A Black Ownership Ecosystem and Pathway for High School Students
We build the capacity of high school students to develop towards an ownership mindset, financial freedom and owning wealth-generating businesses and social enterprises - as investment in themselves and their respective post-secondary futures.
Ownership Ideas Festival
It all begins with belief in our young people, an idea, and a powerful ecosystem filled with resources and support. Then, we experience what is truly possible. We weave rigorous traditional and experiential learning to center Black student experiences in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, investment, social capital, and self-discovery of their identity, passion and purpose through our credit-bearing elective course and related support system. Watch to learn more and get inspired!
Ownership students graduate with a venture of their creation, their own savings and investment capital, and an ownership mindset that transforms their post-secondary options.
Transforming the Post-Secondary Pathway
We focus on helping students starting in their junior year of high school because we believe that it's never too early to start thinking about their future and what they want to do after high school. There are many different opportunities for wealth creation, and we want to help them find the best path for themselves. Ownership Is The Future students graduate having created their own business or organization, with an investment portfolio and an ownership mindset that will serve them through their college years and beyond.
Asset-Based Ownership & Financial Empowerment
We take an asset-based approach and focus on building on the assets and strengths of our students. With so much untapped potential in our communities and families, we want to make sure that our students have the opportunity to develop their skills and talents into businesses and organizations that can create an expanded definition of wealth for themselves, their families, and their communities. And, we go a step further to support our students in applying themselves toward real ventures with impact, scale and financial return that serve them in every aspect of their lives.
Investor Mentors
Investor Mentors are the engine behind our transformational mission for students to create true Ownership. They play a dual role of both an investor and mentor for students, providing powerful experiences, expertise and exposure. The goal is to shift students' perceptions of the world and their place in it by creating an intentional ecosystem focused on students’ ability to create and invest toward on their respective Ownership paths. Investor Mentors are excited to support and invest in students given how hard they have fought for their own Ownership journeys.
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