Empowering our youth for success
Our communities deserve to be safe, growing, and thriving.
With the ultimate goal of supporting & empowering African American youth and people of color as a whole, Ascension was created to provide the essential elements needed for the building and development of self-sufficiency & solvency in the challenging world we all reside within today.
Legacy (leg·a·cy)
1: a gift by will especially of money or other personal property
2: something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past
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The mission of Ascension is to honor, celebrate and preserve family, community & entrepreneurial legacy through training, mentorship to uplift the Black community. Our leaders are committed to this mission.
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Ascension envisions Black communities that honor and respect preceding legacies of excellence by becoming safe, socioeconomically thriving, innovative, and culturally conscious forces for good in the earth.
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-Continual evolution, as change is ongoing
-We make essential life tools readily available
-Transformative thinking is positively reinforced
-Safety (personal, familial, community)
-Grounded and engaged in the community as a family & village
Who We Are…
Ascension is here to celebrate the brilliance and intersectionality of the Black experience by providing solutions that develop and advance the next generation of leaders, creatives, and entrepreneurs.
Rise Together
Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Program
Help us put an end to gun violence
WHY WE CARE…
Black Youth are four times more likely to be killed by guns than their white peers according to the 2021 Children’s Defense Fund’s State of America’s Children Report.
UNDERSTANDING + EQUIPMENT = PREPARATION
PREPARATION + EQUIPMENT = SAFETY
Ascension is…
A place of solidarity and dream building dedicated to equipping and uplifting the Black community. We are committed to protecting the most vulnerable among us - our youth - and providing communities with the tools necessary to lead holistic lives and build bright, sustainable, and promising futures. Ascension is a safe haven and an incubator for greatness, raising up the next generation of Black excellence. This work ensures an empowered, and legacy within the Black community.
We go further and rise higher when we do it together.
We must ascend…..
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An inheritance – something left to someone. Ascension wants to deposit strength, faith, and a sense of family in the community. To model how we adapt, support each other, build, and advance together as a community.
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We support and build what supports and builds us. The hallmark of Black excellence is the limitless invention, brilliance, ingenuity, and creativity found in community. We will teach you. We will equip you. You will be empowered. We will create a cycle of reciprocity, empowerment, and support that will equip generations.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
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History confirms our resilience born of necessity that releases invention, innovation, and uncommon success. The fusion of our brain trust, dreams, and creativity disrupts and enhances commerce around the world. We will show young people how to engage in the marketplace by teaching wealth building, business, economics, and the tools necessary to prevail in life.
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Nurturing environments where we live and work...safety is our birthright. From the streets, neighborhoods, and places we call home, to the new frontiers we will conquer, we have the divine right to be safe. Yet, we each have a part to play in securing our community. Safety is an essential element of the collective health and wellness of the community. It is our duty to keep our youth, elders, and families safe. We must love ourselves and each other enough to resist unsafe behaviors that put everyone at risk - even outright violence. Community violence (guns, drugs, trafficking) is a breach of our commitment to keeping our families safe. Partner with us to see our community thrive.
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