The Institute
Physical Development and Vocational Training
The Institute exists because knowledge without capability is incomplete — and capability without knowledge is fragile.
Legacy Trades
A comprehensive construction and home ownership education program designed to give Brightmoor residents true ownership of the physical structures that hold their lives together
Common Ground
A fully integrated, self-sustaining community food system designed to address food insecurity in the Brightmoor neighborhood
Sustainable Movement & Wellness
Physical fitness and wellness education designed to cultivate a lasting, self-sufficient relationship between participants and their own bodies
Discipline & Defense
Each weekly schedule consists of video learning activities. Your child will learn about basic principles of astronomy, physics, earth science, and more.
Culinary Arts & Food Education
A comprehensive program teaching how growing, understanding, preparing, and sharing it is one of the most powerful tools for lifelong health, self-sufficiency, and economic independence available to any person in any community.
Precision Athletics
Structured athletic training in precision sports disciplines requiring focus, technical skill, patience, and disciplined practice.
Aquatic Education & Wellness
An aquatic education program directly addressing systematic exclusion and pervasive consequence disproportionately prevalent among Black youth by permanently securing a public recreation and wellness resource for Brightmoor
Winter Athletics & Ice Recreation
Anticipated development of dedicated winter athletics and ice recreation programming including skating instruction, open skate hours, and ice-based recreational programming for youth and adults.
Creative learning through making and moving
We are permanently strengthening our community through transformative education, physical development, economic sovereignty, food self-sufficiency, and vocational training.
