Hyde Square Task Force

(MA) Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF), a nonprofit organization that offers arts and creative youth development programs to young people in Boston, was awarded a 2021 Lewis Prize Accelerator Award and its $500,000 grant by the Lewis Prize for Music. The young people involved in HSTF receive instruction in Afro-Latin dance, music, and theater, and use their art to explore advocacy and civic engagement for issues facing their communities. HSTF serves about 800 participants in grades eight through 12 each year. The Lewis Prize Accelerator Award, founded by philanthropist Daniel R. Lewis in 2018, supports music education to advance systemic change.