At BYE Institute our mission is to empower Black, Brown, and underserved youth and their families by providing an avenue for training and resources that will enable them to:
Address social inequalities
Establish anti-racist practices and policies
Abolish barriers to education and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline
Utilize restorative justice practices as a way to address conflict
Increase personal, mental, social, and financial well-being
Promote communal development
Our work is driven by fostering an environment that allows for:
- Innovative thinking and action
- Diversity and collaboration
- Space to address social inequalities while striving for equity
- Room for discomfort as we strive for growth
- The highest standards of honesty, transparency, and respect.
Through this work we hope:
To radically shift the paradigm for valuing Black and Brown communities and livelihood with the reduction of disenfranchisement and the promotion of Black/Brown enterprise and prosperity.