The urgency to improve education for our children is obvious based on the current condition of the majority of youth in today’s society and the lack of promise in their tomorrows.

UniTee Design is dedicated to finding better ways to better engage and teach our youth “by any means necessary”. Thus, we are constantly seeking out new and existing educational or enrichment programs that are making a difference in the lives of our young generation.

Here are some of the initiatives we currently fund or support:

F.A.M.E. (fashion, art, music and education) live events not only engage a community to get involved in actively bettering our children, but the F.A.M.E. after-school program is helping students improve their grades to create more academic achievers. Click here to watch video.

"I Can Do Anything
Youth Professional Development"

Historical Inspirations (www.historicalinspirations.net) and UniTee Design have introduced a new educational program for African American youth called “I Can Do Anything”. This powerful curriculum features famous African Americans who have excelled in various professions to give African American children a practical introduction to potential career choices and a greater knowledge of the historical achievements and successes of those who have come before them.

The “I Can Do Anything” program helps youth examine various career options and opportunities by demonstrating the significant achievements that well-known African Americans have made in mathematics, architecture, science, law and entrepreneurship.

Offered in various formats from a 90-minute presentation to a half-day workshop, the “I Can Do Anything” program gives students insight into the careers of Reginald Lewis and Madame C.J. Walker (entrepreneurship); Imhotep and Benjamin Banneker (mathematics); George Washington Carver (science); Thurgood Marshall (law); and, Charles Drew and Daniel Hale Williams (medicine).  The great pyramids are also explored to introduce children to the field of architecture.

 “The I Can Do Anything” program is available to schools, cultural institutions, churches, and youth and community service groups.  For more information, call
Carolyn Mattocks at 443-326-7191.

UniTee Design has developed an engaging
teen entrepreneurial program to empower our young men and women with a strong understanding of business and marketing principles.  The goal of this curriculum is to teach important professional, social and business skills to students, and better prepare them for the real “working” world. This program will be launched in 21 Detroit junior high and high schools the first quarter of 2009.

A self-defense and safety awareness program developed in cooperation with The Detroit Threat Management Center helps school-aged children feel more assured and able to protect themselves in their communities by gaining the skills and strategic thinking needed to do so, while fostering self-discipline and respect.

The Model Student Fashion Career Development Program introduces the world of fashion to schools via instructional photography, videography, fashion design, modeling and hair and make-up styling. The program is also structured to reinforce overall academic performance.

Public Art Workz is a summer camp that teaches creative arts and merchandising to inner-city youth. UDI and BlightBusters (a Detroit-based not-for-profit organization) are organizing a major fundraiser in June 2008, featuring Motown recording artists, The Miracles and The Contours, to support this important program.

UDI continues to build alliances with individuals and groups who are making a difference in the lives of our people and youth throughout the country including:

The Single Parent Resource Center
Tell Us Detroit
The Hip Hop Congress
Children and Youth Prevention Services
The African American Music Association
The National Black Graduate Student Association
The Sataye Group
The Fashion Guru Agency
Off Da Block Entertainment
The Black Star Project
The Million Father March
Project 2019
Business Management Consortium (Global BMC)
The Temple of Hip Hop
The Youth Leadership Program
The International Men of Excellence
Sandbox TV, Inc.
Youth in Transition
Michigan Department of Human Services
Welcome To Harlem
Hustle University
Montaj Enterprises
Detroit Youth March
Motor City Blight Busters
Public Art Workz
Uplifting Hearts, Minds, Souls

We are always involved in the communities we serve and beyond through our participation in a number of music, fashion, charity, community and spoken word events. Through these events, we are, indeed, working together to uplift our youth. If you'd like to participate in these events. please sign up for our newsletter, email or call us.

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