Raise It Up! Youth

Young people have amazing insight about the way the world is – and how it could be. RAISE IT UP! provides healthy avenues for creative youth expression.

RAISE IT UP! provides the knowledge, support, and resources necessary to help youth achieve their personal goals and take action.

Whether it’s composing a song or organizing a neighborhood campaign – there is an art to everything. RAISE IT UP! helps young people recognize the power of their creative gifts and talents.

The youth are the future – but they are also the present. RAISE IT UP! works closely with young people to identify community resources that help them cultivate their dreams and pursue their passions…today!

Who benefits from Youth Voice? We all do. Communities are strengthened when young people are empowered to use their voice to mobilize and affect social change.

Youth in RAISE IT UP! work closely with community leaders and local institutions to address critical issues. Valued as powerful contributors to the community, RAISE IT UP! youth serve as educators, organizers, and decisions-makers.

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RAISE IT UP! Brings Art to Young People

RAISE IT UP! Youth Arts and Awareness Program Director Lyndava Williams and her daughter, Natasha Thomas-Jackson, executive director and nationally acclaimed poet, have put their philosophies on social activism and art-centered empowerment into practice for young people around Flint. Read more at East Village Magazine. n.

Arts and Activism

Some look at the city of Flint and see only urban blight, a city drained of its soul. Others, like Natasha Thomas-Jackson, Executive Director of RAISE IT UP!, see a city alive with creativity, a community on the brink of rediscovering its voice. Her non-profit RAISE IT UP! Youth Arts and Awareness was founded to ensure that…

Detroit Pistons to honor Flint RAISE IT UP! Co-founder with $25,000 grant at Sheryl Crow concert

Next month, a Flint native’s work with youth in her hometown will put her in a room with nine-time Grammy Award winner and members of the Detroit Pistons. Read more at mlive.com.

Engagement! Expression! Empowerment!

Change the world.

Express yourself.

Aim high.

Be creative.

Live your passion.

Use your voice.

Be a leader.