Making Noise Using Hip-Hop Culture
In notoriously poor Syracuse, New York, home to the highest concentration of poverty among African Americans and Latinos, the streets can be a means of survival for teens.
The struggle is real. But, so is a movement to make the change; to remix unpleasant statistics no one wants to talk about.
The Good Life Youth Foundation is making noise using hip-hop culture as its stage to reach these at-risk youth.
Programs and Initiatives
R.E.A.L. Life
Understand the dynamics of maneuvering through life and making positive life choices.
R.E.A.L. Success
Understand business and ownership, as well as other paths that attain “higher than minimum-wage jobs”
The Hip-Hop
Center for Youth Entrepreneurship
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Impact
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Top State Lawmakers praise ESM and Good Life Among Partners
MINOA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The chairwoman of the State Senate Education Committee visited Pine Grove Middle School on Thursday, Jan. … Top State Lawmakers praise ESM and Good Life Among Partners Read More »
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City of Syracuse gives $250K to hip hop youth center
The Hip Hop Center for Youth Entrepreneurship is one of two projects receiving $250,000. The Good Life Youth Foundation is redeveloping a dilapidated and graffiti-covered 38,000-square-foot former dairy building at 215 Tully St. on the Near West Side to be used as a youth center with a focus on music, art and food. The $9…