Our Areas of Focus
What is YUMEI?
MBEI’s institution to create a future of Unity, Camaraderie & Prosperity with the implementation of our Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-inspired Youth Urban Media Education Initiative/Circle of Hope (YUMEI).
We work to engage an incubator of Truth, Heritage, History and Intellect-informed MEDIA; a wellspring of TruthSeeking and TruthSaying young people trained in Radio, Television/Video, Cinema/Theatre, Internet, Publishing and Music content production; the infrastructure for a media production support hub for New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta positioned in the mid-point metro area of the Chicago – Grand Rapids – Detroit corridor; the utility and institutions for producing beneficent and successful Young Leaders of Tomorrow.
YUMEI Agenda and Diagram
What is YCC?
Youth Correspondents Corps (YCC), a component of YUMEI, is our institution to train 9th-12th Grade Metro Grand Rapids Area High Schools Students for careers in radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, video production, movie/theatre production, internet content production or publishing.
This training will empower our students to produce TruthSeeking and TruthSaying media, prepare them for On-Air media producer roles with the upcoming URBRadio online broadcast platform and prepare them for collegiate heritage reinforcement, excellence immersion and academic reinforcement via preparation for attending one of America’s legendary HBCU Diaspora (America’s 100+ Historically Black College/University institutions founded in 1837 to train the public servants, professionals and faith leaders that would be required for Africentric progress following the Emancipation of Slavery in 1862).
Heritage • History • Intellect • Dignity • Grace • Fortitude • Unity •Camaraderie • Prosperity
Africentric institutions, services, events and products
YCC has several programmatic options for High School students, Junior High students, corporate community-selected students for specialized media production projects as well as College students in YUMEI institutions including YCC, YCC Preparatory (YCCPrep), YCC Dedicated Instruction (YCCDI) and Collegiate Correspondents Corps (CCC).
To obtain a Student Prospect Application and Information Leaflet for either YCC or YCCPrep, please contact MBEI at mbeiweb@gmail.com and leave a request. Both YCC and YCCPrep intake ends annually no later than March 15 of the year-at-hand.