WIRE Youth Development Program

04/17/2025

We’re Almost There!

We’ve raised over $9,000 toward our $10,000 goal, and we’re not done yet. Every dollar helps us provide mentorship, education, and empowerment for justice-impacted youth in our community.

$50 provides a month of educational materials.
$150 covers a month of mentorship.
$500 funds a community-building workshop.
$2,500 supports one year of programming for 5 youth.

Every donation counts, and our campaign ends tonight at midnight! Please help us make a real impact and create a future where all young people can thrive.

Let's Finish Strong, Broncos!

09/05/2024

Happy Thursday!

Here is our book recommendation: Belonging without Othering by Johnn A. Powell and Stephen Menendian

Belonging without Othering prescribes a new approach that encourages us to turn toward one another in unprecedented and radical ways. The pressures that separate us have a common root: our tendency to cast people and groups in irreconcilable terms – or the process of "othering."

Brimming with clear guidance, sparkling insights, and specific examples and practices, Belonging without Othering is a future-oriented exploration that ushers us in a more hopeful direction. The authors argue that we must build institutions, cultivate practices, and orient ourselves toward a shared future, not only to heal ourselves but perhaps to save our planet as well.

If you read it let us know what you think in the comments! Purchase on Amazon.

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04/18/2024

Thank you to everyone who supported the Lewis Walker Institute for Giving Day!

If you missed Giving Day, there is still an opportunity to donate to the Lewis Walker Institute at:
https://secure.wmualumni.org/s/giving

04/18/2024

Time for the final push! Your support of the Lewis Walker Institute during Giving Day will allow us to continue our youth development work while providing space for current WMU students to gain practical experience by engaging with youth across various content areas and environments.

https://wmualumni.donordrive.com/camp.../LWIchangingtheworld

04/17/2024

Support our WIRE Youth Programs. For youth in Grades 3-8, we host an annual WIRE Summer Science and Math Camp during the summer and a subsequent Saturday Academy during the academic year to prevent the summer slide and provide WIRE students with increased access to math and science skills and content.

https://wmualumni.donordrive.com/camp.../LWIchangingtheworld

04/17/2024

Support our Youth Juvenile Justice Fellows program, open to youth ages 11-22 impacted by the justice system or seeking to become allies. The program promotes advocacy, leadership, and organizing skills to young people seeking to impact the juvenile justice system in our community, state, and nation.


https://wmualumni.donordrive.com/camp.../LWIchangingtheworld

04/17/2024

WMU Giving Day starts now! Help us reach our goal of $5000 to support research, teaching, and service! Let's see what a day can make!

https://wmualumni.donordrive.com/camp.../LWIchangingtheworld

04/16/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Wallace and the Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations team for being recipients of the first cohort of the Experience-Driven Learning Venture Grant as they continue the institute's mission of teaching, research, and service mission.

04/15/2024

Rana el Kaliouby is an Egyptian-American computer scientist, AI thought leader, angel investor, and entrepreneur working to humanize technology. She served as Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva, an MIT Media Lab spin-off, before Smart Eye acquired it, the global leader in Human Insight AI, of which she is now Deputy CEO. el Kaliouby is also an executive fellow at the Harvard Business School and author of Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology.

To learn more about Rana el Kaliouby, visit: https://ranaelkaliouby.com/

Source: medium.com

04/13/2024

The Lewis Walker Institute and the Youth Juvenile Justice Fellows would thank everyone for joining us for our annual DINE 4 JUSTICE Fundraising event! We are all genuinely appreciative of your support. We would also like to thank Chad Houser, the Momentum Advisory Collective, and the Cafe Momentum Ambassadors for sharing their stories.

Mark your calendars, Save the Date for next year's
DINE 4 JUSTICE on April 6, 2025!

03/15/2024