Initiatives
- To foster positve influence, character-development, optimism, leadership and cultural diversity through individual and group mentorship to mobilize and empower at-risk and affluent youth audiences for individual wellness and to strengthen our local and global communites.
- Developing and strengthening youth talents and abilities through vocational skills, sports and arts & culture to cultivate innate and learned abilities, creativity and positive expression for individual wellness.
- To increase the overall student scholastic aptitude and academic performance and improve the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) scores that directly correlate to the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on a local and national level; while supporting the "Race to the Top" United States national initiative to promote student and school academic excellence through innovative and educational challenges that promote critical-thinking skills, literacy, numeracy and positive social skills.
- Strengthening youth global awareness and community development through local and global community service projects, exchange and interaction to broaden youth and adult perspectives on social, economics and cultural diversity matters while bridging the social divide amongst youth and communities globally.
- Advocacy of youth humanitarian efforts, community service and "Giving Back" to our local and global communites.
- Strengthening the awareness of health related issues (Childhood Obesity, HIV/AIDs, STD's etc.) for individual wellness in communities and schools where we serve. GCP supports the United States national initiative "Let's Move" to decrease childhood obesity. (www.letsmove.org)
Initiatives for Africa (Millenium Development Goals (MDG) and Asia
- Eradicate student truancy, provide basic education and vocational skills to school age students that desire an education regardless of race, creed, color or gender for a brighter future.
- Strengthening youth and communities through Health Awareness and Disease Prevention Programs and Services (including HIV/AIDs, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Cholera, Guinea Worms, Hepatitis and Oral Hygiene).
- Providing poverty alleviation programs and services.
VISIT OUR PROGRAMS PAGE to learn about the programs that are addressing these initiatives.