Social Entrepreneur Challenges All To See Opportunity In Place Of Risk

Sly Young sees communities commonly called “at risk” differently. He sees “opportunity communities,” places where positive change saves lives and creates new possibilities for people in that place.

Interview with S. L. “Sly” Young, the Founder and President of Saving Our Communities at Risk Through Educational Services (SOCARTES) and Beyond SPRH, LLC.

The following is the pre-interview with S. L. “Sly” Young. Be sure to watch the recorded interview above.

What is the problem you solve and how do you solve it?

SOCARTES is committed to providing individuals access to personal development opportunities, which can lead to these individuals reaching their career potential and goals.

Beyond SPRH’s goal is to deliver quality services with minimal time, effort, and cost with an objective of highly satisfied customers and measurable performance outcomes.

Sly Young Speaker: slyoung.com/inspired.html

More about Saving Our Communities at Risk Through Educational Services (SOCARTES) and Beyond SPRH, LLC:

Twitter: @socartes_org @beyondsprh

Facebook: facebook.com/beyondsprh

Website: socartes.org / beyondsprh.com

SOCARTES is an educational nonprofit founded in December 2012; its focus is to help individuals overcome personal challenges and barriers to achieve educational goals within their communities.

Beyond SPRH, LLC provides solution-oriented services to help individuals and organizations maximize output potential.

For-profit/Nonprofit: SOCARTES is a nonprofit organization, which isn’t a 501(c)3. Beyond SPRH, LLC is a for-profit company.

Revenue model: SOCARTES is primarily self-funded, but also receives occasional donations from the community to support program delivery within the community.

Beyond SPRH’s revenue is generated from consulting work, speaking engagements, and book sales.

Scale: SOCARTES is operated by S. L. Young with oversight by a Board of Directors. There isn’t a need for staff as the founder (who is an educator with over ten years of teaching in higher education) teaches inmates at a local jail using books written by the founder. Also, under this model overhead costs are minimal. Beyond SPRH is a sole proprietorship with under $100K annual revenue.

S. L. “Sly” Young

S. L. “Sly” Young’s bio:

Twitter: @slyoungva

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/staceylyoung

Instagram: @slyoungva

S. L. Young is a multi-award winning educator, mental health advocate, author/writer, program leader, professor, inspirational speaker, and radio host. Mr. Young’s materials provide solution-oriented guidance to address life and business challenges. During his professional career, Mr. Young managed multi-million dollar projects in various Fortune 500 companies for over 15 years in the areas of billing, engineering, network security, operations, product development, and more.

Mr. Young is also the founder of the non-profit organization – Saving Our Communities at Risk Through Educational Services (SOCARTES), which teaches individuals in opportunity “at-risk” communities about life, business, and soft skills. Mr. Young’s for-profit company, Beyond SPRH, LLC, provides solution-oriented services to help individuals and organizations maximize output potential.

Mr. Young graduated from the American University in Washington, D.C. with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) in International Business with a marketing concentration. He also graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Finance and Investments with a human resources concentration and a Master of Science (M.S.) in Project Management.

In 2018, Mr. Young received special recognition for his work to educate inmates. The first is the “Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major Innovative Service Award” from the U.S. Department of Education for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, in collaboration with the White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for African Americans. The second is the “Distinguished County Service Award” from Volunteer Arlington (a program of the Leadership Center for Excellence).

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