"RIght understanding" for "right action"
Building from the Block Up is an organization and resource network created to strengthen cooperative youth enterprises with a vision of nurturing their ideals into actions and awakening their dreams into reality: Block by Block. We envision a renewed and regenerative force of youth led projects and social enterprises that can start to create the just and sustainable future we all need. We are an educational, technical, and logistical resource organization leveraging an extensive network of dedicated servant-leaders in the Lowcountry Area of SC. We are currently developing College Clubs, High School Clubs and 'Neighborhood Building Teams.
NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDING TEAMS
A group of five-eight high school students, living in the same geographical neighborhood constitute a 'neighborhood building team'. These youth are invited based upon demonstrated leadership and then chosen by their peers in an election process. The teams will go through an 8-week long process of community building in which they will acquire the understanding, skills, and attitudes to carry out meaningful service to their communities. Each team will be sponsored by the Building from the Block Up Resource Network while they go through the Building Process.
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STRATEGIC GOALS
- To support academic engagement and achievement.
- Empower youth to develop the transferable skill sets of demanded by competitive global economy and to participate meaningfully with civil society during adolescence and transitions to adulthood.
- To increase resilience and coping mechanisms in young people experiencing particularly difficult social conditions.
- Develop the abilities of young people to exercise their own voice and influence in matters that affect them.
- To increase the creative potential of Media Arts and Technology in youth culture.
- To increase self-efficacy and self-esteem from serving their own community.
- Creating a robust resource network of role models, mentors, and community leaders to increase access to social capital around the youths interests.
To see what we are up to Visit our Campaigns, Study Circles and Action Projects.