The Juvenile Urban Multicultural Program

J.U.M.P. NATION

"Because We Believe in Our Youth!"

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The Juvenile Urban Multicultural Program (J.U.M.P. Nation) is a non-profit organization founded in the fall semester of 1991 by 10 Binghamton University students of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds. We have started other chapters at Syracuse University and Quinnipiac.

Our mission is to decrease the high school dropout rate while increasing enrollment into institutions of higher learning.

Throughout the year we host various events such as J.U.M.P Weekend, Leadership Conference and Love Games.

Although we have smaller events, every year, we work towards our biggest goal of the year, J.U.M.P Weekend. This event aims to reach "at-risk youth" from various Binghamton and NYC schools dealing with socio-economic issues that they may face in their homes, schools, and communities. We bring the proteges, as we call them, up to Binghamton University during the spring semester for a weekend and pair them up with mentors and hosts. Our purpose in doing this is to give proteges an opportunity to create a support system to guide them throughout their high school years while introducing them to higher education.

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J.U.M.P. WEEKEND

The mission of our organization is to decrease the high school dropout rate while increasing admissions into institutions of higher learning. This is partly accomplished by having our annual all expenses paid J.U.M.P weekend on our campus. Each year we host 5-7 eighth grade students from each middle school we choose to attend. During the weekend the students will take part in workshops and interactive activities that are designed to be fun, educational and most importantly inspirational. Each of these forums are spearheaded by the multicultural organizations on our campus and the current Executive Board. Each forum is designed specifically to tackle any problems students may face at school, home and in their personal lives.

When choosing which student can attend we ask the guidance counselors to look for “at-risk” youth. At-risk is a term we use to identify students who experience problems in school, at home or have experienced personal tragedy. We look for students who believe their current situation does not make college a valid option. Each student will be given a mentor and host for the weekend and they both will serve as a mentor for the duration of 5 years and more. The host is responsible for housing the student assigned to them and taking them to all the events for the duration of the weekend. While the mentor is responsible for being a positive influence on their life, offering advice and building a bond. Both mentors and hosts are college students that have been intensely interviewed, required to fill out an application and have been subjected to a background check through Albany.

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