programs
Empowerment Enterprise 2 (EE2) is on a mission to uplift individuals and transform communities with passion and purpose! We’re dedicated to creating sustainable change by enriching our community through exciting programs focused on youth development, HIV/AIDS prevention, life skills training, and community enhancement. EE2 is proudly housed within The Empowerment Center, located at 5210 Ames St NE, Washington, DC 20019. As a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, we're thrilled to empower youth with valuable skills through our dynamic life coaching and music enrichment programs!
Youth Empowerment
EE2’s Youth Empowerment programs promote and support healthy, caring and responsible behaviors. Through our program, approximately 300 youth participants each year, grades 4 - 12, become aware of alternatives to engaging in negative/risky behaviors and are provided tools to equip themselves for successful and healthy living. The goal of our programs is to help participants identify their power and abilities that have gone untapped, while at the same time providing or reinforcing key life skills.
In order to connect with the youth referenced above, EE2 utilizes music, arts, and technology at 5 schools during the school year. During the summer months EE2 has worked in partnership with the Marion Berry Summer Youth Employment Program for more than 15 years. EE2 is also embarking upon its 3 years of its EE2 Summer Camp Program done in partnership with local schools in Ward 8.
Community Empowerment
EE2’s Community Empowerment programs engages traditionally disenfranchised communities primarily Ward 6, 7, and 8 and the LGBTQIA+ communities. These communities although distinctly different, suffer from the same traumas induced by oppression, ostracizing, and stigmatization. EE2 believes that by providing support, we can effect change in these communities that will lead to healthier life style choices by its citizens.
Health Empowerment Initiatives
Initially EE2’s Health Empowerment Initiatives aim to reduce barriers that thwart access to HIV prevention tools. This goal is accomplished through HIV/AIDS and STI education, HIV/AIDS and STI literature, periodic onsite testing, and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) education and consultation.
In recent years, EE2 has also served as a catalyst for change in addressing opioid awareness and harm reduction and mental health awareness including providing opportunities for treatment internally and through its community partnerships.
Our HIV/AIDS, Opioid Awareness and Harm Reduction, and Mental Health work; as part of EE2's Health Empowerment, reaches over 1000 people throughout the year.