OUR VISION
To empower and equip youth and communities to determine their own future.
A High School that Combats Generational Poverty
As part of Build UP's program, students will acquire a career-focused education,
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gain knowledge and skills in a high-demand professional field or trade,
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and become owners of homes and rental properties to build wealth and earn passive income.
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This creates an economic and social safety net resulting in the
longer-term revitalization of their communities.
longer-term revitalization of their communities.
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School Sites: Build UP- Ensley & Build UP- TitusvilleBuild UP- Ensley is our flagship site (August 12, 2018), on which we focus all initial growth and improvement efforts. Build UP- Ensley currently has a team of over 15 full-time, part-time, and contracted staff members leading over 70 youth towards successful futures that they determine. Build UP- Titusville is our first expansion site, allowing us to scale the model to another high-need Birmingham community.
Build UP's unique approach is an anti-gentrification revitalization model that empowers long-term growth driven by young leaders (Build UP graduates) from within the community, to Build UP themselves, their family, and their neighbors. |
Why Ensley?This once-flourishing and lively community is now in need of revitalization.
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Support UsContribute to Build UP and help us enable youth, families and communities to lift themselves out of poverty.
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