To ensure that every child in America has a fundamental understanding of the free enterprise system.

Description:
Junior Achievement (JA) educates and inspires young people to value economics, business and the free enterprise system in order to improve the quality of their lives. JA programs are taught by volunteers in-class and after-school at locations throughout Massachusetts.

History:
Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 by Theodore Vail, president of American Telephone & Telegraph; Horace Moses, president of Strathmore Paper Co.; and Senator Murray Crane of Massachusetts. Its first program, JA Company Program, was offered to high school students on an after-school basis. In 1975, the organization entered the classroom with the introduction of Project Business for the middle grades. Nearly 30 years later, JA has expanded its activities and broadened its scope to include in-school and after-school students in grades K-12.

Contact people:

Susan Green, Education Director, (phone), (email) Julie Cabral, Senior Education Manager - Boston, (phone), (email)

Address:

33 Broad Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02109 (See a map)

Directions:

Take the Blue Line toward the Airport and get out at the Aquarium stop. The station exit places you on State street facing away from the waterfront. Take a right on State Street,up two blocks and then a left. . . (more)   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Blue Line - Aquarium,   Walk distance (in minutes): 5-10 For maps or information, please see http://www.mbta.com