The Rising

Elevating Education, Expectations and Self-Esteem

 

This Rising initiative is our signature group-mentoring program, a consciousness-changing protocol that is being demonstrated at exceedingly challenged high schools—one on the South Side of Chicago, several in South Florida and one in Detroit. The program transforms the lives of children trapped in intergenerational poverty by engaging them in an exciting, culturally appropriate curriculum that is executed by trained psychologists, other wellness professionals and mentors. The curriculum is rooted in prevention and support efforts that provide coping and other mechanisms needed to mitigate the impact of the disparities and dysfunction ruining fragile young lives. Integral to The Rising is the cultivation of cultural pride and high self-esteem, the development of critical thinking and literacy skills, and a love to know their proud heritage and painful but triumphant history, they avoid gangs, addictions and incarceration, and graduate from high school prepared to succeed in college or in industrial-training programs and in 21st-century careers.

 

 

To learn more about our programs, please contact Stephen Powell, Chief Program Officer

at 862-202-8054