Challenges in the Bay Area's Lower-Income Communities:

• • Poverty, crime, racial tension, gangs, violence, drugs
  • Underperforming schools, lack of resources
  • Family issues: fatherlessness, addiction, instability
  • Many children from broken homes or foster/kinship care
  • Minimal safe spaces with nurturing community

Consequences:

• • Unfulfilled lives, continuation of community problems
  • Diverse reactions: violence, substance abuse, unhealthy relationships
  • Loss of self-worth and potential

TYM's Mission:

• • Aims to alter the life path of these children and impact them and their families
  • Focuses on empowerment and becoming part of the solution
  • Offers a Transformational Journey for students from elementary through high school
  • Together, we can uplift kids and communities

Your Role:

• • Join Today’s Youth Matter in supporting kids through this transformation
  • Help change lives and improve communities