Youth Revive provides character and civic education to help close the civic empowerment gap for youth in low-income communities.
Our Mission
Youth Revive provides character and civic education to help close the civic empowerment gap for youth in low-income communities.
In September 2015, Founding Executive Director, Adrian McConnell, launched the Ignite Me Program which is now known as the Ignite Me Action Civics Curriculum.
What We Do
Our Programs
Ignite Me in Schools
Youth Revive provides character and civic education in schools to help close the civic empowerment gap for youth in low-income communities.
Community Action Project Day
Youth Revive’s Community Action Project (C.A.P.) Day is like a science fair! C.A.P. Day is the capstone for students participating in our semester long Ignite Me Program.
Civic Saturday
Youth Revive is partnering with Citizen University to host Civic Saturday, a faith gathering designed to bring us together to practice civic discourse and community.
Overtime, our mission has shifted yet we still believe the Christian church is a staple within the community and should seek programs to empower students through the greatest mission field available – a school campus.
Our Vision
We envision a country full of character-driven youth working to reconnect, rebuild, and revive communities.
“I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
Isaiah 57:15
What We Believe
Our Core VAlues
Community
We believe that a student’s community should contribute to their character and civic education and foster opportunities for them to rebuild, reconnect, and revitalize communities.
Character
We believe that character education is an essential component of a student’s success, both for the transformation of their community and society.
Civics
We believe that through action civics, we can close the “civic empowerment gap” and students can address the disparities in civic knowledge, motivation, skills, and deposition between low-income minority youth and wealthier white youth.
Church
We believe the Christian church is a staple within the community and should seek programs such as Ignite Me to empower students through the greatest mission field available – a school campus.
Collaboration
We believe that collaboration with public, private, and government organizations is essential to equipping and propelling students to become the agents of change in their school community, local community, and the broader world.