Save America’s Youth!

Turmoil and suffering are not uncommon in the news today, but perhaps nothing is more frightening or more heart-wrenching than the state of our nation’s youth. A large proportion of youth are becoming more dysfunctional, angry, and violent with each passing day. Instead of godly values governing their decisions, drugs, alcohol and peer pressure influence them.

We as Christians know that there is a solution. We can offer youth the greatest alternative of all…the hope of new life in Jesus Christ. In the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, a vision was born in the heart of Dan Pryor, the former director of Here’s Life Inner City in Los Angeles, and Dr. John Perkins, founder of the Christian Community Development Association. That vision became S.A.Y. (Save America’s Youth) Yes! Centers for Youth Development. S.AY. Yes! is an after-school Christian mentoring program that addresses the challenges of children who live in the inner city by giving them something to “S.A.Y. Yes!” to.

Purpose:

To help youth develop a lifelong, dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ

Guiding Values

• Christ-centered: S.A.Y. Yes! staff, curriculum, activities, and relationships model and encourage dependence on Christ.
• Wholistic: S.A.Y. Yes! centers seek to meet the spiritual, emotional, physical, mental, and social needs of at-risk children.
• Long Term: S.A.Y. Yes! centers strive to be a long-term response to the crisis among at-risk children.
• Church Based: S.A.Y. Yes! centers are ministries of local churches or organizations. Here’s Life Inner City simply offers the training, curriculum, and other forms of assistance and encouragement.

Opening your own center

Contact Kara at kara.atkinson@ccci.org to find out how your church can be a part of this.

S.A.Y. Yes! National:

There are over 100 S.A.Y. Yes! centers in operation around the country. To find out more about the national network of S.A.Y. Yes! centers visit SAY Yes! Centers

New Beginnings Are Possible Youth Center

This is the first ministry in Milwaukee to utilize the S.A.Y. Yes! program. Visit its website at NBAP.org