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m.e., inc, founder & facilitatorBaba Amin Imamu Ojuok (formerly Steven Richmond) is an internationally recognized independent educator, lecturer, and education conultant with 28 years experience working with youth and families. "Baba Amin" is an expert at youth engagement who is passionate about helping young people unlock their full potential. He is currently the Director of the Uhuru Academy, an independent, Afrikan Centered/Empowerment Based private school that he founded, along with his wife Nkoyo Ojuok, in 2010.
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M.E., Inc. workshops engage our youth via interactive icebreakers and activities that involve dialogue, role play, and opportunities for participants to share both their unique and common experiences trying to navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with being an adolescent in America. Interactive icebreaker activities like "Who Am I", which teaches the importance of asking the right questions, and "Values Voting", which provides participants with an opportunity to express and examine personal values, help to establish and maintain a culture and atmosphere of safety, freedom, and non-judgment inside our workshops that allows students to focus on the task at hand.
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M.E., Inc. workshops encourage young people via interactive dialogue and discussions that help them identify their strengths and how to utilize those strengths to take on their challenges. Our "Resource Inventory" form assists students with painting a realistic and balanced picture of the skills, allies, and information at their disposal "right now" with workshop facilitators aiding students with strategies on how to build on those strengths. Further, our "Sankofa 4 Success" curriculum uses cultural relevance to encourage participants by exposing students to little known, yet powerful, accomplishments made by previous generations of Afrikan American youth (ie the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, etc.)
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M.E., Inc. workshops empower students via interactive activities that challenge participants to utilize soft and transferrable communication skills in real time. Our "Due Diligance Derby", for example, tasks students with using the internet and phone to research the costs of living on a fixed budget. We also utilize the US Dept. of Labor's O*NET website to allow students to match their current interests with potential careers. Most importantly, we task students with crafting a short term vision plan that will include action steps and due dates that participants can engage in immediately to embark on a journey to success. Whether it's entering college, returning to high school, seeking and maintaining employment, launching a small business, or getting certified in a viable skill, M.E., Inc. students will come away with a comprehensive path and plan that will empower them to not only see the destination, but to also see the road ahead.
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