Our mission is to promote academic and personal development by providing growth opportunities to global youth in the areas of literacy; community awareness and engagement; mentoring, success planning, global enterprise; social-emotional wellness; and athletic skills development. 

The vision of ARE U WASTING TIME?  Youth Empowerment Nonprofit Corporation is to empower and equip global youth with the critical life tools needed to lead productive, successful, and healthy lives in order to build and preserve indelible legacies.  

True Tech Life Skills is a groundbreaking program that teaches students how to turn everyday technology into real entrepreneurial power. We show young people how their phones can become filmmaking studios, photography labs, marketing tools, content-creation hubs, and even mini mobile offices. Students learn how to shoot films, create digital content, build marketing campaigns, fly drones, and design the type of media that drives today’s world.

Once students master mobile tools, we elevate them into professional-grade filmmaking, broadcasting, podcasting, lighting, and camera operation giving them real hands-on experience with equipment used in modern studios and creative industries.

Because the truth is simple: not every student will go to college, but every student deserves a pathway to success. True Tech Life Skills equips youth with the practical, creative, and entrepreneurial tools they need to earn, create, communicate, and compete in a fast-moving digital world.

This is more than tech training.

This is future-building, opportunity creating, life-changing empowerment the ARE U WASTING TIME? way.

Welcome to the ARE U WASTING TIME? International United States Amateur Basketball Certified International Travel Basketball Program, a groundbreaking program built for serious athletes who want to rise above the competition. We proudly accept male and female players from 5th and 6th grade all the way up through high-school college-recruitment ages giving young stars every opportunity to be discovered early and developed properly.

This elite pathway puts student-athletes directly into NCAA Live-sanctioned recruiting events, high-level tune-up competitions, and a dynamic travel schedule across the United States. And for the most dedicated players? A select group will earn the extraordinary opportunity to try out for international play outside of the United States. Yes!  You read that correctly. Your child could compete on global courts representing America.

IF YOUR CHILD IS SERIOUS ABOUT THE NEXT LEVEL… THIS IS THE PROGRAM.

If you want real exposure…

If you want real competition…

If you want real opportunities for your child to be truly seen by college coaches…

This is the must-have program you’ve been waiting for.

Spots are extremely limited.

To join the team or request a tryout, send us an email now.

Don’t wait, the next level won’t wait for you. 

Our Hip-Hop-Influenced Literacy Program meets young people in the creative spaces they already love — hip hop, visual art, poetry, songwriting, storytelling, and digital media. By using culturally familiar artistic expression, we help students build confidence, strengthen their voice, and develop real literacy skills through creativity rather than pressure.

POWERED BY A TRANSFORMATIVE TEACHING TOOL

International Coach ALI’s interactive book, ARE U WASTING TIME? Dead Babies Volume 1, is the driving force behind this experience. With bold visuals, audio elements, and powerful storytelling, the book sparks honest conversation, group learning, and meaningful reflection. It inspires youth to express themselves openly, think critically, and overcome fears of public speaking and self-expression.

A GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF EMPOWERMENT

International Coach ALI travels the world delivering these workshops, turning classrooms into creative stages where young people discover confidence, courage, and purpose. This program is not just literacy, it is a must-have empowerment experience that helps youth find their voice and use it to transform their future.