Youth Development and Intervention Program
Provides leadership in creating programs, which serves at-risk youth linking parental/guardian involvement. Strategies applied include community bridge building, teen summits, parenting skills training, tutoring, and employability skills training/job placement services. All activities are designed to help young people who are often caught up in the vicious cycle of peer pressure, illegal conduct, uncooperative behavior and broken contracts that lead to the legal system. Serves youth between the ages of 10 through 18 years old.
NULITES
(National Urban League Incentives To Excel and Succeed)
NULITES is a nationwide youth program started by the Urban League and is being conducted in over 100 communities. Founded on the premise that young people are our most valuable resource, NULITES is designed to reflect the positive aspects of youth in today's society while providing opportunities for personal and leadership development.
The program promotes and maintains high standards of well-being, educational, character and leadership qualities. This is accomplished through group activities, meetings, special educational programs, field trips and FUN!
Program Highlights:
Travel on college tours and to state youth conferences * SAT/ACT prep courses * Work skills training * Attend cultural activities * Scholarship opportunities * Meet and network with community leaders * Community service projects Holiday activities and special events
NULITES Principals
- STRIVE for excellence at home, school and in our community
- WORK within my neighborhood to further its development
- RESPECT one's mind and body as well as the mind and bodies of others
- CELEBRATE my heritage and culture as well as those of others
- CREATE a better future for my family, other people and myself
- CARE for the world's people and environment
- PROMOTE a universal spirit of cooperation and peace
For more information contact the Pinellas County Urban Leagues' Youth Services Department @727.327.2081
