Welcome
Mission Statement
The Neighborhood Enrichment Project’s mission is to partner with communities to facilitate positive growth and wellness by providing innovative solutions to education, youth leadership, and economic development.
Vision
Our vision is to enrich communities by empowering people to reach their fullest potential and achieve success.
Beliefs
We believe that increasing consciousness and exposure in the areas of social, economic, health, career, cultural, and emotional intelligence will create individuals who are catalyst for positive growth and wellness within their community.
Recent News
6/16/2012
The "Intelligent Talks" Series Vol. 2 - "Confronting Fatherhood"
On Saturday June 16th The Neighborhood Enrichment Project's community outreach initiative "Intelligent Talks" continues. Join us as we host a viewing of the powerful movie on Fatherhood, "Courageous". Following the movie will be a panel discussion led by local community leaders and parents. Entire families are welcomed. See our Events Page for more details.
1/2/2012
HIGH Museum of Art Exposure Trip
We took a group of our Bridge Youth Leadership Movement VIP's (Very Intelligent People) to the HIGH Museum to experience the Picasso to Warhol Exhibit. This collection of classic art is on display here in Atlanta about once every two decades and our students were there to experience it. That is what we call "Intelligent Exposures!"
View Pictures Here
1/1/2012
Happy New Year!!
12/7/2011
Check Out Our Latest Video!
Visit the "About Us" page to view our latest video that details the impact of our first initiative, The Bridge Youth Leadership Movement, on our student participants.
10/3/2011
The Bridge Youth Leadership Movement Is Back!
The Bridge Youth Leadership Movement (BYLM) kicked off this week at Hamilton E Holmes Elementary School, Paul D West Middle School, and Tri Cities High School all located in East Point, Georgia. We look forward to all that is to come of this, our first full school year of implemeting the program.
8/27/2011
Check out our new video!
7/18/2011
Mentors Needed!
Hello Supporters,
I hope that you are having an enjoyable summer. As the end of summer nears we are anticipating the start to a new school year, which also signals the start of The Neighborhood Enrichment Project's after school program,The Bridge Youth Leadership Movement (BYLM). After a successful pilot program this past spring we are excited to kick off a full year of BYLM. Our goal is to empower many more BYLM VIP's (Very Intelligent People) this school year, however our capacity to do so will be dependent in how many volunteer facilitators/mentors we can attract.
Volunteer Facilitator/Mentor Roles
- Passion for youth
- A positive, motivating, empowering disposition
- Group mentoring
- Leading small group activities & discussions
We will be hosting a brief Volunteer Recruitment meeting on Wednesday August 17th from 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm & 6:00 - 6:30, location to be determined. Please mark your calendars and inform anyone that you know who may be interested. We are asking our volunteers for a minimum commitment of two days a month at one of our locations below.
Tentative BYLM Schedule
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Mondays 3:00 - 5:00pm @ Hamilton E Holmes Elementary School
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Tuesdays 4:00 - 6:00pm @ Paul D West Middle School
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Wednesdays 4:00 - 6:00pm @ Tri-Cities High School
Come out and help us develop future leaders! Please RSVP by August 10th to kelle@nepinc.org
3/21/11
The Bridge Youth Leadership Movement Has Begun!
We are excited to announce that The Bridge Youth Leadership Movement has begun. We are working with 20 amazing youth VIP's (Very Intelligent People). The youth are from ages 9-14 and they attend school at Hamilton E Holmes elementary and Paul D West middle schools in East Point Georgia. The enrichment of lives and development of leadership has begun!
1/24/11- The Bridge Youth Leadership Movement
On Jan. 24, 2011 we hosted a community meeting at Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary School in East Point, GA to introduce our first initiative, The Bridge Youth Leadership Movement, to community educators and stakeholders. Interest was sparked and the event was a great success!
1/1/11- New Facebook Campaign "Vision 2011"
We launched our new Facebook Fan Page with our "Vision 2011" campaign. The Goal is to attract 2011 "Likes" on our Page this year. Find us on Facebook now!
11/27/2010 - New Website Launch
On 11/27/2010, we launched our new website. We invite you to take a look around the website and tell your friends to come see us too by using our new Spread the Word website tool.