The Resource Room

The Resource Room is a community center that has been servicing youth and families in Miami Gardens for over 20 years. We have a childcare center and four afterschool/summer camp locations. Throughout the years we have serviced more than 7,000 youth and counting.

At The Resource Room, we pride ourselves in providing a free high-quality afterschool enrichment program for K-12th grade youth in a safe environment. We employ nurturing instructors and afterschool counselors who have high expectations for academic excellence and social growth for each student. Our program focuses on academic assistance, physical activity, and social-emotional learning for elementary students. Furthermore, we focus on academic assistance, entrepreneurship, college prep, civic engagement, and social-emotional learning for 6-12th graders.

The Resource Room launched a new program, "RAISING BLACK LEADERS PROGRAM" (RBLP), which was established to create a long-term approach to combat systemic racism by focusing on creating leaders in the fields of politics, criminal justice, and advocacy. This program was founded by The Resource Room and supported by elected officials, Miami Dade NAACP, anchor institutions, and concerned community leaders. This initiative seeks to identify the "Talented Ten" and support all students of color by providing wrap-around resources that are required to graduate from high school, college, and/or support career efforts that make permanent changes to end systemic racism forever.

The mission of the RBLP, is to identify, motivate, train and support black youth in becoming leaders in specific fields where they can influence, create or change policies nationally, federally, and on the state or local levels. These proactive measures will occur in government, workplaces, and/or public spaces and suspend systemic racism, police brutality, and economic disparity among people of color.