Our Services
“ Transforming Street Energy into Community Energy~ Putting the Neighbor back into the Hood”
ABOUT US
The Agape Movement functions as an umbrella organization providing training opportunities for young adults.
We address systematic inequities and offer ideas to reform the criminal justice system. We work at preventing further violence by creating job and training opportunities through personal interaction and boots-on-the-ground interaction.
YOUTH & COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
Violence is a public health crisis, and we need to heal our whole community from the ground up. We provide young people and our community a range of wraparound services and educational opportunities through regular programming at The Agape Movement.
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION & PREVENTION SPECIALISTS
”Boots on the Ground VIPS”
Our Violence Intervention and Prevention Specialists (VIPS) are frontline workers who canvass our communities daily, mediating conflicts and de-escalating gun violence, domestic abuse, teen dating violence and violence in the workplace. Agape VIP’s mentor youth participants, preventing them from entering the school-to-prison pipeline. In addition, our VIPS distribute educational and informative materials to community members and partners.
We are committed to working with men and women in the communities on violence prevention, violence intervention and enhancing our strategic approach to community policing. By investing in community-based programs and neighborhood-led initiatives, we can effectively and sustainably reduce violence.
The Agape Movement Boots on the Ground program offers assistance to any community, business, and municipality that needs help. These partnerships help build relationships between the stores and their neighborhoods; reducing and deterring crime; and creates a sense of community in the stores through every experience. In addition, our Boots on the Ground VIPS team has logged over 4,100 hours engaging with the community sharing our services to those struggling.
RESOURCES
The Agape Movement provides support for those who have been affected by the tragic events that have inflamed our community.
The Agape Movement collaborates closely with other community partners and community organizations that will assist residents with their daily needs, such as food, clothing, health and housing.
We provide conventional and non-conventional therapeutic and wellness services that promote self-care and healing from the mental and emotional impact of trauma.
Agape programs uses a holistic approach to reinforce self-esteem and respect for life amongst one another.
While we connect and mobilize youth to prevent and heal from violence in Minneapolis (South Side metro area) within the most underserved neighborhoods and communities.
PROGRAMS
Our Programs include Rites of Passage, S.T.R.E.E.T.S“Striving to reach Educational Excellence through Sports”, Reconnect 38th Youth Work program, 97 Years & Counting, Burn Bright youth Book Club, Creative Healing Writing and many more.
Rites of Passage- allowing young men and woman to learn African culture, owning their heritage and grow from youth to adult hood. During this 10-week health and wellness training process, youth are engaged with elders in the community along with agape team members to assist in learning their cultural background. The Rites of Passage program concludes with a trip Africa upon graduation.
S.T.R.E.E.T.S- striving to reach educational excellence through sports- baseball basketball, soccer, cheerleading and football- youth development of sports. S.t.r.e.e.t.s aims to increase the graduating rate from high school post educational skills through tutoring, life skills, and homework help. Collaborating with middle schools and high schools through outreach, s.t.r.e.e.t.s helps building youth sports fundamentals while collaborating with a network to help the students, family and counselors become one.
97 Years & Counting- Understanding the Impact of Incarceration and Gun Violence on Black Life in the Prison Cell. To transform lives and communities where individuals are seen for their promise and power to transform themselves and their communities into a mindset that it takes a Village to stop the killins’.~No Love from the Streets!
Creative Healing Writing- Get ready to get creatrive where writing is targeted to making healing a focus. From the creative process of trauma healing writing allows communication skill building.
Our community office is in the heart of George Floyd Square
3741 Chicago Ave Minneapolis, MN 55407
Hours: 9am-8pm
Phone: 612-824-4017
Click on our “Get Involved” page to connect with us.
Minnesota Agape Movement is about community