CARMEL EMPOWERMENT, INC.

Dream a Community ~ Build a Community ~ Transform Your World

Carmel Empowerment, Inc. was formed to improve the economic, social, educational and health conditions in local, national and global communities.   Operating as an independent non-profit organization, Carmel Empowerment serves as a logical outgrowth of the one hundred and twenty two years old religious institution, The Mount Carmel Baptist Church, with a history of dedication to community service.

The Mission of Carmel Empowerment, Inc. seeks to create empowering economic, educational, health, family, leadership and cultural structures and institutions to transform the society and the world.  The goal of the ministry is to create empowering and holistic structures for residents to develop their potential to the fullest thereby making positive contributions to society and the global village.  This will be done by:

I.  Economic Developement through:

1. Job Training
2. Employment Counseling
3. Job Creation
4. Community Revitalization and Improvement

II.  Educational Empowerment through:

1. Summer Enrichment Programs
2. After School Programs
3. Mentoring Programs

III.  Health Awareness through:

1. Conferences & Workshops
2. HIV/AIDS Awareness & Prevention Programs
3. Volunteering with Community Health Organizations to Address the stigmas of HIV/AIDS

IV.  Family Empowerment through:

1. Home-based Counseling Services
2. Parenting Classes & Life Skills
3. Programs to Curb Juvenile Delinquency
4. Marriage Empowerment
5. Domestic Violence & Human Trafficking Awareness & Prevention
6. Child Abuse & Neglect Workshops

V.  Leadership & Cultural Development through:

1. "International Faith Immersion" Program
2. Community Leadership. Learning Institute & Organizational Workshops