youth development

NBC CONGRESS

WE ARE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN BY RAISING MONEY, DONATIONS, AND GRANTS FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND CHURCH TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CHILDRENS CONGRESS IN KY, TO HELP THEM GROW IN THEIR FAITH AND BE BETTER PEOPLE, LEADERS, AND COMMUNITY SERVENTS.

OASIS (Outdoor Action for Social and Intrapersonal Strength)

OASIS (Outdoor Action for Social and Intrapersonal Stregth) is a project I am running at the Durham Nativity School in Durham, North Carolina. The Durham Nativity School is a nonprofit organization that provides free private school tuition to at-risk middle school students in the Durham area. OASIS is a supplemental retreat program for the students at this school. We take their students (approximately 15-35 students are expected to attend each retreat) on weekend long retreats to various areas that are relatively near (but outside of) the Durham area.

I learned how in Circus Club!

We are juggling, learning to ride unicycles, building human pyramids, jumping rope, balancing on balance boards, tumbling, and more! I am an elementary physical education teacher and this year my gym and my students have come alive through circus arts. Our Circus Club meets every Wednesday and Thursday after school. But, why circus? There is an activity for everyone at all different skill levels. There is opportunity for individual expression as well as a sense of group belonging. There is competency that requires physical skills and fitness.

Act Now Club

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Be The Change: "Growth Only Comes When You Transform" is a short reflection on our unique ability to participate in our own evolution. When all is said and done, the only change that will make a difference is the transformation of the human heart. I want the world to change, why should we be bring each other down. When we can do the complete opposite and bring each other up.

Saturday Leadership Academy

The Saturday Leadership Program is aimed at empowering young high school students from Union City. The girls will explore their roles as young women of color living in urban Union City. While questioning and exploring the local and global world they live in the young women will learn to love, respect, and appreciate the teenagers they are and the women they are becoming.

Young Entrepreneur Association

The Young Entrepreneur Association (“YEA”)is a student-led organization dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship at a high school level. By working in a collaborative environment, our members learn valuable skills such as task delegation, fund management, marketing and other essential skills needed to be successful in business. What separates Y.E.A. from other student organizations is our constructive members and innovative growth strategy. You can learn more about us and what we have done by going to http://www.yeaonline.com. Since our establishment in February 2007, Y.E.A.

Amangwe Village Computer Program

Amangwe Village is a Non-Government Operation, based in KwamBonambi, South Africa. The Amangwe VIllage project includes a self-sustainable garden education course, an on-grounds TB and HIV hospital, a day school and feeding program for children, and more. I am a Texas citizen that lived at Amangwe Village from July 2006- December 2006. At the time I arrived, there was a room with 4 computers, all with internet access. None of these computers were being used as no one really knew how to use them.

Fencing Academy of Boston

The goal of the Fencing Academy of Boston (FAB) is to improve the lives of at-risk children in low-income, urban communities by providing them with an activity that will increase each participant’s physical fitness, teamwork capacity, self-confidence and –control, leadership skills, work ethic, academic achievement, and positive outlook on life. Starting in the fall of 2007, FAB will lead afterschool and summer programs that combine fencing and academic tutoring.