Community & Partner Organizations

People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos is a program without walls. That is, we go to where the participants are and we provide a program coordinator, all program materials, and evaluation procedures, while our partner organizations provide the meeting space and bring the participants together. Currently, we conduct programs in prisons, homeless shelters, adult basic education programs, halfway houses, libraries, senior centers, and residential treatment facilities, among other social service agencies. In offering access to high-quality humanities programming, we seek to complement the services already in place at our partner sites.

What makes a good partner organization?

  • Consistent group available for eight sessions that meet once a week for eight weeks, or twice a week for four weeks

  • Group size: approximately 15-20 participants

  • Commitment to the program schedule (limited scheduling conflicts for participants)

  • Reliable transportation for participants traveling to site

Current Regional Partners

New Jersey

  • Children’s Home Society, Trenton.

    • *Community resource center for Latino/a families.

  • Elm Court, Princeton.

    • Senior citizens.

  • Fort Dix, Pemberton.*

    • Men in federal prison.

  • Latin American Legal Defense Fund, Trenton.*

    • Community resource center for Latino/a families.

  • Lawrence Plaza, Lawrenceville. 

    • Senior citizens.

  • Lawrence Township Senior Center, Lawrenceville.

    • Senior citizens.

  • Puerto Rican Association, Perth Amboy.*

    • Community resource center for Latino/a families.

  • Princeton Public Library *

    • Gente y Cuentos program with the Spanish-speaking community in Princeton.

  • Princeton University (ProCES/ Program for Community Engaged Scholarship)

    • P&S Crossing Borders with Literature program with Princeton University students and the community.

  • Project Freedom

    • Senior citizens.

  • Rescue Mission, TEACH (Trenton Educational Advancement Center for the Homeless) Program, Trenton

    • Men recovering from substance abuse in an early release-from-prison program.

  • UIH Family Partners: Operation Fatherhood, Trenton

    • Fathers enrolled in workforce development and other supportive services.

Pennsylvania

  • Drexel University College of Medicine & Unitarian Universalist House, both in Philadelphia.

    • Crossing Borders progran with Drexel University students and Seniors from UUH

  • Interim House, Philadelphia.

    • Women residents in drug rehabilitation program

  • Libertae

    • Women in drug rehabilitation program

  • Manos House, Lancaster

    • Teenage males in residential drug rehabilitation facility.

  • The Free Library of Philadelphia *

    • Virtual program for library community members

Sites with an (*) indicate Spanish speaking programs.