MOVING FORWARD
MBEI AREAS OF FOCUS
MBEI’s institution to create a future of Unity, Camaraderie & Prosperity with the implementation of our Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-inspired Youth Urban Media Education Initiative/Independent Media Circle of Hope (YUMEI/INDMediaCOH)
What is YUMEI/INDMediaCOH?
A Proactive Youth Independent Media Education Agenda To Create Hope & Strengthen Community
We endeavor to create a future of Unity, Camaraderie &
Prosperity with the implementation of our Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) inspired Independent Media Circle of Hope/Youth Urban Media Education Initiative (INDMediaCOH/YUMEI). We work to engage an incubator of Truth, Heritage, History and Intellect-informed MEDIA; a wellspring of Truthseeking and TruthSaying young people trained for careers in online journalism, cinema/theatre, tv/video/radio, publishing & urban music broadcast; the infrastructure for a media production support hub for NYC, LA, CHI and ATL positioned in the mid-point metro area of the Chicago - Grand Rapids - Detroit corridor; the utility and institutions for producing beneficent and successful Young Leaders of Tomorrow.
Youth Correspondents Corps (YCC), a component of YUMEI, is our institution to train 9th-12th Grade Metro Grand Rapids Area High Schools Students for careers in radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, video production, movie/theatre production, internet content production or publishing
What is YCC?
A Preparatory Initiative Centered around Developing Youth Skills & Talent
Youth Correspondents Corps (YCC), a component of INDMediaCOH/YUMEI, is our institution to train 9th-12th Grade Metro Grand Rapids Area High Schools Students for careers in online radio-, tv/video-, cinema/theatre-, internet- and publishing-content production.
This training will empower our students to produce TruthSeeking/TruthSaying media, to prepare them for On-Air media producer roles with the upcoming independent media URBRadio online broadcast platform alongside preparation for attending one of the sibling schools of America’s heritage-reinforcement and excellence-immersion HBCU Diaspora (America’s 100+ Historically Black College/University institutions founded in 1837 to train the public servants, teachers, entrepreneurs, governing leadership and faith leaders required for Africentric progress following the Emancipation of Slavery in 1862).
