Unified Progress International Education Inc

As Consultant, UPI established cohesion between Southside community members and local leadership by using a Temperament Sorter, entitled True Colors, that was designed to determine each participants, Awareness about personality types by color orientation and to validate the need and importance of respecting everyones input to the session. The shared acceptance and application of this technique set the stage for an effective Focus session that produced exciting and meaningful cross- generational dialogue. The primary Objective was to create structured activities that would lead to the recruitment of new members and potential leaders to share in this venerable process and to take ownership in improving some of the conditions of this impoverished community.

The UPI Education "Train the Trainer” sessions engaged prospective UPI Facilitators in a series of workshops that exposed them to the overall UPI Mission, Curriculum and group development dynamics necessary to implement the UPI Life Skills Solutions™ program at local public and charter schools. Our goal was to maximize the experience and competence of each Trainee by increasing their general awareness about the gradual shifting in the social and public service paradigm from "Youth at Risk” to the new millennium paradigm of "Youth Development Continuum”. Where the ‘At Risk’ philosophy emphasizes a young person’s vulnerability to social deprivation i.e. Domestic & Gang Violence, Drug Abuse, Premature Sexual Involvement, Teen Pregnancy and Poverty-Criminal Habituation as ‘Human Deficits’ we recognize that all Young People possess latent ‘Human Assets’ that when nurtured and mentored through the individual and collective efforts of parents and caring adults, it provides opportunities for Youth & Teens to empower themselves.

Unified Progress International (UPI) Education effectively implemented a 20-week, Life Skill Solutions™ Character Education and Leadership Training program, for the entire 6th grade at Cloves Campbell Sr. Elementary School (Phoenix, AZ). Arizona State University partnered with UPI on this project providing video filming and editing expertise.
UPI facilitated five (5) classes of sixth graders combining for a total of 75 students {Approximately (15) students per class}. Class time consisted of forty-five (45) minutes for each normal school week; over a 20-week period during normal school hours.

- UPI was invited by, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Washington office) and TV Host Steve Harvey, to provide a UPI Life Skills Solutions™ seminar for single Mothers during a 3-Day Steve Harvey "Minority Male and their Single Mom’s” Symposium, held on Steve Harvey’s ranch in Little Elm, TX.

UPI will conduct a 5.5 week Summer Teen Leadership Camp in Partnership with Arizona State University; the Carver Museum of Phoenix; and the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department i.e. (Project Brave) (Harmon Park Recreation Center) and (Camp Colley). Teens age, 13-18 and three generations of adults (ages 25-30, 40-50 and 55-70) participated.

We conducted a one-day seminar in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday and President Obama's call for action re. My Brother's Keeper. The seminar was free to the public and included poetry, readings from key speeches made by Dr. King and spiritual song selections as provided by a local choir.

This 8 week summer camp was designed to teach leadership skills to male teens (14-18 years of age). The program was based upon 10 Principals of Leadership. UPI's U-Team members conducted the training along with prominent members from the community who provided TED-Talk like sessions relative to the related topic and their personal life and work experiences. The program culminated with a graduation ceremony for parents, family and friends co-sponsored by Maricopa Community Colleges.

STEM education provides a unique opportunity for Arizona to tackle an unemployment problem that threatens the state's future economy viability. The Komputer Kids STEM Locomotion Summer Camp, held on six consecutive Saturdays from June 24 to August 5th, 2017, at the Arizona State University, Lattie F. Coor Hall in Tempe, Arizona, engaged, educated and excited 116 students (2nd-11th grades) about STEM careers. This camp differs from most, in that our students learn how to Design and Code, instead of just Drag and Drop. Our methodology focuses on teaching skills that enhance logic, critical thinking and problem solving, while teaching students to write basic computer programs from scratch. The workshops were hosted by three local nonprofits-- KomputerED Tools, UPI Education, and Linking Sports & Communities (LSC).

Pilot program - training senior managers from A New Leaf, Mesa Arizona. Training was designed to help the managers in their work with Foster youth.