About Us: The Empowerment Factory is a Rhode Island nonprofit dedicated to helping children develop the skills they need to lead happier, healthier, more empowered lives. Our community youth programs and events, including in-school, after-school, and summer learning, have positively impacted over 10,000 youth.
We focus on three areas of development: creativity, self-esteem, and civic pride. The Creative Squad provides are art based social emotional learning (SEL) programs. Our vision is for every child to feel that they matter and can make a difference in the world around them.
The Empowerment Factory offers programs and special events for schools, afterschool, organizations, libraries and youth groups that help children develop the skills they need to succeed.
The Empowerment Factory was founded by Gail Ahlers, as a nonprofit organization in April of 2014 and became a federally recognized 501(c)3 as of August 2016.
Please join us in our efforts by volunteering, providing in kind donations, donations and advocating for us within your circles. You can volunteer as a team or individual. You can share your talent and skills for a project as we work together to build a better world. We are seeking board members, volunteers, donations and grants to support our programs, planning, staffing, materials and other needs.
Impact:
- We have positively impacted over 10,000 urban youth, 90 percent of whom live in under-served communities.
- Educating youth with tools to manage stress, we incorporate breath work, exercise, and meditation based on Yale RULER.
- Promoting health, we collaborate with other organizations in community projects, and events, like the Annual Healthy Living Community Festival.
- Building community, we host family art & literacy workshops and other events that are free and open to the public.
When our students and teachers succeed, it creates a powerful ripple effect that’s felt in families, schools and communities.
