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Building Bridges & Empowering Lives!

As a rose emerging from a concrete jungle, Prevail Institute is a charitable organization committed to standards of excellence with an agenda to affect positive change in broken communities abroad regardless of resistance, the hurdles, the pitfalls, the naysayers, and the dares.

09/19/2026

HUGE NEWS!

Please join us in giving a massive, warm welcome to the amazing Victor Collins of Vickmont Films, the visionary Black film producer behind multiple iconic independent films and more than a thousand relevant Hip-Hop videos filmed across the 🌎. This young legend have more than a million followers & subscribers across all social media platforms.

Vickmont Films is officially joining MiZunderstood: The Symposium -- Sunday, 9/20/26 from 5-8pm @ the gorgeous Forward Community Hub (4212 N. Illinois St - Swansea, IL). 💯 My guy will be connecting directly with our urban youth to inspire, to mentor, to encourage. This is a rare, incredible opportunity for the young generation.

2gether we can change the narrative; 2gether we can break barriers!

Drop a comment below to welcome Vickmont Films to the family. 👇

09/19/2026

Ready 2b lifted?🚀 Thirsty 4 great dialogue? Eager 2 hear da good news? Wanna get 2 da bag?💰Well, please join us for a powerful experience, another blast-off 💥 session of MiZunderstood: The Symposium.

Seriously can't afford 2 miss this 1! That said, meet our featured panelists:

1. Kyra L Patton - Policy Doula, Co-Founder of Dad's to Doula, recent guest on the Jennifer Hudson Show, and PhD candidate at Wash U.

2. Rennell Parker-Sr Parker, Sr. - US Navy veteran, author, profound public speaker, master poet, actor, and founder of Parker Group, LLC.

3. Pastor Larita Rice-Barnes - multifaceted faith leader, global strategist, and Executive Director of the Metro East Organizing Coalition.

4. Shannon Johnson - Director of Strategic Partnerships, Slate, motivational speaker, and President-elect of MAWD.

5. Opening Remarks by Juard M. Barnes - grand mentor, military veteran, Principal/Founder of The Rehoboth Project.

Let's come 2gether to support, empower, & uplift our youth. See u there!❣️ Please share and be sure to drop off your boys.

When: Sunday: 9/20/26
Where: 4212 N. Illinois St - Swansea, IL
Time: 5pm - 8pm
Admission: Free

05/22/2026

Hey, let's give our panelists and guest speaker a huge round of applause for doing such an amazing job at MiZunderstood: The Symposium (Part 1). You would have had to be present to witness the magic from both the audience and panel.

05/21/2026

Dear Brothers:

MiZunderstood: The Symposium (Part 1) was absolutely phenomenal, deeply soul-stirring, a heart-touching moment on the grandest scale.

The panelists and Pastor J.C. Williams dropped knowledge 💣s like F-22 Raptors dominating enemy lines.

It's up! The narrative is being changed. Catch us for Part 2 at Venice Rec Center: Sunday, June 14, 2026.

05/10/2026

05/04/2026

Dear Brothers:

At some point we have to collectively stop pointing fingers 👉 and honestly examine the man in the mirror.

Join us for one of the most compelling symposiums to ever surface on the East Side of the river. Lives will be touched! will heal the hurt! will be discovered!

The panel of great men characteristic of this symposium are dedicated to making a difference, devoted to the principles of iron sharpens iron, and committed to developing and sharing solutions that matter.

When: Sunday, 5/17/26
Time: 5pm - 7:30pm
Where: Forward Community Hub
(4212 N Illinois St - Swansea, IL)
Admission: Free

05/01/2026

Dear Black Men & Boys:

It's Time to Heal. We carry the weight of the world, often in silence. But strength isn't about how much pain we can take. It's about how we rise as a collective. Join us for a powerful symposium dedicated to reclaiming our peace, dismantling trauma, and building a brotherhood of wellness.

You deserve space to breathe. So come as you are and leave stronger, wiser, and inspired.

Drop a note in the comments if attending. This is a game changer!!!

Address

4212 N Illinois Street
Swansea, IL
62226

Telephone

(253) 517-0012

Website

http://www.prevailinstituteffc.org/

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