A lot can happen in 20 years.
Growth. Change. Transition.
In UrbanPromise Charlotte’s 20-year journey with our students and families, we are committed to walking alongside our students through the stages of life and milestones experienced as they grow up.
Axel, 2015
Our vision at UrbanPromise is three-fold: Reach a Child. Raise a Leader. Restore Community. For us to walk through each piece of our vision, we commit to the growing pains, celebrations, and transitions that come with seeing a 20-year vision come to life.
For Axel, a 9th grade StreetLeader at our South Blvd site, he has already witnessed 9 years of the leadership journey.
UrbanPromise Charlotte first started in 2013 and there are only a handful of students who have been here since day 1. We call them our O.G. campers – and Axel Andres is one of them. Axel first joined as a kindergartener and is now a Junior StreetLeader!
Axel with a group of campers, 2015
During the time he’s been at UrbanPromise, Axel has experienced transition in many ways. He experienced UrbanPromise from elementary to high school. He’s seen mentors and leaders close to him move or graduate. He’s seen UrbanPromise grow from a group of six students on the first day to an organization that serves 300 students at four locations!
Axel was at UrbanPromise when he transitioned from elementary school to middle school and then from middle school to high school. Each time, there were major changes and Axel remembers some of the challenges that came from each transition. That’s because transitions require growth.
Transitioning into middle school, he realized quickly he had to bring an end to some of his elementary ways of being energetic and playful and take steps towards managing his emotions with the support of leaders that cared about him at UrbanPromise.