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Youth Business Initiative
Mission
YBI is committed to empowering underprivileged youth with workforce readiness & business development skills for community development.
YBI’s vision is for all communities to be inclusive, stronger, and well-connected for the benefit of every child.
Program
YBI advances its mission with workforce readiness and business development program initiatives that serve high school students interested in Economics for Youth.
History
Dajuan Wiggins is the Founder of the Youth Business Initiative (YBI). Inspired by the spirit of collaboration + entrepreneurship of the black Americans in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dajuan sought to apply their success within his local community in Norwalk, Connecticut.
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ABOUT YOUTH BUSINESS INITIATIVE
Our History
Dajuan Wiggins is the Founder of the Youth Business Initiative (YBI). Inspired by the spirit of collaboration + entrepreneurship of the black Americans in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dajuan sought to apply their success within his local community in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Knowing that Black Wall Street became an incredibly successful commercial district through black Americans pooling resources and investing in their community, Mr. Wiggins began to talk to business owners in Norwalk as well as youth living in his community to see how he could be part of the solution to close the opportunity gap and also increase the number of small businesses owned by BIPOC.
Mission
YBI is committed to empowering underprivileged youth with workforce readiness & business development skills for community development.
YBI’s vision is for all communities to be inclusive, stronger, and well-connected for the benefit of every child.
Priorities – Children, Youth
Priority topics – Workforce Readiness, Financial Literacy, Business Development, Entrepreneurship
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Workforce Development Program
Youth Impact
YBI Newsletter
Starting Date: June , 2024
Workforce Development Program
YBI’s Workforce Development program shapes the lives of Fairfield County’s next generation of leaders from disadvantaged backgrounds with the opportunity to learn professional business etiquette, job skills, resume and career building.
Students develop a deeper understanding about the process of developing, obtaining, and maintaining the daily functions in a workplace.
Now also located in Stamford. Partnered with C.O.R.N.E.R.S Community.
Programs
Youth Impact
YBI’s programs creates positive youth development change in Urban communities.
YBI students change the culture, and their own attitude towards their business potential.
1) OBTAINS their own financial security without the involvement of criminal related activities
2) GAINS a system of support within their field of interest
3) POSITIVELY INVESTS in their community as future business leaders.
Learn. Build. Grow
YBI Newsletter
YBI’s Learn. Build. Grow. newsletter announces program highlights, impacts, and upcoming events that increase the communities level of engagement while offering a creative space for YBI youth to cultivate ideas.
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YBI is committed to empowering underprivileged youth with workforce readiness & business development skills for community development.
