building_future_leaders

building_future_leaders Mentoring and Leadership Program for high school-age residents of Elizabeth.

Trip to Bradley Beach!!
07/23/2021

Trip to Bradley Beach!!

Sahara Sams summer trip 2021 !!
07/21/2021

Sahara Sams summer trip 2021 !!

08/21/2020

Let’s get this out of the way, yes it’s a made up word.

When we look to the future, how do we make it so that all of this change we’re experiencing isn’t just a momentary thing. How do we make it long lasting? How do we make it a legacy?

How do we take our meager offerings and turn them into the river flow of greatness?

We don’t want this to be a momentary thing. We want more. We want change for our city and for our world.

So we must center ourselves in the truth of our commitment to the change ITSELF.

We want to experience the opposite of gentrification.

Gentrification: when long time residents move from an area due to a renovation of the area that takes it from lower class to middle class or upper. It is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx aka, addition of, more affluent residents and businesses. Key word character.

In other words, the original residents move away because they can no longer afford rent, or the cost of living there gets too high.

You might say, why not make a neighborhood nicer?

I want you to understand, we don’t have a problem with making the neighborhood nicer, (if you wanna call it that) we have a problem with gentrifications side effects.

The robbing of a cities character.
It’s life blood.
It’s heartbeat.

Give us the improvements and let us keep the people... better yet, mobilize the people to create change and improvements within ourselves and in turn our community.

We love this city.

We want to hear the beat of Elizabeth’s heart cry as we grow into the beautiful city we were called to be.

We want to feel the boom bap rebounding on the asphalt and reverberating in our chests.

I want to drive around third street and hear that salsa music blasting from the high window with the Puerto Rican flag rustling in the wind.

I want to go to the football games and scream for my city and our pride.

We want BIPOC voices to be elevated, consecrated, and equally motivated.

We want little black girls to take pride in their hair and not change it when they get older for their job interview.

We want empowered families, an uplifted community, equity to strike our hearts.. in our city

08/03/2020

We’ve all been told by everyone that America is a country of dreams. How do we build on that, both for the areas and people that it is true for, and even more so for those it isn’t. We need to get to know the possibility for change and that can lead to freedom in all areas of our lives. Do you feel free? How can we make freedom equal? Let’s start the conversation.

07/27/2020

What kind of change do you bring to the table? Are you trying to be like someone else or are you an original? Changing the world means being the best version of yourself. Let’s dive in.

07/20/2020

Week Two of Where the Change at?

07/13/2020

Week One of WHERE the change at?

07/10/2020

Do they even sell quarter juices anymore? 🧐

Here’s a sneak peek at what we’ll be talking about this summer! 👀 stay tuned for our virtual programming series, and kee...
07/09/2020

Here’s a sneak peek at what we’ll be talking about this summer! 👀 stay tuned for our virtual programming series, and keep watch for a video tomorrow.

Summer lunch available at all sites listed above! Every week day! 🥪
07/06/2020

Summer lunch available at all sites listed above! Every week day! 🥪

You can grab lunches every week day from any of these sites. 🥙 🍴 🥘
07/06/2020

You can grab lunches every week day from any of these sites. 🥙 🍴 🥘

Address

40 Morrell Street , Elizabeth
New Jersey, NJ
07202

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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+19088204032

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