Our Mission:

Empower.

The most important quality of life indicators suggests that boys of African descent are in deep trouble. As a social network for discarded victims, Operation ReachBack, Inc. makes significant contributions to their betterment and enhancing their individual families and communities.

Our Impact

Operation ReachBack, Inc. raises the aspirations and achievements of selected black boys at risk between the ages of 10 and 18.

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STEM Engagement

Youth STEM PROGRAM

STEM will be used to expand the imagination of students and educate them on appropriate steps in the achievement of their academic goals. Students will be paired with mentors that help facilitate maturation and interpersonal growth. Through student and mentor relationships, emotional barriers are more easily scaled while simultaneously teaching students valuable skills.

Eligibility

STEM Programs will be available for youth, ages 10-18

Benefits

Academic—By teaching students the skills that correspond to stem programming. By exposing students to a field of employment that leans heavily on Reading, critical thinking, and stem skills they will value the current educational opportunity more.

Mental Health—By increasing the student’s self-worth. By teaching the students skills that are actively sought in the workforce.

Career Preparation—By giving students foundational knowledge before they enter the workforce that can guide them to lucrative careers in construction, maintenance, and engendering related Fields.

Funding

This service will be supported completely by community partners that value the training of a potential workforce.

Partners

Stem/ Academic tutoring (team of tutors)- WORC

Coding-C3WORC

Robotics/CAD - innovation lab         

Engineering- WORC

Mental Health

Group Sessions

Focusing on personal growth and mental wealth. Sessions to empower and inspire personal growth, mental wellness, and emotional stability. Non-clinical personal and group sessions with mental health professionals will be available to serve our participants in times of crisis, anxiety, insecurity, and preparation.

Motivation:

The biggest inhibitor of our health, wealth, and happiness is often ourselves. We should have regular reminders of our potential and our value. It is important that we learn boundaries, principles, and processes to keep us aligned with our creator and in a healthy space.

Rebuilding Communities

A vocational skills-BASED MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

Teaching kids vocational skills in facilities maintenance and construction while mentoring and helping to meet their psychosocial and mental health needs. Who is welcome to participate?  Males & females 10-18 years old and all socioeconomic level.

Life/Job skills (scholarships may be awarded)

1. Building and maintenance skills (weekly classes) ($25 per class)

2. Financial growth skills ($25 per class)

3. Healthy lifestyle ($25 per class)

4. Transitional skills ($25 per class)

(Scholarships are available)

Students will be proficient enough after the program to be successful in a technical vocational education program. Students will be proficient enough to gain entry-level employment using vocational skills learned, students will connect with mentors and learn social, emotional, and behavioral management skills and techniques.

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At the heart of all that civilization has meant and developed is 'community' - the mutually cooperative and voluntary venture of man to assume a semblance of responsibility for his brother.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.