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SEI, founded by lifelong community resident Tony Hopson, has been helping children and families in Portland's inner city make their lives positive and purposeful since 1981. For historic photos, click here.

1981 One-week summer camp for high school boys begins.
1982 One-week summer camp for middle school boys added.
1985 Programs for summer camp participants expand to in-school, after school and weekends.
1988 Year-round in-school, after school, weekend and summer programs expand to serve boys and girls in three middle schools and Jefferson High School.
1989 Year-round programs expand to three elementary schools.
1994 Family Services begins, providing intensive services to families in partnership with Oregon Services to Children and Families and Multnomah County Department of Community Justice.
1995 SEI Pamplin Fellows, leadership development for high school students, begins.
1997 Center for Self Enhancement opens.

Elementary School program expands to serve two more schools, bringing total number of schools served to 11.

After-school, weekend and summer programs open to students not involved in SEI through their school.
1999 SAMHSA, three-year federal research project evaluating effect of mentoring on alcohol and other drug use in middle school students, begins.
2000 SEI becomes the new home of the Multnomah County Northeast Community and Family Services Center.
2001 SEI celebrates its 20th Anniversary of providing positive options to Portland's inner city youth.
2003 Portland Public School board approves SEI application to open a charter middle school.
2004

SEI becomes provider of Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) after-school program at four Portland Public Schools.

SEI Academy begins with its first sixth grade class.

2005 SEI Academy adds a seventh grade class.
2006 SEI celebrates 25 years of providing positive options to Portland inner city youth.
2007 SEI launches new business plan to strengthen and expand the core program and prepare for replication.
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