Who are we?
At Rising Now, we are committed to empowering youth with the skills, mentorship, and resources they need to succeed in life and their careers.
Rising Now, Inc. is to assist students from 5th grade through seniors in college who have a desire to improve academically and professionally, feel connected to their communities and schools, want to build their self-esteem and increase making healthy decisions and/or behaviors.
The Primary Goals of Rising Now are: Education, Mentorship, Community Engagement, and Giving.
Education:
Offer workshops on college preparation, financial literacy, career readiness, and personal development. Create a pipeline for well-prepared students to obtain a job, certificate or to enter college and pursue business, science, technology, engineering, communication and math majors. Create pathways for students to gain real-world work experience.
Community Engagement:
Establish partnerships with schools and agencies for inclusivity and community engagement. Empower youth with essential life skills and self-confidence. Create a nonviolent atmosphere for youth and their families. Foster a sense of community engagement and responsibility. Produce a generation of well-prepared, empowered individuals who contribute positively to their communities and society.
Mentorship:
Connect students with experienced mentors who provide guidance, support, and role modeling. Mentors will support and encourage parents in their role as advocates for their children.
Giving:
Giving is essential to Rising Now in several ways: Access to Resources, Program Enhancement, Community Reach, Empowering Youth and Long-Term impact. This is a vital to Rising Now as it provides the financial support necessary to fulfill the organization’s mission of empowering youth.
Positive Youth Development at Rising Now
At Rising Now, we embrace the Positive Youth Development (PYD) approach, focusing on building strengths, skills, and confidence in young people to help them thrive. Our programs create opportunities for youth to develop essential life skills, build positive relationships, and engage in meaningful experiences that shape their future. Research shows that PYD reduces delinquency, improves academic success, and enhances overall well-being—empowering at-risk youth to reach their full potential.
Monthly Group Mentoring & Life Skills Workshops
Each month, our workshop facilitators lead structured group mentoring sessions focused on life skills development. These workshops provide a supportive space where youth can learn, connect, and grow together. Through group interaction, we encourage positive peer influence, helping young individuals build confidence, strengthen essential skills, and support one another on their path to success.
Whether it is through coaching, mentoring, scholarships, internships, workshops, mobilizing volunteers, or raising up financially educated generations, we are witnessing an unprecedented gap of economic inequality in the communities in which we live and work. We are committed to doing the unthinkable things to enhance teaching and learning by tailoring the course content to each student’s needs.
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