INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EMPOWERMENT 501(c)3 Non-Profit U.S.A. Based
International Scholarship
roots and rise - NIGERIA - LIBERIA
International virtual academy
HIP HOP LITERACY WORKSHOPS
College Recruitment Video
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501(c)(3) tax-deductible advertising / Elite Brand Exposure while supporting an amazing cause.
UNITING NATIONS
ARE U WASTING TIME? International Youth Empowerment is a U.S.A. based 501(c)(3) Nonprofit is redefining youth empowerment through Global Citizenship. We help young people see beyond their communities and countries to discover a world of cultures, connections, and opportunities without borders.
Through sports, digital literacy, media, entrepreneurship, tourism, cultural exchange, academics, and college recruitment, students gain pathways to learn, create, compete, travel, lead, and connect globally.
Our mission is not simply to expose young people to the world. It is to help them understand that they have a place in it.
When cultural awareness expands, possibilities expand. When young people begin to think globally, the boundaries of what they believe is possible begin to disappear.
The world is bigger than your neighborhood, city, state, or country.
Discover it. Connect with it. Learn from it. Find your place in it.
The world is waiting.
ARE U WASTING TIME?
Empowerment excellence
International Program Overview
Career Mentoring, Real World Technology, Life Skills, Social Emotional Growth, Global Opportunities, and College Recruitment Basketball Training all in one powerful movement designed to give student athletes an “UNFAIR ADVANTAGE IN LIFE”
Real World Digital Literacy / Entrepreneurial Life Skills
TRUE Career / Entrepreneurial Tech Life Skills prepares young people for a world being transformed by artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and digital technology. Digital literacy is no longer optional it is an essential real-world life skill.
But what if, instead of simply preparing young people for the future, we empowered them to start creating it?
Students turn technology into tools for creativity, communication, entrepreneurship, and opportunity through hands-on experiences in AI, filmmaking, content creation, photography, podcasting, YouTube production, music and audio production, AI filmmaking, drones, graphic design, branding, social media marketing, robotics, automation, and emerging technology.
A phone can become a film studio. A microphone can launch a podcast. A camera can become a business tool. An idea can become a brand.
We don’t want young people simply consuming technology. We want them creating with it, building with it, earning with it, and preparing to lead with it.
CREATE THE FILM. PRODUCE THE MUSIC. LAUNCH THE PODCAST. BUILD THE BRAND. MASTER THE TECHNOLOGY. OWN THE FUTURE.
ARE U WASTING TIME?
AFRICAN basketball / soccer college recruitment tour
ARE U WASTING TIME? is creating a global pathway for middle and high school basketball and soccer student-athletes to measure their talent beyond local competition and showcase their abilities on an international stage.
Through our annual Global Goodwill Super Exposure events in Lagos, Nigeria and Monrovia, Liberia, athletes will compete in games, combines, camps, and evaluations designed to develop skills, expand visibility, and prepare them for an increasingly global sports landscape.
U.S. and international prep schools, high schools, junior colleges, colleges, and universities will be invited as VIP guests to evaluate talent, build relationships, and recruit directly from the continent of Africa.
This is more than exposure. It is a global recruiting bridge connecting student-athletes with educational institutions and opportunities across borders.
Global Talent. Global Exposure. Global Opportunity.
ARE U WASTING TIME?
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HIP-HOP-INFLUENCED LITERACY tour
LITERACY WITH IMPACT. CULTURE. COURAGE. VOICE.
What if, instead of always demanding that students meet education where adults believe they should be, we first met students where they are?
The HIP HOP INFLUENCE LITERACY TOUR uses Hip Hop, music, art, poetry, songwriting, storytelling, and digital media as culturally relevant bridges to literacy, communication, critical thinking, and self-expression.
Powered by International Coach ALI’s ARE U WASTING TIME? Dead Babies Volume 1 book and soundtrack, students explore a real-life journey through adversity, consequences, transformation, education, and redemption.
As an artist-educator, Coach ALI turns lived experience into a teaching tool—creating honest conversations that encourage young people to read, write, think, communicate, and recognize the power of their own voices.
We meet students where they are—not to leave them there, but to empower them with the literacy, confidence, and courage to determine where they go next.
FIND YOUR VOICE. OWN YOUR STORY. AUTHOR YOUR FUTURE.
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