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| − | '''The Frator Heru (pronounced: FRAY-TOR HAY-ROO) Institute (TFHI)''' is a 501(c)(3) community-based educational consortium with an offering to the community-at-large of over 50 on-site and mobile classes, seminars, workshops, consultancy and tutoring, ranging from rites-of-passage for girls and boys, computer training, mathematics, chess for beginners, community organizing, grant writing, non-profit governance, language arts, professional comic book creation, acting for beginners, business writing, story-quilting, certifications & training seminars in several critical areas, and much, much more! The Institute is also recognized for its collaboration with many organizations, among them: The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, Inc. (ECBACC, Inc.); The Black Male Development Symposium (BMDS); The Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation (UEDC); The After-School Activities Partnerships (ASAP); The Men’s Collaborative (TMC); the School District of Philadelphia (SDP); The African American United Fund (AAUF); & The Center For Literacy (CFL). For more than a quarter of a century The Institute has been dedicated to perennial excellence in community-based education and praxis!<br> | + | '''The Frator Heru (pronounced: FRAY-TOR HAY-ROO) Institute (TFHI)''' is a 501(c)(3) community-based educational consortium with an offering to the community-at-large of over 50 on-site and mobile classes, seminars, workshops, consultancy and tutoring, ranging from rites-of-passage for girls and boys, computer training, mathematics, chess for beginners, community organizing, grant writing, non-profit governance, language arts, professional comic book creation, acting for beginners, business writing, story-quilting, certifications & training seminars in several critical areas, and much, much more! |
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| + | The Institute is also recognized for its collaboration with many organizations, among them: The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, Inc. (ECBACC, Inc.); The Black Male Development Symposium (BMDS); The Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation (UEDC); The After-School Activities Partnerships (ASAP); The Men’s Collaborative (TMC); the School District of Philadelphia (SDP); The African American United Fund (AAUF); & The Center For Literacy (CFL). For more than a quarter of a century The Institute has been dedicated to perennial excellence in community-based education and praxis!<br> | ||
Founder & Chair: Mr. Yumy Odom | Founder & Chair: Mr. Yumy Odom | ||
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| + | == Mission == | ||
| + | The Frator Heru Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization, was established in 1986 as a community-based educational, scientific, charitable and social-change consortium to generate effective and strategic programs, projects and initiatives that promote self-development, stable families, communities and societies.<br>Credo<br>That each individual has a divine potential that can be tapped into through education to make that person the consummate being that s/he can be. All FHI seminars, workshops and classes are selected to be centering, empowering, ennobling and educational initiatives.<br> | ||
| − | == | + | == Expert Consulting == |
| − | + | The FHI provides expert and quality consulting in the following fields: community-based education / non-profit governance / rites-of-passage / parenting initiatives / human race studies / performing arts<br> <br>Effective Training & Tutoring<br> <br>Available: Acting / Computer Sciences / History / Language Arts: English, Spanish & Kiswahili / Mathematics /<br>Certifications…<br>TFHI Board of Directors & Committees<br>:<br>Yumy Odom, Chair / Tamika Jordan, Secretary / Richard White, Jr., Treasurer / Gerald Richardson, co-Treasurer / Dana Robinson, Admin. Assist. / Charles Sheppard, PrOP's Cmte. Chair / Jack Drummond, Education & Research Cmte. / Kevin Cox, Webmaster, IT Cmte. / Sharene Davenport, Membership Cmte. | |
Revision as of 10:44, 15 February 2015
The Frator Heru (pronounced: FRAY-TOR HAY-ROO) Institute (TFHI) is a 501(c)(3) community-based educational consortium with an offering to the community-at-large of over 50 on-site and mobile classes, seminars, workshops, consultancy and tutoring, ranging from rites-of-passage for girls and boys, computer training, mathematics, chess for beginners, community organizing, grant writing, non-profit governance, language arts, professional comic book creation, acting for beginners, business writing, story-quilting, certifications & training seminars in several critical areas, and much, much more!
The Institute is also recognized for its collaboration with many organizations, among them: The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, Inc. (ECBACC, Inc.); The Black Male Development Symposium (BMDS); The Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation (UEDC); The After-School Activities Partnerships (ASAP); The Men’s Collaborative (TMC); the School District of Philadelphia (SDP); The African American United Fund (AAUF); & The Center For Literacy (CFL). For more than a quarter of a century The Institute has been dedicated to perennial excellence in community-based education and praxis!
Founder & Chair: Mr. Yumy Odom
Mission
The Frator Heru Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization, was established in 1986 as a community-based educational, scientific, charitable and social-change consortium to generate effective and strategic programs, projects and initiatives that promote self-development, stable families, communities and societies.
Credo
That each individual has a divine potential that can be tapped into through education to make that person the consummate being that s/he can be. All FHI seminars, workshops and classes are selected to be centering, empowering, ennobling and educational initiatives.
Expert Consulting
The FHI provides expert and quality consulting in the following fields: community-based education / non-profit governance / rites-of-passage / parenting initiatives / human race studies / performing arts
Effective Training & Tutoring
Available: Acting / Computer Sciences / History / Language Arts: English, Spanish & Kiswahili / Mathematics /
Certifications…
TFHI Board of Directors & Committees
:
Yumy Odom, Chair / Tamika Jordan, Secretary / Richard White, Jr., Treasurer / Gerald Richardson, co-Treasurer / Dana Robinson, Admin. Assist. / Charles Sheppard, PrOP's Cmte. Chair / Jack Drummond, Education & Research Cmte. / Kevin Cox, Webmaster, IT Cmte. / Sharene Davenport, Membership Cmte.
