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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

Spiritual Enrichment

Retreats, Workshops, Counseling (Life Skills, Spirituality). This service strengthens youth's faith and provides substance/direction/ purpose.

 

Benefits: Helps youth identify and correct unproductive lifestyles/behaviors, increase their happiness/inner peace, decrease their stress level and enlighten their mind, body and soul.

 

Service: Face-to-face interaction, phone counseling, messaging and email interaction

Character and Leadership Development

Workshops/Seminars (Goal Setting, Time Management, Self-Esteem, Community Service, Financial Planning/Budgeting, Decision Making).  This service educates and assists youth in becoming positive and productive citizens in society.

 

Benefits: Increase/enhance youth's goal setting capability, strengthen their time management and sound decision making capabilities, increase/enhance their self-esteem and steer their mindset in the direction of community service through several community service initiatives.

 

Service: Face-to-face interaction, phone counseling, messaging and email interaction

Academic Excellence

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Career Development

Workshops/Seminars (Academic Tutoring, Mentoring, Career Exploration, Forums, Debates, Resume Writing/Interviewing). This service enables youth to reach their full potential, as well as, helps them find their interest/skills.

 

Benefits: Increase/enhance youth's focus, to include becoming goal oriented. In addition, educate/assists students in their academic studies, increase their visibility of positive mentors/role models and equip them with the necessary guidance/answers to their concerns (i.e. social, political, home, and school, media, spiritual issues).

 

Service: Face-to-face interaction, phone counseling, messaging and email interaction

Cultural Diversity and Life Experience

Workshops/Seminars, Retreats,

Educational and Informational Site Visits (Expanding youth knowledge, expanding youth experiences, increasing youth’s understanding of processes, eliminating fear and intimidation, increases curiosity and interests, promotes determination, desire and goal setting).  This service expose youth to what’s attainable, gives them a personal experience with their vision board, and eliminates the unknown which fosters fear. 

 

Benefits:  Increase/enhance youth’s confidence, change the way they look at things so that the things they look at change, increases their knowledge on politics, economics, and cultures.

 

Service: Face-to-face interaction, messaging and email interaction

Community Service and Advocacy

Workshops/Seminars and/or Action meetings.  This service enables youth to speak up for or against an issue or solution.

 

Benefit: By using their voices, they will become advocates and attempt to influence change for those who are directly affected by issues in their community.

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Service: Face-to-face interaction, phone counseling, messaging and email interaction

Workshops/Seminars

Conflict Resolution

Public Speaking

Dealing with Adversity

Processing Trauma

Anger Management

Financial Literacy

Academic Excellence

Peer Pressure

Smart Goals/Decision Making

Manhood

Character and Leadership Development

Life Skills

And, much more!

ONWARD AND UPWARD ACADEMY

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Serving

Southern Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri area

Counties Serviced

501(c)(3) Disclaimer

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Onward and Upward Academy is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization that is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding political activities, such as campaign activities and lobbying. While individuals in Onward and Upward Academy network, including program participants, have the right to express their political opinions and engage in political activities, it is very important that they do so only in their individual capacities and avoid even the appearance that they are speaking or acting for Onward and Upward Academy. Onward and Upward Academy expressly disavows any partisan opinions or activities that are not made in accordance with these provisions: such opinions and activities are not authorized and may not be attributed to Onward and Upward Academy.

Registered Charity: 26-1323356

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