Marco Gutierrez - Best of Show
E4 Youth fosters Double Bottom Line Ventures that help youth apply their skills while adding value to local businesses and non-profits.
Hoover and E4 Mentors
Local entrepreneur Hoover Alexander partnered with the Media Communications Council to employ local youth and their mentors in mechanical engineering and biology as they developed an irrigation system for the Greater Mount Zion Soular Food Garden. The garden serves as community gathering place where neighbors can learn about healthy lifestyles and entrepreneurship!
E4 Youth is based on the guiding principles of Engagement, Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship for youth. An outgrowth of a partnership between the Media Communications Council (MCC) and the University of Texas Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium, E4 Youth fosters high achievement by building teams of business leaders, paid graduate and undergraduate mentors and youth that focus on capacity building enrichment projects that drive economic growth while solving real problems in the community.
Over the past 3 years, the Media Communications Council (MCC) has taken a leadership role on the issues of diversity, education and empowerment in Central Texas. In addressing these issues, the MCC has developed a number of innovative approaches and programs including the social learning platform Media Xperiments, the Show Your Reel portfolio contest, and the intensive mentoring and college readiness program It Could Be U. Throughout the implementation of all of these activities, media and exposure to media related careers has played a key role in driving engagement and grass roots support from all parts of the community.
Now, having cemented relationships with the University of Texas at Austin and the Austin Independent School District among others to serve as partners, the MCC has a comprehensive media driven approach that addresses key educational pipeline issues not only for under-served students interested in media careers but virtually any career path. This approach, which we call E4 Youth, takes students through the sequence of Engagement, Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship as they explore careers, build portfolios and contribute to a culture of achievement.
The 2012 Portfolio Award Best Of… Marco Gutierrez – Best of Show – Graphic Design – Pflugerville High School Nijalon Dunn – Songwriting – John H. Reagan High School – raised money with Reagan High School classmates to fund a trip to Africa, and shot a hip hop music video while there Barbara Echevarria – [...]
Read moreE4 Youth Peer Mentor, Christian Nelson just found out some amazing news. His short film Phoebe & Jay has made into the Cannes Film Festival in France! Christian started with E4 Youth four years ago as a junior in high school. He’s always been a gifted artist able to seamlessly move from acting, writing and [...]
Read moreNehemiah Pitts III serves on the E4 Youth Advisory Board, working with community business partners and Austin-area school systems to take youth through the sequence of Engagement, Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship. Combining 20+ years of experience across assorted industries with a genuine passion for education and community, Nehemiah applies his past experience with assorted development [...]
Read moreI ran across this excerpt from one my mentors, David Frias, that I met 4 years ago as he was a teenager searching for a path forward. He posted a screenshot himself on TV from a newscast we did last year and it was interesting to hear him describe what he does as his “job”. [...]
Read moreFor five years Ms. Jackson has been the leader of the Eastside Memorial Glamour Girls, a flag and dance troupe. She is also an educator, talented gospel singer, a plus size model, and a fantastic cook. Ms. Jackson loves her students and only accepts the best from them. She is a mother, teacher, and friend to the girls [...]
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