Overview

The F.A.M. Project will empower young, community-focused Creatives to positively impact underserved communities. Working together the students will conceive of a project rooted in Hip-Hop culture and execute it using the tools of entrepreneurship. Their project will create measurable improvements in underserved areas. In addition to the benefits received by the community, the students will also be equipped with skills for greater success in their future endeavors.

Benefits

  • Directly contributes to the positive impact of underserved communities through the participants’ project

  • Equips and empowers youth in underserved areas to better their current situations

  • Creates a public forum and display to encourage and empower others to do the same

  • Provides a model to be replicated in other areas for similar results

 
 

Application Requirements

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Qualifications
Complete online application

  • Submit an official academic transcript from your current high school, 

  • Notable achievements highlighting artistic endeavors and/or community involvement

  • Provide at least 2 professional references (Supervisor, teacher, counselor)

  • Submit a 120-150 second video formed by the student in which they will pitch “Why I am the best choice for the program.”  

    • (Guidelines TBD.)  

  • Complete a phone interview if preliminarily selected

  • Reside in Central Arkansas

    • Faulkner county

    • Grant county

    • Lonoke county

    • Perry county

    • Pulaski county

    • Saline county

    • Jefferson county

    • Searcy Metro Area (White County)

  • Belong to an underserved community

    • Underrepresented ethnic and minority groups

    • Low-income neighborhoods

    • Communities that are considered “food deserts”

    • Economically deprived areas (areas in need of development/revitalization)