Background

Mission: Restore, Rebuild, and Reclaim Futures through education, career, health, and social programs impacting communities. Our core values include integrity, equity, innovation, & opportunity.  

HISTORY 

How do efforts like this begin?  A cause, an event, a need?   Train Them Up for Success CDC is the vision of Dr. J Lin Dawson and Margo Dawson.  Lin Dawson grew up in Mitchell Wooten Courts, a housing development in Kinston , North Carolina where mentors who looked like him imparted guidance and wisdom. Margo Dawson, grew up in a family owned business in Chicago with parents who mirrored self-reliance, hard work, and community engagement.  Their paths crossed in New England where Margo served as the project coordinator at Wellesley College Center for Research and Lin as tight-end with the New England Patriots. They shared a passion for the faith community,  empowering youth, and building strong communities.  After marrying and having children, they began social justice work as trainers and program coordinators for universities, companies, and schools.  In 2013, Lin Dawson returned to his hometown to open a Boys Saturday Academy.  In 2014, together, they purchased Lin's old elementary school, JH Sampson and launched a nonprofit organization to rebuild, reclaim, and restore lives. Today, Train Them Up for Success CDC works to uphold this mission through community engagement and eLearning programs.  Learn about our partnership with 100 Fit Females and how we address mental health by offer a series of online and in-person activities.