The MXGM Youth Committee:

The MXGM Youth Committee takes pride in developing young people and providing support to help them achieve their full potential.

• develops programs to teach critical thinking skills, cultural awareness and self-esteem.
• empowers youth and families with information about their rights and personal and collective power.
• develops initiatives to help the community become socially, economically and politically astute and self-determining.
• provides training and support for parents and community members.
• interested in supporting young people.

Programs the Youth Committee Offers:

The Gateway Program: Youth ages 13 - 19
This critical thinking program introduces youth to issues of social, political, cultural and economic significance.  The program teaches and uses video production. 

The Herstory Project: Youth ages 13 - 19
A two-part program to: (i) teach young women to find and articulate their voice; and (ii) the entrepreneurial skills necessary to publish a book.

African American Authored Literature as a Tool of Liberation: High School students
African American authored literature is used to explore and analyze the social, political, economic and cultural phenomena affecting New Afrikans in the United States.

“The Institute” Youth Leadership Program
Our newest program was started in 2004 as a project to engage local youth to develop their critical thinking skills and to serve as a gateway into organizing work. The program began with a six-week series of workshops at the St. Johns Recreational Center in Crown Heights Brooklyn, New York. It is now the basis for afterschool programing at two local NYC schools. In addition we have conducted political education classes, Know Your Rights Workshops, shown documentaries and movies.

2004 and 2005 Accomplishments:

• opened the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Community Reading Room to provide culturally and socially relevant resources  to the residents of Crown Heights and institutionalize a space of learning and empowerment at the St. Johns Recreating Center.
• developed a curriculum, including The Gateway Program, for youth leadership and development.
• developed a collaborative relationship with, and conducted educational and entertaining workshops at the St. Johns Recreation Center.
• conducted a full session of The Gateway Program for girls at CASES, an alternative to incarceration program.
• hosted a Kwanzaa event to offer social services and necessary resources to 25 families in Crown Heights, and launched a community.