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.
10 Austin area students participating in the E4 Youth Portfolio Contest will be chaperoned by professionals from local advertising agency McGarrah Jessee as they seek out mentors at the Austin ADDY Awards Thursday, February 9, 2012 6:30pm. These students along with more than 100 others throughout Austin are building professionally reviewed portfolios as they compete [...]
Read morePress Release 5 February 2012 Carl Settles Jr. named Cap City African American Chamber’s Ambassador of the Year Carl Settles Jr., Founder of the Media Communications Council (MCC) and the E4 Youth Initiative, is being honored Thursday, February 9th at the Omni Hotel as the Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce (CCAACC) Ambassador of [...]
Read moreAimed at high school students, the It Could Be U Academy is a 5 week intensive capacity building employment project. More than 100 students are submitting portfolios within the fields of media / arts, science / tech and business to qualify for 1 of 20 paid summer jobs. Students will be exposed to a series of guest [...]
Read morePress Release 28 November 2011 Contact Person: Carl Settles Jr., Ph# 512-917-2551, carl@e4youth.com Interested? Fill out an Inquiry Form! Call for Teachers E4 Youth is offering stipends of up to $1000 for teachers serving at risk youth in east, northeast and/or south Austin. Teachers will have access to an on-line learning portal, technical support, industry [...]
Read morePress Release 28 November 2011 Contact Person: Carl Settles Jr., Ph# 512-917-2551, carl@e4youth.com Interested? Fill out an Inquiry Form! Call for Professional Mentors and Guest Speakers E4 Youth is looking for business leaders and professionals willing to host field trips, appear as guest speakers and serve as on-line judges for middle and high school student [...]
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