ABOUT DETERMINED TO EDUCATE INC.

 

Based in NYC, we have been in existence since 2008. Determined to Educate is devoted to supporting, through group mentoring, some of our most vulnerable young people who are desperate for a way out of poverty.  Primarily, we work with youngsters, motivating them to aim high and exposing them to a wider world of opportunities.  Our goal is to re-invent communities worldwide by having the young help the old and the old educate the young. We are looking to bridge the intergenerational gap. Our focus is for everyone to understand the importance of bettering our community, bettering ourselves and, most importantly, bettering our youth.

We saw a light at the end of the tunnel in 2022. We began to see the sun and more of our young people not being afraid to express themselves through our programs. Determined To Educate, Inc. has been dedicating time to continue educating and mentoring our young people. We will continue to do the same in 2023-2024. This year’s event will be benefiting getting more students involved in College Prep and Career Prep. We are striving to help students prepare for their future. We have developed a strong relationship with Penn State University to bring programs focusing on mental health and career.   We are grateful to be in our 15th year and to have worked with over 10,000 students so far exposing them to our amazing programs. Programs like our “Speaker Series” Program which brings prominent figures and professionals to the schools we work with; sharing the life stories of individuals and how they became so successful which includes challenges that were ever faced. ‘The Exposure Tour’ where we take students on trips to different sites in the business world, giving the students the opportunity to be in a different environment. This assures them that there are wider ranges of opportunities for them to grab onto. In May of 2022, we had a magical moment touring the “Tyler Perry Studios” with students in Atlanta, Georgia. We were given a private tour by his staff and the students were so amazed. Last year we also focused on a project with four of our Youth Ambassadors in NYC focusing on Mental Health, Community and College. We also worked on a meaningful Mental Health Training Project with students in NYC. In 2020, we partnered up with Nickelodeon under their Noggin umbrella for their at home learning program for children. For 2020, We also partnered up with so many prominent figures and professionals including C-Suite Executives at Colgate-Palmolive. These same C-Suite Executives of Colgate-Palmolive then took the time to visit a school with us in November 2022. What an amazing time they shared with the students. This included moments focused on their career, life and what the students were looking to do in the future. We are so grateful to the entire Colgate-Palmolive leadership team! A few years ago, we were fortunate enough to have visited sites with the students such as The Brooklyn Nets Training Facility, The Barclays Center, WABC/Channel 7 Studios and Starbucks’ Corporate Offices. We have also created a “Job Opportunities” program which has landed over 100 students in jobs with companies such as Rite Aid, Walgreens, TD Bank, Eurest at American Express, CBRE at American Express and BJ’s Wholesale. We were also able to collect over 400 suits and dresses (which were donated by high level executives from Fortune 100/500 companies) for students to use on interviews. In 2022, we also took over 100 students from NYC/Tri State Area public schools to visit the National Museum of African American History & Culture/Smithsonian Institution in DC. This year (May 2023) we were able to take 200 students to the NMAAHC.

Determined To Educate, Inc. serves more than 1000 students a year around the country. We look forward to enhancing the lives of many more students in 2023-2024 in hopes to bring more programs.

“Bettering Ourselves, Bettering our Communities”