FINANCIAL LITERACY & INNOVATION

This community project invited youth and parents to participate in a 10-month journey in financial literacy and innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2018 - December 2018

ReachBack invited parents and youth to participate in the StockMarket Game - High School Students won Afterschool Regional Division

January 5, 2019

Students were recruited to learn CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and 3-D printing, while fostering parent engagement

April 11, 2019

ReachBack was invited to partnered with Mr. George Andrews, former Founder/CEO of Capitol City Bank in supporting his efforts in starting a financial literacy program, a student lead bank, Unity National Bank and Federal Reserve Smart Program, inside a private school in Georgia.

April 23, 2019

ReachBack partnered with Junior Achievement to invite Homeschool students to participate in a day of career, financial literacy and entrepreneurship activities, while keeping parents informed and engaged.

After a Long Day of Learning Financial Literacy and Marketing, Students Listen to the Facilitator About Lessons Learned

Students Negotiating Product Prices

May 7, 2019

May 2019, there were plenty of opportunities for youth to learn about trending innovations. ReachBack invited the community leaders from the City of Lithonia to scope out the Georgia Tech Smart Cities event where students were able to see robots being tested.

City of Lithonia DDA and Jennifer Musisi, Executive Director of Kampala, Uganda (in pink) discussed city projects. As a participant in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Jennifer brings a wealth of expertise and valuable insights to the DDA.

May 30, 2019

ReachBack believes in building blocks of knowledge, after learning about the stock market and Fortune 500 companies at JA, we partnered with Etrade to help give students a well-rounded knowledge base how the stock market, business, mathematics and and careers align.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average

The month of May, it opened @ 26,639.06

and closed @ 24,815.04 for a negative 6.69%

July 9, 2019

ReachBack consistently looks for great innovative programs to involve youth. We invited parents and youth to the Apple "Design Your Dream Park" Day Camp. Students learned this is how economic development in their community starts, it only takes one person to execute on their idea to make community impact.