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Members of Urban Underground have access to a variety of opportunities designed to build knowledge, and transferable skills for college, careers, and life-long leadership.
YOUTH ORGANIZING MILWAUKEE (YO Milwaukee) This program provides an opportunity for teens from different backgrounds to come together and address critical community issues. Members learn how to identify problems, research solutions, mobilize peers, and work for collective improvements in their schools and neighborhoods. If you are interested in law, politics, or simply working for justice this program is for you!
REEL This program is designed for youth to explore, understand, and transform their world through media. Members receive access, training, and support to express themselves using video, photography, print, audio, and web-based social marketing. If you are an aspiring producer, director, editor, journalist, or social networking genius this program is for you!
ON RAMP ON RAMP is an independent program established to increase diversity in the creative industry. ON RAMP brings creative organizations and teens together to expose them to the breadth of jobs in the creative industry and inspire them to pursue careers in interactive media and design. Urban Underground is a host site for the 2010 ON RAMP program. For more info about ON RAMP visit www.onrampmke.org
BROTHERS & SISTERS UNITED Brothers United and Sisters United are two separate programs designed for young men and young women to discuss and address issues specific to their development as young women and young men.
WORKSHOPS Workshops are held on a weekly basis and are open to members and their guests. Facilitated by Urban Underground staff, workshops focus on a range of topics including: leadership, financial literacy, job skills, preparing for college, goal setting, effective communication, character development, anti-oppression training, histories of social movements, anger management, conflict resolution, drug & alcohol abuse prevention, teen domestic violence, faith & healing, self-advocacy, and more. Please visit the "events" page for schedule of workshops. You must be a member or be invited by a member to participate.
FUN FRIDAYS Anyone that has ever been apart of Urban Underground will tell you that we know how to have FUN! Fun Friday's are held the First Friday of every month. Events are planned by members for members. Previous Fun Fridays have included bowling, skating, a movie, dinner, a concert, theatrical performance, open mic, and more.
TRUE SKOOL True Skool is an independent organization located inside the Urban Underground Youth Empowerment Center. True Skool uses cultural arts to promote positive social change in the community. They offer classes in music production, DJ'ing, MC'ing, dance, community beautification, and Hip Hop culture. Members of Urban Underground are automatically eligible to participate in all True Skool programming. For more info on True Skool visit: www.trueskool.org
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