Urban Ed

Urban Ed

Urban Ed, Inc., is a community development organization whose mission is to provide education, information and skill development to low-income people of color to foster economic independence. The organization carries out its mission by focusing on advanced training in employment sectors that offer jobs with stability, mobility, and above-average wages. We also advocate for and organize people to change and/or remove common institutional barriers to their gaining financial independence. Urban Ed's current focus is within the technology sector and we are implementing our Pathways to Prosperity initiative which consist of employment strategies that provide intensive advanced training in computer programming to low- to no-income youth and young adults ranging in age from 13 and up. Our programs serve as the catalyst for systematic change among the segment of the population that has been disenfranchised due to their low income levels, their academic performance, their race and in some cases their delinquent background. We promote leadership, academic performance, and workforce preparation to enable these underserved youth to be competitive members of society and challenge the status quo