Step Up To Leadership Social Development Program

🚨 FINAL CALL — REGISTRATION CLOSES TOMORROW! 🚨

Parents, you have until tomorrow to register your son for our Positioned for the Opportunity: Business & Professional Etiquette Workshop happening this Saturday, August 29th!

This is more than a workshop. Young men will have the opportunity to:

✅ Hear directly from business professionals
✅ Strengthen communication and professional etiquette
✅ Learn how to make a strong first impression
✅ Build networking and workplace readiness skills
✅ Participate in real-world conversations and interactive exercises

📅 Saturday, August 29th
⏰ 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
📍 7207 IBM Dr., Charlotte, NC 28262
🍽️ Complimentary meal provided

Tomorrow is the deadline. Don’t wait until the opportunity has passed to wish you had taken advantage of it. Register your son today!

🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/gFydPBTtgNY9xUPW9

Presented by Step Up To Leadership in partnership with Equitable.

🚨 IMPORTANT UPDATE – EVENT CANCELLED 🚨

Good evening everyone. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, our Breaking the Cycle of Financial Illiteracy Workshop scheduled for Monday, August 10th has been CANCELLED.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience, especially to those who registered and made plans to attend. We are working on another date.

Please know the work doesn’t stop here! We have more opportunities coming for our young men, and we look forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming events.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support of Step Up To Leadership Social Development Program💙

BREAKING THE CYCLE OF FINANCIAL ILLITERACY

Financial empowerment begins with financial education. Not every cycle that needs to be broken is trauma, violence, or poverty. Some cycles are rooted in what we’ve simply never been taught.

Financial illiteracy isn’t a lack of intelligence, it’s a lack of opportunity to learn. When young people understand the value of money, how banking works, how credit impacts their future, and how to make informed financial decisions, they gain more than knowledge, they gain confidence, direction, and opportunity.

That’s why Step Up To Leadership, in partnership with Bank, is bringing together teens for an interactive financial empowerment experience designed to educate, equip, and inspire the next generation.

Teens will learn how to:

💰 Understand the value of money
🏦 Leverage banking and financial institutions
💳 Build and protect healthy credit
📈 Develop smart saving and investing habits
🎯 Make financial decisions that create long-term opportunities

📅 Monday, August 10
🕐 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 2336 Freedom Dr., Charlotte, NC 28208
🍽️ Food will be provided

Parents, this is an opportunity to invest in your teen’s future with practical financial knowledge they can carry for a lifetime.

🔗 Register today:
https://forms.gle/WBVRLruF6XV98gq79

WELL LADIES & GENTLEMEN… IT’S BACK!

“BREAKING THE CYCLE” Is officially returning June 13th from 12PM–4PM! This youth-led initiative is created BY our teens and FOR our teens to create real conversations around youth violence, mental health, trauma, peer pressure, emotional suppression, and social media influence.

This experience will be personal, informative, but necessary. We’re creating a safe space for our young men to speak, listen, learn, and express.

Parents, we do NOT want your son to miss this opportunity. Seats are LIMITED and registration is REQUIRED.

📍2336 Freedom Dr. Charlotte, NC 28208�🍔 FREE Food • 🎶 Music • 🎁 Giveaways
REGISTER NOW BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE👇🏾

Register Now!
https://forms.gle/PW4jjwxd2dQuFx1H7

“Conversations lead to understanding, and understanding leads to solutions.”

I’m deeply honored to be recognized as a 2026 Mental Health Champion by the Mental Health America of Central Carolinas. Mental health isn’t just a conversation, it’s personal. It’s real. And it’s something that touches every life, every family, every community.

This work is bigger than recognition. It’s about showing up, breaking barriers, and standing in the gap for those who feel unseen, unheard, or unsupported. I’m grateful to be aligned with a community that is committed to advancing advocacy, education, and access, and creating change that truly impacts lives.

We all have a role to play. Let’s continue to speak life, extend grace, and support one another.