Cummunity HUB - Our Beliefs
- 1. The Is….
- 2. Is…. • The Community HUB™ is a social venture which combines the passion of a social mission with an image of business-like discipline, innovation, and determination • The HUB aims to facilitate the development of especially youth, through the offering of technology, arts, environmental and enterprise-based programming relevant to the current local cultural and socio-economic realities of the areas in which we operate. “We believe the young people must want to live first, before we can teach them math and english” (Bill Strickland)
- 3. Our Theory of Change • We believe that if we offer attractive programming facilitated by professional and committed staff in the context of a nurturing and well equipped environment that participants will respond positively, and will be given the opportunity to transform their lives - permanently. • These transformations can move from a personal to community to the national level.
- 4. Change Defined We define Change / transformation on four levels: – Personal Competence – Economic Sustainability – Civic and Community Involvement – Environmental Awareness
- 5. Personal Competence “To whom much is given, much is expected” – Life skills such as Math and writing, critical thinking, self-expression and decision- making, and social skills such as dependability, ethics, positive attitudes and cooperativeness
- 6. Economic Competence “Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth” – Vocational and ownership skills that focus on solving real problems within real business constraints: working in teams, time management, awareness of business and industry; digital literacy; financial literacy and career specific competencies.
- 7. Civic and Community Involvement “Freely you have received, freely give” Giving back is essential. – The ability of individuals to be conscious of their own interests and how those interests are threatened or enriched by factors in the external environment. It also involves their ability to mobilize the material and intellectual resources necessary to act on their environment in a manner that advances their collective interests. – The grounding of the individual in their history and culture, knowledge of the past and present as context in which to make decisions with respect to the future.
- 8. Environmental Awareness • “We believe that if we have nurturing environments, we should also have nurturing people.” Bill Strickland CEO Manchester Bidwell Corporation • “ The environmental crisis is an outward manifestation of a crisis of mind and spirit” Lynton K Caldwell • We also seek to provide hands-on education esp. to young people w.r.t the natural environmental; influencing deeper values and shaping behaviors toward a more environmentally friendly stance
- 9. Our Beliefs Youth Impact Youth • Youth can have the biggest impact on youth. Our role is to provide an environment and a system of positive reinforcements to support those youth who exhibit the right attitudes and values, so that they can influence and impact upon their peers.
- 10. We need your Support! "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke • “One of the problems with the current societal and economic paradigm is that inherently, the world’s best people (and resources) aren’t matched with the world’s biggest problems”. Atiba Phillips