Help us employ 50 at risk youth in Austin by “Liking” our new Facebook Page!
Help us employ 50 at risk youth in Austin by “Liking” our new Facebook Page!
It Could Be U: Intensive Mentoring & College Readiness Program is participating in the Rock A Charity contest being put on by Austin Involved. Over the next 48 hours we are competing with eleven other non-profits to get the most “Likes” on our new Facebook Page. If we finish in the top three, we’ll participate in a fast pitch session for local philanthropists being held at Link Co-Working on February 18th. Also, check out new blog site Building The U and Twitter Page as we continue to tell the story of youth and their mentors.
Update on It Could Be U
It’s been a while since we’ve updated the group. We’ve been busy launching It Could Be U. Our peer mentors are working with middle school residents of the Austin Housing Authority as they go through the Discovery Phase of our curriculum. We are also paying high school teachers stipends of up to $1000 to work with their students as they go through the Discovery Phase as well. These students will serve as the talent pool for our four summer service learning projects in the respective fields of Media Communications, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics), Entrepreneurship and Music/Visual/Performing Arts.
Each service learning project is being led by University of Texas graduate students from the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium and will culminate with the E4 Youth Summit we are planning in July. Our students, their mentors and other students at large will showcase their work and participate in panel discussion along with local non-profits and business leaders making a difference in students lives.
