TBF making plans for 2022 Taking Back The Future Summer
TBF will resume its partnership with the City's MPLOY summer youth program in 2022 after a two-year break due to COVID-19. "Campers and counselors will be assigned to us by MPLOY in the summer," said Judith Moore, TBF president. "We will hold the Taking Back The...
Taking Back The Future hosts 2021 International Youth Exchange
Youth in Memphis are exchanging ideas and experiences with students from around the globe. This is the second year for this cultural experience presented by Tarik Black Foundation as part of its Taking Back The Future programming. Memphis Ambassadors Program (MAP) and...
Congratulations to the winners of Global Sports Tech Youth Challenge
Memphis, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem tech students mentored by renowned international sport tech figures Forty-one tech students in Memphis, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem spent three days honing their talent during the first Global Sports Tech Youth Challenge presented by Tarik...
Tarik Black Foundation receives National Basketball Players Association Foundation Grant
Matching player grant will support Taking Back The Future programs The National Basketball Players Association Foundation (NBPA) has given Tarik Black Foundation a player matching grant to support TBF’s Taking Back The Future summer camp and afterschool programs. ...
Taking Back The Future Social Justice Entrepreneurship Program offers students global education
Memphis and international school youth in Tel Aviv find they have much in common Youth in Memphis’ Youth Services MAP program and students attending an international school in Tel Aviv, Givat Haviva International High School (GHIS), over a three-month collaboration...
A summer camp where kids get real-world education in real fun ways
Create a future in which you live well is the idea behind Taking Back The Future camp (MEMPHIS,TN-April 19)Taking Back The Future summer camp is innovational learning offering tools for living well. Kids will learn habits for living healthy and building wealth, as...
Tarik Black Foundation receives National Basketball Players Association Foundation Grant
Matching player grant will support Taking Back The Future programs The National Basketball Players Association Foundation (NBPA) has given Tarik Black Foundation a player matching grant to support TBF’s Taking Back The Future summer camp and afterschool programs. ...
TECHNOLOGY POWERS OUR GLOBAL PROGRAM
COVID-19 is the first global event most of us have ever experienced. In the long term, Gen— Zs will be impacted most by this world crisis. More than ever, technology is powering our lives giving us greater access to the world. Youth who are technology savvy and...
TBF featured at Sports Tech Summit in Tel Aviv
International exposure gives access to future program possibilities TBF was proud to be a sponsor of the 2019 International Sports Tech Nation Summit in Tel Aviv, Israel this past fall. As part of TBF’s strategic plan for rebranding, we are partnering with global...
Taking Back the Future provides technology for studying at home
When COVID-19 brought schools to an abrupt closing in March, thousands of Shelby County Schools students found themselves at home without access to the technology for continuing classwork. As part of Tarik Black Foundation’s launch into Taking Back the Future, we...