The SHINING LIGHTE (Leaders in Generational Healing Through Empowerment and Education) YOUTH CHARITY (S.L.Y.C)  is a charity that provides educational programs and initiatives to underprivileged youth to allow access to successful futures while changing generational cycles. We offer professional development, keynote or motivational speaking and programs.  The SHINING LIGHTE YOUTH CHARITY provides education with targeted strategic support that is transformative to the community and to the youth it serves.  At S.L.Y.C, we believe that educated, employed, engaged and healed young people possess the power to solve the world’s toughest problems.  We take pride in connecting young people with opportunities to transform their lives and are dedicated to helping them achieve their goals.

MANDATE:

The purpose of the charity is to empower and heal underprivileged youth to overcome racialized and impoverished situations through educational programs/initiatives, mentorship, and community engagement and interaction.

OBJECTIVES:

To increase the success levels in the underprivileged communities and bring resources within reach of those who have no or limited resources

 To seek and develop opportunities and routes for those in need throughout the GTA and surrounding areas 

To create and promote connections between Shining Lighte Youth Charity and the education system, justice system and social system and other youth empowerment groups