2nd Annual
Back-to-School
Fun Day
Campaign
Our 2nd Annual Back to School Event was a Success!!!
Words can’t Express the amount of gratitude we have. We are excited to announce that we had approximately 300 bags to go out on yesterday!! Thank you so much to all of the donors, sponsors, volunteers, organizations and everyone who liked, shared, and supported our Back to school fun day!! Thank you to our guest speaker Ms. Carol, with Alabama Arise who came out and spoke to us about Summer EBT & Universal School Breakfast
A special thanks goes out to:
West End Club
Top Notch Lounge and Entertainment
Women of Royal Destiny
Jack Of All Trades
Loretta Bailey
Linda Caldwell
Jimmy Caldwell
De'Untae Pinkard
Elizabeth Smith
Valerie Perkins
Tiffany Smith & Family
Shay McMean
Whether you donated, told a friend, liked/shared a post, sponsored, gave a ride, manned a station, or simply just showed up and came out to support; Truly, we couldn’t have done this without you!! Thank you for being a blessing to us and allowing us to be a blessing to others, and helping make our 2nd Annual Back to School Fun Day a success!!!
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Drug Awareness Week
This annual observance is a health fair, in honor of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, is aimed at raising awareness regarding substance abuse and its impact on individuals, families, and communities. In addition to substance abuse awareness information, the student’s will be provided with information on behavioral health topics and available community resources from different organizations. This event will take place on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 from 11:00am-1:00pm, at the Montgomery Job Corps Recreation Center.
February 2024
It's
Features of the Week
In celebration of black history month, we will put a feature each week for the month of February. In honor of those who have paved the way for our freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and our very being of how we as a generation live today.
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Carter G. Wilson, known as the Father of Black History, began Black History Month in 1926. Although, it began as one week given to blacks to learn and celebrate African American history.
Woodson, an African American historian who graduated with a Ph.D. from Harvard, founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). The ASALH now leads nationwide Black History Month celebrations and establishes its themes.
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In 1969, members of Black United Students (BUS) at Kent State University demanded that Kent State extend Negro History Week into a month of Black history celebrations. President Gerald Ford later affirmed the actions of BUS with the observance of Black History Month nationwide.
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Black History Month happens in February for good reason. Woodson selected February in honor of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln's birth dates. Lincoln is well known for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation — declaring freedom for enslaved Americans held in the Confederacy.
Douglass escaped from American slavery in 1838. He became a renowned abolitionist, speaker, and writer. He wrote several books, including A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
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Many civil rights leaders contributed to Black history and the celebration of Black History Month. Black activists like Rosa Parks, W.E.B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, John Lewis, Barbara Jordan, Marcus Garvey, and Martin Luther King Jr. brought national attention to Black struggles.
Freedom Schools, established during the Civil Rights Movement, highlighted Black history — working to eliminate oppression and uplift Black excellence. Like Black History Month, the schools honored and celebrated Black leaders. With the help of prominent civil rights activists, Black History Month celebrations grew in popularity.
ExpressU's
1st Annual
Christmas Giveaway
December 2023
Join In on Being a Blessing
Stay Tuned!!! ExpressU will be hosting its first annual Christmas Giveaway in December. We will chose 5-10 families to Bless this year!!! If you are interested in donating to our Christmas giveaway please cintact us at info@expressu.org or call 205-607-8401
Donate to our Youth
We are accepting new and gently used clothing to donate to kids in need. As we know, our kids come n all shapes and sizes. No size is too big, or too small. We will be taking donations throughout the month of July. A group of kids will be selected and donated to on July 22, 2023. Thanks for helping, and remember, our youth need you!
Drive EXTENDED!
Drop off date has been extended until August 4, 2023.
We are still excepting new and gently used clothes that you may be trying to donate!!
Remember!! Our diversified youth comes in all shapes and sizes, so we aren’t turning anything away!!!
We can except drop-offs and do pickups!!
All donations made to our Non Profit Organzation are eligible for tax write off!!!
March 2023
We wanted to make a social media campaign calling awareness to the organization and its need for public help to aid the youth amongst our city and surrounding areas. We chose to introduce ourselves with a social media campaign. Visual Social Media Campaign Ads will be displayed throughout Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram.
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EXPRESSU IS AN UP AND COMING YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER THAT FOCUSES ON TUTORING AND MENTORING THROUGH ARTISTIC PROCESSES. COMING SOON
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WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU! IT REALLY TAKES A VILLAGE. OUR VILLAGE BEGINS HERE. JOIN OUR CAUSE AND HELP US HELP OUR YOUTH.
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We encourage you to look for signs of youth that may be at risk. Identify our youth that appear to be troubled so they don't fall through the cracks; that way we are equipping each and every youth needed, the steps and resources to live out a successful and intuitive adulthood as they see fit, without being held back by circumstances or lack there of.
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WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU! IT REALLY TAKES A VILLAGE. OUR VILLAGE BEGINS HERE. JOIN OUR CAUSE AND HELP US HELP OUR YOUTH.
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Troubled youth or any youth labeled 'at-risk' can't become successful adults. As a result, the youth, and the local community surrounding our youth suffers
