As part of his mission to better reach and teach African American children, R. Lee Gordon’s ethnic empowerment and youth education enterprise is moving to New York City to “uplift its children and teens.”
A social entrepreneur and founder of UniTee Design, Gordon has collaborated with dozens of non-profit, youth and community groups throughout the country, and specifically in Detroit. In 2009, he will focus on supporting and promoting a variety of New York-based youth groups including Empower Today’s Youth and The Single Parent Resource Center. He says that he hopes to engage other groups in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore that work with young African Americans.
“We have all the resources among our people to improve the quality of learning and life for our children,” says Gordon, who helped form a volunteer-based non-profit, The Better Detroit Youth Movement (www.betterdetroityouth.org). “And if we use the power of information and value of collaboration on a broader scale,” he continues, “we can begin to move from fragmentation, to consolidation, to coalition, in establishing a national presence among youth and community groups, and collectively create more options and opportunities for more children.”
Gordon has developed several youth initiatives including F.A.M.E. (fashion, arts, music and education), The Model Student Career Development Program, a youth / teen entrepreneurial program, and “I Can Do Anything”, a youth professional development curriculum (in partnership with Historical Inspirations).
UniTee Design finds and funds better ways to educate African American children and teens through sales of “UniTees” (RBG-themed tee-shirts designed to empower African American youth). Gordon sells his “products of purpose” online (www.uniteedesign.com), at live events, and in several universities and a variety of independent retailers.
To celebrate his move to New York City, Gordon is launching a campaign called “The RBG Evolution,” that will include new designs on colored UniTee tee-shirts and long-sleeved tees, to be featured in an updated release of his website. “The RBG Evolution means when there’s a revolution in education for our children, we will create an evolution for our people and planet.”
For more information, call 888.OUR.RBG.TEES.
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