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/Circle of Hope (YUMEI).

What is YUMEI?

A Proactive Youth 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 Youth Urban Medla Education Initlative (YUMEI. We work to engage an incubator of Truth, Heritage, History and Intellect-informed MEDIA; a wellspring of Truthseeking and TruthSaying young people trained in Radio, Television/Video, Cinema/Theatre, Internet, Publishing and Music content production; 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.

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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 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.

This training will empower our students to produce TruthSeeking and TruthSaying media, prepare them for On-Air media producer roles with the upcoming URBRadio online broadcast platform and prepare them for collegiate heritage reinforcement, excellence immersion and academic reinforcement via preparation for attending one of America’s legendary HBCU Diaspora (America’s 100+ Historically Black College/University institutions founded in 1837 to train the public servants, professionals and faith leaders that would be required for Africentric progress following the Emancipation of Slavery in 1862).