OUR PROGRAMS
I AM UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS
Made them in my Vision
Molded them with words
Gave them the light for the tunnel of Dreams
Gave them Me.
My students
Pulled them from unconscious sabotage and feelings of utter lonesomeness to the safety of my Umbrella.
Push Man
Lift Woman
Teach Boys
Build Girls.
Push hope, peddle peace.
Dance, sing and bring dreams closer to reality.
The students will teach the teachers will learn.
We will overcome the cycle of detention and life suspention from the social misplacement of the concrete collage.
For we ARE the University of The Streets.
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By Malik Salahuddeen
MUSIC THERAPY 10 WEEK COURSE
We teach the understanding of expression and celebrate the empowerment of releasing aggression in art form instead of direct rage. Our Music Therapists analyze our clients welfare and wellbeing, manage physical health by lowering blood pressure and providing ease of mental functioning, expressive abilities and cognitive skills. Using both 1 on 1 and group sessions the course includes music improvisation, chakra receptive music, song writing, and group lyric discussions and much more!
From session to session the trust between credible messenger and student will grow deeper than many conventional forms for counseling.
Through Musical Therapy we have found a way to blend art and wellness, undoubtedly helping out students cope with past trauma, manage pain, reduce stress disorders, and express pent up anxiety through improved communication.
Our target students are at risk youth mental health disorders, youth offenders from broken homes suffering from ptsd and undernourished mental health problems as well as formally incarcerated men and women throughout the NYC area.
BOYS TO BUSINESSMEN 10 WEEK COURSE
A 10-week course for young men and women to learn entrepreneurial skills. This course teaches our members financial literacy, work readiness and strategic planning with the interactive help of professional guest speakers. This repeating course also includes assistance with independent living skills, re-entry skills, interviewing skills, resume preparation, college applications and admission letters.
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Meets Mon-Fri 11am-2pm
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MDR: MAKE DREAMS REALITY
A program which includes Record Audio Engineering, Web Design, Production, Dance, Photography, Video Editing, Creative Writing and more.
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Meets on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays 2pm-5pm at the power stations: EXODUS & The Kasa Factory.
DAPPER ETIQUETTE
A short course for formally incarcerated men and women for economic success we present a course on class and cultural advancement through the understanding of blending operational image and job hunting skills.
SISTER'S HANDS
Established with the pure purpose of uplifting our young women by providing support, training, and supervision, sisters hands transitional housing is a safe space that gets people back on their feet after a crisis. Using the sisters success curriculum which is a 12 week progressive program showing each resident the 1 on 1 guided steps to become a productive independent aboveboard member of society. We facilitate Financial literacy living skills, sex education, group and individual counseling sessions, resource allocation for trauma/ptsd treatment, Credit building, anger management, and the skills needed to acquire the career path of the recipient. Limiting stays to 24 months or fewer, transitional housing is literally a transition between homelessness , shelters, corrections or crisis to a permanent living space, house or apartment. From the roots of the University of the Streets, a non-profit teaching the underprivileged at risk youth and young adults of NYC through the arts, Sisterhood means loving and accepting someone where they stand, yet consistently inspiring them to their highest potential.
