I think fundamentally we are committed to approaching the question, how do we best prepare young people for adulthood. And so when you instead ask yourself the question, how do we prepare adolescents for adulthood, the kind of spaces and places you're going to visualize that they need to be exposed to are going to look like this, right? They're going to look like a co-working tech startup Google, like space where it drives collaboration and creation and production.
The coworking space is separated into four schoolhouses where classes are held. They are named after influential people in Black history like Patrice Lumumba, a Congolese politician and independence leader, and Amiri Baraka, an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism.
Classes are standard high school classes with a twist. For example, beyond traditional English periods, entrepreneurs can take classes that align with their interests like Afrofuturist film, where they look at film as a form of literature and formulate essays in response to advanced scenes.
If their schedule permits, entrepreneurs can also convene for special interest clubs like Whiskful Thinking, the school's baking club, or a cosmetology club where entrepreneurs bond over their shared interest in doing hair, nails and lash extensions.
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