SAVING BLACK AMERICA FOR OUR YOUTH

7pm Est. - Jay Interviews R. Lee Gordon, National Black Teen Empowerment Expo Founder - Part social entrepreneur, part non-profit director, and part community and event organizer, in all he aspires, R. Lee Gordon is a committed catalyst in creating better educational opportunities for Black youth. Always swayed by a deep love for his beautiful people and a deeper love for all children, Lee decided to walk away from a lucrative career and take “a long leap of faith” to start his own Black Youth education and empowerment enterprise, UniTee Design, Inc. The vision behind UniTee Design is to develop and deliver programs and products that inspire children to “believe, achieve and succeed.” “UniTees” are custom (RBG) tee-shirts that aspire to better connect today’s youth with Black history, culture and heritage to and build greater self-identity and self-esteem within them. “UniTees” were also designed to encourage dialogue, unity, and youth activism. Through Lee’s deeply rooted commitment to UniTee Design, and his role as national outreach director of The Better Detroit Youth Movement, a volunteer-driven grassroots community group, he began to visualize something much greater. Lee believes that Black America has all the resources required to better the quality of learning for our children. But he insists we need to be more creative, strategic and active in our work together towards this common goal. And if we are willing to work together without ego and agendas, then the result would be a national (and eventually international) youth movement that builds a stronger support system for our children.