The 40 development assets are a list of qualities of children and youth and their experiences presumed to affect their development through childhood. The first 20 are external assets focused on positive experiences they receive from people and institutions in their lives, i.e., support and empowerment. The remaining 20 are internal assets that shape and… Read more »
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Repealing the Tiahrt Amendment
The Tiahrt Amendment prohibits the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from releasing firearm trace data to anyone other than law enforcement agents or prosecutors. It requires the FBI to destroy all approved gun purchaser records within 24hours and limiting ATF from requiring gun dealers to submit inventories to law enforcement. The amendment… Read more »
MVP Feeding the Community during the Pandemic
We are living in hard economic times. The hit of the pandemic has brought to light the harsh reality that a large number of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. This has led to another crisis to rise in America, a hunger crisis. According to a report by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), as… Read more »
MVP Puts up Bill Boards around the City Of Buffalo NY
According to a study conducted by the American Journal of Medicine, between the years of 1999-2017, about 39,000 gun-related deaths occurred among children and teens ages 5 to 18.for this whole number, black children and teens accounted for 41% of the gun-related deaths. Actually, black children and teens are 14 times more likely than white… Read more »
Youth Day at Prestige Beauty Supply Buffalo NY.
Youth Day at Prestige Beauty Supply. MVP Loves to help mentor the Youth in our community! Sometimes we host our own events and sometimes we help other organizations with their events. Most importantly we all work together for the betterment of the Community. The events that are geared towards the Youth usually have music and… Read more »
MVP Hosted a Citywide Mask and Food Giveaway in Buffalo NY
MVP’S model is” it Take a Village to raise a child” and that is what we believe. We want to come together and do what we can to make a better life for our children. Among our objectives (but not limited to) include educating young parents on how to be better parents, working to get… Read more »
Thursday July 11, 6:00pm At New Hope Baptist Church 2090 Genesee St.
We will be discussing this New York Attorney General’s 50-page report exposing how our people are dying and going to prison while the real perpetrators go untouched protected by weak laws that “We Can Change!” Or have we just given up and don’t care anymore? https://targettrafficking.ag.ny.gov/?fbclid=IwAR1j4a-sL5sKj8iG9pnirZvNx7IWpyxA9TSVqHY1E9Atd-1z7pYgBSC-8EU We must continue to fight this scourge of gun… Read more »
Projects and Events
We have assisted other organizations with many events and are currently apart of the Parent Congress for the Buffalo Public School System.