THE MOVEMENT

Our goal is to establish a youth movement that benefits from strength in numbers and realizes political clout.  By building youth movements in various parts of the country; especially concentrated urban markets, we will create a stronger support system for our youth and our communities.

Together, we will determine how to most effectively help today’s teens by arriving at ways to establish greater levels of community and youth activism.  And in this progress, we will ensure our younger generation has more academic achievements and professional successes.

In Detroit, we’ve found that regularly scheduled (weekly) community meetings, Live In Peace Art Parties (and similar live events), leveraging peer-to-peer teen empowerment, calling upon and applying a strategic outreach to engage community members and citizens to be an active part of the movement’s progress, and establishing working relationships built on communication and collaboration with community resource providers, students and schools has made a wonderful difference to and for our youth.

Here is the basic blueprint we are using to build the youth movement(s):

Determine Existing Resources

We must know what resources, services and programs exist in our community(ies) for our children, parents, schools and churches.

This helps us determine what resources our community needs.  Also, this should be used to strengthen communication and collaboration among services providers, or at least those willing to work together for a common cause and greater good.

A database and youth resource guide that lists available programs, people and services in the community and for our children is being created so that any child in need can find a solution provider.

Our youth can take part in mapping these resources, and updating the database and guide.

Strengthen Community Outreach

How do we rally the community and its various members to actively support our children?

By organizing regularly scheduled and special live events to consistently promote the movement to the
community-at-large, and to engage and uplift youth.

By developing outreach resources and strategies that help to “spread the word” about the movement.

By determining who can help our youth progress and the best way(s) how.

Community and Youth Resources
Media
Corporate America (Sponsorships, Program Development, etc.)
Politicians
Sports and Entertainment Figures
Local Businesses
Schools
Churches
Our Youth
Parents
Concerned Citizens
Promoters and Street Teams

By engaging and activating these groups and individuals in the movement’s progress. 

Youth Involvement

Here’s some of the ways we make our teens part of the youth movement:

F.A.M.E. (Fashion, Art, Music and Education)
The Why ? Youth Discussion Forums
Peer-To-Peer Empowerment
Promotional Street and School Teams
Teen Entrepreneurialism

Communication Protocol

What is the best way to share information about the efforts to better our youth community?

Traditional Media and Non-Traditional (Alternative) Media
Street and School (Promotional) Teams
Internet (websites, social media networks, internet radio, blogs, etc.)

Building a Community (Come Unity) Center

As a whole, and based on size and layout, this creative business model could serve many of our community’s needs under one roof.

Part Community Resource Center
Part Youth Resource Center (Homework Help, Entrepreneurialism Classes, Art Classes, etc.)
Part Coffee Bar and Internet Café
Retail and Wholesale (Distributor) Operation
Part Art Gallery (consignment)
Part Performance Venue

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