Movement of Youth (MOY) is a youth-centered mentoring organization that empowers diverse students that want to achieve and advance towards a successful life. Targeting only 11 students in 2006, MOY has grown to impact hundreds of middle and high school students annually and is in the process of scaling nationally. MOY exposes students to a number of opportunities, including Leadership Academy, Tea
m Mentoring, College Tours, Summer Enrichment Academy, international travel via the J.U.S.T Global Fellowship, and scholarships through the Tyreic E. Hemphill Memorial Scholarship Fund. Through this dynamic design, participants receive intellectually challenging programming, positive role models to help set long-term aspirations as well as the support required to nurture and fulfill those aspirations. MOY also provides professional development opportunities to college students by empowering them to make a tangible impact on their campuses and in the lives of others by operating local MOY sites. A MOY Site is comprised of a group of highly influential college students (undergraduate) that work together in partnership with teachers, counselors, administrators, and families to ensure all students are college and career ready. MOY aspires to be the nation’s leading movement for young people to disrupt the status quo and build a safer, smarter, more socially conscious world. Our investment in diverse students today is an investment in America’s future.
