About Us Back 2 Basickz
Back 2 Basickz Youth Support Services was founded with the primary objective of creating a safe space for marginalized and racialized youth to come together, acquire essential life skills, and build a solid foundation for their futures.
Our mission revolves around empowering marginalized and racialized youth by offering comprehensive support in various aspects of life, including mental health, education, employment, and social integration. We strive to break the cycle of poverty that many of these youth experience by providing them with valuable resources, and the tools to help them excel and overcome the challenges they are experiencing.
Our aim:
A) Provide youth with academic upgrading through free tutoring, post-secondary assistance and various trainings.
B) Provide youth with economic and employment opportunities through entrepreneurial workshops, job shadowing, volunteerism and business fundamentals.
C) Provide youth with transitional housing support and post in incarceration soft-landing programs.
D) Provide youth experiencing mental health crisis to access counselling and emergency mental health crisis intervention.
Mission:
We are a non–profit organization focused on developing and supporting marginalized and underserved youth in the community towards achieving success. We empower youth through community engagement, education, and mentorship.
Vision:
We are committed to supporting the youth of our community and fostering a future where our youth are equipped with the tools required to thrive, break down barriers nurture potential and inspire and help others
Values:
Community is at the heart of everything we do. Through community we strive to provide transformations, healing, building, and strengthening to our marginalized youth by providing them the tools and supports they need to become healthy individuals and future leaders.
Community:
Transforming, healing, building and strengthening our youth is the key to building our communities. The community is our foundation for empowerment; a place for diverse voices are heard and that through collaboration, we create a network of strength that uplifts, inspires and paves the way for a better future for all.
Opportunity:
Marginalized youth are at a significantly greater disadvantage in our society. Many feel unseen, undervalued and alone and have a hard time envisioning a bright future for themselves. At Back2Basickz we start with the basics and then focus on other critical and necessary resources to improve, support, and empower our youth.
Our Focus
Youth Support: Youth in various communities have limited opportunity to reach their full potential. They simply do not have the access to the tools & resources that could make all the difference in improving their lives. We strive to be an organization that can change that.