The children and teenagers of Bedford-Stuyvesant are not problems to be solved. They are leaders waiting to be developed.B2MC's youth programs — ASEP Jr. (ages 5–11) and ASEP Youth (ages 12–18) — provide the academic enrichment, social-emotional development, college readiness, career exploration, and community leadership training that puts young people in Bed-Stuy on a path to thrive.These programs are completely free to participants. They run after school, on weekends, and during holidays — because we build our schedule around children's lives, not the other way around. Every session is intentional. Every mentor relationship is real. Every young person who walks through our doors is treated as someone with a future worth investing in.Your gift to the Youth Programs Fund directly resources these young people with the materials, instruction, mentorship, and opportunities they deserve.What your gift does:$50 provides one month of workbooks and supplies for a child in ASEP Jr.$150 covers a full workshop series for a teenager in ASEP Youth$300 sponsors one young person's semester of college readiness programming$750 funds a full after-school enrichment cohort for one month$2,500 sponsors an entire ASEP Youth leadership cohort for a semesterThe next generation of Bed-Stuy's leaders is in our programs right now. Help us keep them there.Learn. Lead. Create. Prosper.

Community doesn't happen automatically. It happens in rooms where people choose to show up — for workshops, for celebrations, for learning, for each other. B2MC creates those rooms in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and your support keeps them open.The Community Events Fund supports the full spectrum of B2MC gatherings: neighborhood info sessions, program open houses, youth enrichment Saturdays, wellness workshops, leadership forums, cultural celebrations, and special initiatives like the Women of Purpose Gathering. These events are always free to attend because access should never be a barrier to belonging.Behind every free community event is a real cost — space, food, materials, facilitation, printing, setup, and the staff time that makes it run. Your gift to the Community Events Fund covers those costs so that every person who walks through the door experiences the full quality of what B2MC builds.What your gift does:$50 covers printed materials and supplies for one community event$150 helps feed attendees at a neighborhood gathering$300 sponsors a full community workshop — space, facilitation, and materials$750 underwrites a major community event from planning to execution$2,000 funds a full season of monthly community programmingEvery gathering plants a seed. Thank you for helping us water it.

Your gift supports Mental Wellness Is Community Strength 🧠🏘️When you give to Building Minds Building Communities, you help bring mental wellness workshops, peer support spaces, and educational resources to neighborhoods that are often overlooked.Every contribution helps us train community leaders, host accessible wellness sessions, and create safe spaces for honest conversations about mental health. Together, we’re building informed, connected communities where asking for help is welcomed and supported.The mental health crisis in Black and brown communities is real, persistent, and chronically under-resourced. In Bedford-Stuyvesant — where residents navigate the pressures of gentrification, economic stress, historical trauma, and the everyday weight of family and work — mental wellness is not optional. It is foundational.MindBuilders™ is B2MC's community wellness program. Through workshops, peer support spaces, and healing-centered education, we equip youth, adults, and families with the tools to understand their mental health, build emotional resilience, reduce stigma, and access support — without judgment, without cost, and without having to leave their neighborhood.We believe you cannot build community capacity in people who are depleted. MindBuilders exists to make sure no one in Bed-Stuy has to white-knuckle through life alone.What your gift does:$50 provides mental health literacy materials for one workshop$150 funds a full emotional resilience workshop series for a youth group$400 sponsors a community healing circle — facilitation, space, and support resources$1,000 funds a full MindBuilders cohort — 8 sessions, 15 participants, complete curriculum$3,000 sustains one quarter of MindBuilders programming in Bed-StuyStrong communities require whole people. Your investment in MindBuilders™ is an investment in the emotional foundation that makes everything else possible.BUILD Wellness. BUILD Community.