About Out Youth Memphis

Our Youth Memphis (OYM) is a Youth Leadership and Empowerment Program with 501c3 status, and a minority-owned nonprofit organization founded in 2012 and incorporated in 2018.

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Our mission is to guide Memphis' youth to be effective leaders and compassionate humanitarians as they take charge of their life pursuits.

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OYM strives to empower our youth so they may be heard and so they may have a say in the ever-changing structure, stability, and successes of both their lives and the progression of the city that they call home.

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With collaboration with entities throughout Shelby County, ​OYM intends to arm our youth and their families with leadership skills, an empowering mindset, workforce training, civic responsibility, financial literacy, and other essential community resources and wrap-around services to assist in the development of our youth and help them transition into adulthood and become effective members of society.

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​OYM aims to move Memphis forward by reaching back

into the lives of Memphis’ youth – OUR YOUTH.

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​OYM is an all-inclusive youth organization and does not discriminate based on age, color, disability, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NIKITA GARDNER

PEARLINA IVORY

ABRON JOYNER

TONYA WATSON