Background

Mission: Restore, Rebuild, and Reclaim Futures through education, career, health, and social programs impacting communities.

Our collective team  brings expertise in the arts, technology, engineering, education, workforce development, community building, diversity, and health & wellness.  

The launch team, Dr. Lin and Margo Dawson have decades of service in higher education, K-12 schools, diversity training, corporate and faith-based training, and community building.  They began tackling issues of race, violence, workplace equity over 25 years ago consulting with groups like The Blackstone Rape Crisis Center, NC Legal Aid, John Deere, Quintiles, IBM, Explores Museum, Kenyan Tribal Leaders (Nairobi), Study Circles on Race & Ethnic Relations (sponsored by the YWCA & League of Women Voters), The National Consortium for Academics and Sports, and Campus training.

In 2013, Lin Dawson, returned to his hometown in Kinston, North Carolina, to address fatherless boys and those needing mentorship in his community. and launched a Boys Saturday Academy.
In 2014, the Dawsons launched a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization under the name JH Sampson CDC which is known today as Train Them Up for Success CDC Inc.  One of the organization's SMART goals was to close STEM disparities in rural North Carolina which they achieved through collaborations with Lenovo, NASA, John Deere, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, and a list of schools and nonprofit groups. 

Currently, the organization is working to increase career education and job development.  In response to COVID-19 Train Them Up for Success launched the 2020 Girls Virtual Leadership Camp focussing on fitness, career, and college prep.  The program has expanded to a year-round program to support both males and females highlighting a digital mentor library of professionals and entrepreneurs.

The leadership, with deep roots in social justice training, is committed to equity and nondiscriminatory practices.  Contact us to partner with your organization.