communities by providing evidence-based programs that build leadership, civic understanding, and real-world skills grounded in research and intergenerational collaboration.
Our Partners
| America on Tech | ANet | Argosy Collegiate Charter School | Beacon Charter School for the Arts | Blackstone Valley Prep | CCF | Chariho Regional School District | City Year San Antonio | Community MusicWorks | Dedham Public Schools | Diverse Charter Schools Coalition | East Providence Schools | ECET2 | Education Commission of the States | Education Leaders of Color | EduvateRI | Family Service of Rhode Island | Founders Academy at Beacon | Generation Citizen | Highlander Institute | IUPUI | Johns County Library | LiberatED | Manton Avenue Project | Massachusettts Maritime Academy | Metropolitan Regional Career And Technical Center | MLK Community Center | Morris Hargreaves McIntyre | Mural Arts Philadelphia | National Math and Science Initiative | New England Library Association | New Schools Venture Fund | North Providence School Department | Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition | Nowell Academy | Old Rochester Regional School District | Pacific University | Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic | Pomeroy & Co. | Promise54 | Providence After School Alliance | Providence Schools | Providence Youth Arts Collaborative | PVD Prep | PVD Prep | Rhode Island College | Rhode Island Department of Education | Rhode Island for Community and Justice | Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services | RIOT RI | Roger Williams University | SAVE of Essex | Skills USA | Steel Yard | Student Achievement Partners | Swearer Center at Brown University | Taylor and Francis Group | The Child Health and Development Institute | The High Scool of Fashion Industries | TNTP | Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale | Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine | University of Connecticut | University of Southern Mississippi School of Performing and Visual Arts | UP Academy Boston | White Electric | Women in Toys, Licensing, & Entertainment | Women's Fund Rhode Island | Year Up Chicago | Year Up Rhode Island