I'm sure we’d all agree much of our society and educational system is failing to inspire many of our children rather than inspiring them to not fail.
The Better Detroit Youth Movement was born out of an ongoing frustration with the lack of effort, insight and intelligence on the part of community stakeholders -- so-called resources --entrusted to enrich the lives of our youth.
Watching too many of our children simply not get it, or get too little, simply became too painful.
UniTee Design creates awareness and dialogue about the importance of being actively involved in an improved quality of life and learning for today’s young generation. We really need to find better ways to connect our children to their rich, beautiful heritage, history and culture.
In organizing The 1st National Black TEEN Empowerment Expo, nearly 400 of you reached out in interest about helping to support this event and its initiatives. However, many making promises delivered few. Even now in working with the fewer who seemed more committed, it seems even they can’t or couldn’t keep simple commitments. Truth is three of four souls I had some confidence in helping plan the expo didn’t bother to join a conference call each had promised to be on just a week earlier.
Yes, our own needs and circumstances need be first. But unless we individually make collective sacrifices and strides to uplift our children’s communities, we and they won’t get too far soon enough. Ttruth is together we can all go so much farther.
As usual, I don’t expect a response from most to any of you. But if you do read this, know I’m used to overlooking people and promises to focus on forwarding my vision of a better world not just for a 16-month-old daughter, but all our children.
Indeed, I’m inspired to not fail. Lord knows my faith and passion will prevail.
What about you and yours?
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Join us for lively conversation, special guests -- and very special teens -- on The Black TEEN Empowerment Radio Show every Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Listen in any time at
www.blacktalkmediaproject.org. R. Lee Gordon (cell: 734.395.3079)
www.uniteedesign.com rgordon@uniteedesign.com
www.betterdetroityouth.org (501c3)
rgordon@betterdetroityouth.org
www.nbtee.org (501c3)
rgordon@nbtee.org
"A social entrepreneur (UniTee Design, Inc.), community & youth activism group director (The Better Detroit Youth Movement [501c3]), strategic marketer & community event organizer (The National Black TEEN Empowerment Expo [501c3]), in all I aspire to be, my constant calling is to improve the quality of learning and life for our children so that we build a better future for our people and planet."
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