Students develop:

1. Positive cultural identities via research about the Black experience of local Portland elders as well as workshops with historian, Dr. Khalid El-Hakim, founder of the Black History Mobile Museum

2. Personal responsibility, critical thinking, and the leadership skills needed to become social change agents.

3. Planning skills, organization habits, and financial literacy taught by Black financial groups, in addition to Black philanthropic awareness

4. Power analysis techniques as they examine systems and the built environment to understate how it works to oppress “the other”.

Outcomes show significant increases in:

1. Cultural knowledge and cultural pride,

2. Functional knowledge of personal planning and community organizing methods,

3. Enhance academic performance, by creating a new education model that is centered on youth voice, participation, and craftsmanship

4. Students will take part in school leadership, community service projects while helping Black elders, and civic engagement opportunities with local and state government agencies.