While we're still searching for the answer to the question above; having a solid foundation on what it takes to be a successful one is what Operation: ADULTING all about.
You remember what it was like flipping through a book of majors trying to figure out what you'd dedicate the next 4+ years of your life to. Why are young people making such delicate, life changing decision like they're picking their next song for karaoke?!
Operation: ADULTING™ is dedicated to preparing young minds for what they'll really face during their transition through independence & into adulthood. Let's face it, what life experience did any of us have before we had to choose a major, if any? Formed by Martina Iwala after noticing the gap between the access to it and the advantages of learning from one's mistakes, Martina embarked on her mission. Just before Father's Day 2021 she found a speech written 5 years before she was born stating "something ought to be done to (salvage the coming generation from) prevent our junior ones from duplicating our bad behaviors." Needless to say, assisting others is a predisposed attribute of the Iwala legacy.
Covid-19 allowed Operation: ADULTING to hit a few badass milestones with the very little we had to offer. But we can only imagine how much more we'd be able to assist the students with your help!
Operation: Adulting™ is North America’s first Millennial & Gen-Z run hypeOrg assisting and guiding diverse, under-represented & marginalised STEAM-focused high school & college aged students. Pre-nCov-19 we would connect our students with several tech companies to expose them to “A Day in the Life” where our students would shadow someone in their career path. We connect with millennial, gen z, gen y and beyond, leaders who are willing to share their “rookie mistakes” so these budding adults can make better informed decisions about their futures because, let’s face it: they’re making life long decisions based on little life experience if any.
There may be careers these young adults have not considered or even heard of in the fields below:
- Science
- Space
- Technology
- Engineering
- Arts
- Media (yes, the 'M' in our acronym represents Media because without Technology, one wouldn't have media)
Post covid Operation: Adulting™ has begun safely teaming our students with companies & organisations around the globe for our corporate sponsored Day in the Life experience.
Not only does this give our young adults a glimpse into the future they're striving for, it is a phenomenal opportunity for businesses to have a glimpse at how future generations view, approaching and tackle current, and perhaps future, issues.
"What's wrong with putting my address on my resume?!"
Think about it, who taught you how to fill out your W2? Did you ask your new boss for help or were you like us and pretended to know what you were doing?
There are simply SO many things we should know by the time young adults make life-defining decisions and knowing how to properly file taxes or for lottery housing should be some of the foundation for their life decisions.
*Please don't put your addresses on your resumes. You seriously don't know where your resume could end up.
Aside from those with generational advantages, most of us had similar questions when we landed our very first job; even more of us were too intimidated to ask
What We Need & What You Get
Let us break it down for ya:
- Our goal is to hit $35,000 which will fund each of the students
we assist with a practical back-to-school survival toolkit
containing (multiply each x 50)
- graphing calculator
- notebooks
- instapot
- small room safe
- first-aid kit
- biometric door knob & security alarm
- alarm clock
- hopefully enough people sharing this to get our students some Macbooks donated ::cough cough::
- Everyone will have a chance to sign up for our book club at the rate of $1.00
Even if we don't hit our goal, all funds will be used to fund the back-to-school survival kits.
Our sustainable development goals
- End poverty in all its forms everywhere
- Ensure healthy lives & promote well being for all at all ages
- ensure inclusive & equitable quality education & promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
- Promote sustained, inclusive & sustainable economic growth, full & productive employment & decent work for all
- Foster innovation
- Protect, restore & promote sustainable
- Promote peaceful & inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all & build effective, accountable & inclusive institutions at all levels
What's our impact?
Operation: Adulting serves economically disadvantaged adolescents.:
- Check out our participation with the Small Business School Challenge to learn more about our impact & the ways we plan to improve our effectiveness
- There are millions of young people around the planet with a passion for careers in Science, Space, Technology, Arts & Media yet have no access to technology even in more developed countries; let's get together & change that.
Other Ways You Can Help
Each of us have experiences someone else can learn from and sharing that experience is how we impact change. Let's show them how our community comes together to #don8knowledge. Are you brave enough to share one of your #rookiemoves when you first embarked on adulthood?
- Know of a company organisation that would be interested in our
Day in the Life project?
- Have them fill out this questionnaire: https://form.jotform.com/211875395436162
- Interested in joining any of our upcoming panels?
- Know someone who'd benefit from our programme?
- High School graduating class of 2022 apply here
- College/University aged grad class of 2022 apply here
- *we understand college may not be for everyone, but it's just as important to know what your options are when making your decision.
- Shop on Amazon?
- Be sure to choose Operation: ADULTING as your smile.amazon.com charity!
Don't forget to use Fundrazr's share tools to share the #don8knowledge campaign & share your #rookiemoves with us for your chance to be featured!
The modern day village is digital fam. Let's get this right.
Perks
Interested in sending a personalised message to a recent grad? This perk includes your name & picture up on the digital billboard playing 20 hours per day for an entire week! Your name (or logo) will also be featured on the "Thank You" page of our digital billboard.
Would you like to make that graduate feel extra special? Contributing this amount guarantees just that with your message appearing for TWO ENTIRE WEEKS
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Interested in sending a personalised message to a recent grad? This perk includes your name & picture up on the digital billboard playing 20 hours per day for an entire week! Your name (or logo) will also be featured on the "Thank You" page of our digital billboard.
Would you like to make that graduate feel extra special? Contributing this amount guarantees just that with your message appearing for TWO ENTIRE WEEKS
