Thank you Donna Briggs

Thank you Donna Briggs!

Itโ€™s been a very busy day at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Miami. Thank you Donna Briggs for sharing my journey to freedom from emotional incarceration with your audience.ย #CryLikeAMan#NABJ19

 

4 Tips That Will Support Both Students And Parents As Our Children Return To School!

August 20, 2022

Parents! Did you see Mr. Ronโ€™s tips for getting ready to go back-to-school? ๐Ÿค” If not, here are those tips again – you never know whoโ€™s going to need them! ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง…

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The Skillman Foundation

August 19, 2022

The Yunion would like to shoutout and thank the The Skillman Foundation for a ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐˜๐„๐€๐‘ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ to support The Cave of Adullam! ๐ŸŽ‰โฃ โฃ This transformational training academy is for the young men of the Metro Detroit area. ๐Ÿ’ชโฃ โฃ After joining this program,…

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Wellness Wednesdays – Trauma-Informed Parent Training | Facilitated by Dinah Beasley

August 18, 2022

“Is Back-To- School Traumatic?”

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Is Back-to-School Traumatic?

August 17, 2022

Parents, ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐—ช๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ #WellnessWednesday! ๐ŸŒฑโฃโฃ โฃโฃ This week, we’ll be addressing โ€œIs Back-to-School Traumatic?โ€ with Dr. Shantalea Johns, Ed.D., LMSWโฃโฃ. โฃโฃ Think you or your family would be interested? Click the link in the bio to register for the live ๐˜๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜Œ…

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4 Tips That Will Support Both Student and Parents

August 16, 2022

Parents! Can you believe itโ€™s almost (for some of you itโ€™s already) back to school time?! โœ๏ธ โฃ โฃ Prepping for school usually includes shopping for supplies, a new backpack, and maybe something special to wear on that first day of school. ๐˜‰๐˜œ๐˜›, it should…

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The Jacob Family Foundation!

August 12, 2022

The Yunion would like to give a ๐˜๐˜œ๐˜Ž๐˜Œ thank you to The Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Foundation for their ๐˜Ž๐˜Œ๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜–๐˜œ๐˜š ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ for our Keys 2 Life Performing Arts Program! ๐ŸŽ‰โฃ โฃ The resources provided by The Jacob Family Foundation will allow us…

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Today’s Tip

August 10, 2022

Parents, if we are being honest with ourselves, we canโ€™t control our children. ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ.โฃ โฃ When we try to control our kids, we take away their autonomy. When they are away…

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Just Be A real One

August 9, 2022

“๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ.”โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ”นParents, you don’t have to be perfect. Your child just needs you to be honest and authentic. As parents, it’s ok to give ourselves the green light to make…

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Battle Cry

August 5, 2022

The Yunion had the ๐˜ˆ๐˜ž๐˜Œ๐˜š๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ opportunity to partner with @thelawnacademy for a book gathering! ๐Ÿ™Œโฃ โฃ Our CEO and Founder @mrjasonwilson was humbled and honored to speak to a group of The Lawn Academyโ€™s students to discuss his book, ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜บ.โฃ โฃ As you can…

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Our Top 4 Different Factors That Can Affect Your Childโ€™s Self-Esteem

August 3, 2022

Parents, when our children feel confident and secure, they’re more likely to succeed in life and achieve their goals. More importantly, having a positive self-image helps a child feel happy! ๐Ÿ™Œโฃโฃ โฃโฃ There are many different factors that can affect your childโ€™s self-esteem, but here…

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Operations Coordinator, Keri Wallace!โฃโฃโฃโฃ

August 2, 2022

Who wants to meet them team behind The Yunion?! โฃ โฃ Weโ€™re introducing you to Keri Wallace, our Operations Coordinator! ๐Ÿ™Œโฃ โฃ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด/๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ…

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Last Day Of Our Keys 2 Life Summer Camp!

July 29, 2022

๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐Ÿธ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ! ๐ŸŽ‰โฃ โฃ And man – did the campers have fun. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™Œ โฃ Theyโ€™ve been learning life skills, technical skills for the performing arts, and recording for their films for the very last project! โฃ…

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Keys 2 Life Field Day (Last Day of Camp)

July 28, 2022

Keys 2 Life Field Day (Last Day of Camp)

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Wellness Wednesdays – Mental Health Awareness Training

July 28, 2022
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STEM Drone Program

July 27, 2022

Did you know The Yunion partnered with Immerse and now offers a STEM Drone Program?!๐Ÿ‘‡ Last school year as a part of our Work Force Development program we had 45 students participating through the Introductory and Advanced Apprenticeship programs held at Detroit PAL and two…

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Annual Staff Appreciation Event!

July 22, 2022

Last week, we had the privilege of hosting our annual Staff Appreciation Event! ๐ŸŽ‰ Our staff and their families joined us at Tree Runner Adventure park, where we had a blast climbing trees, zip lining, eating yummy food, and just having a good time! Here…

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