El Puente Leadership Centers engage youth ages 6-21 in a holistic leadership development process that includes mentoring, academic enrichment, preprofessional arts training, sports, wellness, civic engagement, college preparation and internships.

The GLD is El Puente’s ten-year initiative to lead the Williamsburg Southside Community to exercise its right to self-determination. Together, as a united community, we will build on the victories of the past to secure our future as a model American neighborhood for health, education, culture, and the environment.

El Puente’s national network of Latino communities in Puerto Rico and in the states that are focused on promoting local and national strategies and policies, from a grassroots perspective, that respond to climate change in a social justice context. 

Celebrating 20 years, El Puente Academy for Peace & Justice is one of New York City's "A" rated public schools . Last year, virtually 100% of the 2012 senior class graduated.