It’s Y.O.U.R.S. 2.0!

In the May issue of Footprints, we introduced Y.O.U.R.S. (You Owning Up to your Responsibilities to the System), a new initiative designed to engage young people coming of voting age into the process yielded 72 newly registered voters. Since then, the initiative has taken off like wildfire!

During Ms. Bland’s recent trip to Ohio, the Y.O.U.R.S. initiative was adopted by Sojourn Ohio to be implemented in local high schools there in hopes of encouraging youth to vote. But, that’s not all…

The Sacred Commons Church of Ohio has committed to funding the Y.O.U.R.S. program for Foot Soldiers Park and for Sojourn Ohio! In fact, they made their first monthly payment this month. Talk about standing on business!

We are grateful that our call to ignite a fire for our youth in Selma and across the country to be civically engaged is being received and activated. Our next step is the launch of our Standing On Business Collective this July. Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders. We must keep the momentum going, but we need your help to do it.

Please make a financial donation today. Every $600 contributed ensures that 20 youth can participate in one of ten workshop sessions we are hosting this year. Thank you in advance for your support.