Advancement of Youth Resiliency (AYR)

Advancement of Youth Resiliency (AYR)encourages grassroots participation in the design, development and measurement of successful programs to improve the educational and economic outcomes of children. Youth, organizations, and local business come together to design projects that promote community wellbeing while promoting civic responsibility. Through Service Learning students learn while giving back to their community through projects based on individual interest. Students then qualify to compete for paid internships that enrich the knowledge-base and skill level while gaining real-world experience.

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Environmental Responsibility & Sustainability (ESR)

This project's mission is to create a safer, more pleasing and life-sustaining environment. This will be done through the creation of a hands-on environmental literacy curriculum that will be developed and delivered throughout the neighborhoods to connect individuals and empower them to affect and maintain positive changes as to how they interact with their environment. Using a place-based approach it is designed around intergenerational activities to engage children, youth, and adults to interact and respect their local environments.

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Partnerships for Community Resiliency (PCR)

Is a collaborative initiative founded for the purpose of building the capacity of nonprofits and faith-based organizations who serve youth and families in order to enhance formal and informal educational opportunities and to revitalize communities in order to enhance the general quality of life in a specific geographic region.

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