The James Young Empowerment Center Announces National Availability of Their Empowerment Curriculum, Developed to Teach Mid to High School Students to Read and Write

Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 24, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The James Young Empowerment Center was founded in 2010. Its mission, through James Young's autobiography and companion study guide "I Wanted to be Bad" is to reach millions of young students who do no have the same home environment advantages as their peers. Many live in dysfunctional households. Many are homeless. Many go to school hungry. Most lack self-esteem.

The James Young Empowerment Center believes if schools are to prepare these children to enter the competitive 21st century job market, they need to reach out to them on their terms, teaching them to read and write with subject matter that interests them. Sadly, many cannot even fill out a job application.

"I Wanted to be Bad," is a true story about James Young’s life growing up in Rochester New York during the late 1950s. It begins with his horrific foster home experiences, which forced him to drop out of school. Left with no choice but to become a street 'goon,' as a young man James wound up in Attica prison during the 1971 riots. Unlike most inmates, he used the time to learn to read, and through that singular act, to educate himself. Upon release, he started several highly successful business, including a newspaper in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Students of teachers Ms. Rice and Ms. Handy at Henry W Grady High School in Atlanta Georgia have responded positively to the curriculum

The James Young Empowerment Center needs financial support, political clout, and expertise in order to achieve its' goal of "Developing Young Minds for Life in the 21st Century."

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