Empower Youth to Build Capacity, Foster Self-Confidence, and Connect with Career Opportunities
Focus on youth developing their brightest future through individualized 21st Century Workforce skill development, personal exploration, group adventure programs.
Next-level skills for building leaders including communities of shared-interests, financial literacy training, and recreational programs.
Individual and group service projects culminating in a large group initiative followed by an expeditionary retreat that offers a peak experience for Youth Promise participants.
The program is about equipping our youth with the skills needed for a promising future and fulfilling the promises we, at Project Imo, make to nurture their growth and development.
Through empowering activities and leadership opportunities, we embed community connections in all our programming, encouraging our youth to lead and give back. Our unique approach emphasizes career development and community enhancement, fostering an environment where every individual can discover their power and purpose.
We challenge youth to explore career potential in:
We often hear about “social-emotional learning” or “21st Century workforce skills”. At Project Imo we view these as new terms for deeply rooted human skills that people have used for countless millennia to survive and thrive.
Our programs focus on core skills that help a person successfully integrate their own vision into that of their community in respectful, committed, and socially responsible ways.
These skills are the foundation of not just a successful career, but also living in a successful community. These skills include self and social awareness, communication and storytelling, planning and reflection, work ethic and taking initiative, persistence and grit, hopefulness and vision-sharing, and so many more.
Develop your power
Build your skills
Connect with your network
Immersive and fun afterschool leadership and career development workshop series.
Twice per month from February through May of 2024 at Project Imo’s “Basecamp” Teen Center in Willimantic, CT.
This workshop series is sponsored by NAFI CT and Project Imo.
Participants completing the series will receive a stipend of $100.00 for career and/or higher education related items that will further goals they set during the program. Successful program graduates will be able to add a strong line to their resumes and college applications.
We can shape each experience to the specific group for the Youth Promise Initiative
The content below serves as a representative example of a potential program assessment
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