Atlanta’s At-Promise Youth Center provides fresh start
The At-Promise Youth and Community Center on English Avenue was started by the Atlanta Police Foundation as a way to reduce juvenile crime, but it’s delivered so much more than that.
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YouthBuild Students Experience “Executive” Shopping
From left, Adam Hayden, PGIM executive; Jordan Thornton, ULGA YouthBuild alum; Justin Jackson, AWAD YouthBuild alum; Brian Short, Bloomingdale’s stylist; Caliph Gordon, AWDA YouthBuild alum; Joe Thomas, PGIM executive; Jiovonni Wooden, ULGA YouthBuild alum, and Charles Walker, ULGA YouthBuild director. Four lucky YouthBuild students recently learned how to dress professionally from a real pro through an …
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Success Story: Macio Thompkins and UYEP RISE
Getting ahead with a degree, certification, a job and a career in the making Macio Thompkins is one of our UYEP participants that’s “rising all the way up”! Macio has earned an Industry Recognized Credential (IRC), Commercial Drivers License (CDL) and is now gainfully employed at the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management. At …
Project Ready Youth Day of Service
Six Benjamin E. Mays High School students were among 300 youth attending a National Urban League Youth Summit at Coppin State University this weekend in Baltimore, Maryland. The Atlanta students are involved in Project Ready, an Urban League college and career preparedness program. On Saturday, July 16, they participated in a Day of Service at the Urban League offices in Baltimore. Pictured …
YouthBuild: Learning construction skills, building new lives
Azariah Billings has always had big dreams. She only needed help finding a straight pathway to reach her goals. That help came when Azariah entered the Urban League of Greater Atlanta’s YouthBuild program when it started in February 2015. The Urban League partners with Atlanta Technical College to help young adults in YouthBuild finish their …
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Tracey Mosley – A passion for helping others
Tracey Mosley’s job fits his passion for helping others get their lives on track. Mosley directs the ULGA’s programs that primarily serve at-risk youth and young adults who come from high poverty and high crime neighborhoods. His mission is to encourage, mentor and develop them “to reach their highest potential.” Prior to his current position …
UYEP: A proven way to help inner-city youth achieve their dreams and potential
Hancy Adelcat lost both his parents early in his life. With no stable place to live or adults to care for him, he fell under the influence of a criminal element and lost all hope for a productive future. Then he was referred to the Urban League of Greater Atlanta, where he entered the Urban …
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