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Teens Tackle Leadership
Are you ready to lead, create, and innovate?
An internship program designed to build confidence, leadership, and real-world experience in business development for high school students.
Future Founders: Showcase
Join us January 24th from 10am-12pm for the Future Founders Showcase as our cohort pitches the businesses they've spent 12 weeks building.
Awards: $3,500 in prizes for top pitches
What to Expect: Live pitches, Q&A with founders, community celebration
Who Should Attend: Entrepreneurs, mentors, supporters of youth innovation, anyone who believes in the next generation
Youth Advisory Council
Become a leader in our organization.
Paid internships are available.
“I want people to know that not only does the impact affect Durham, it affects who you are as a person.”
- CJ Williams, YAC Co-Director
Entrepreneur Spotlight
"I believed that there were only traditional routes to go through, whether that was being a doctor, being a lawyer, or being an engineer, but echo allowed me to see that there was more, and that I could even create my own path in life. Echo opened doors for me if I wanted to walk through them.
As teens, we believe that we have no power in our hands, because we're at such a vulnerable age where we don't really have a lot of resources. But I think echo taught me that even the small differences, like the Teens Tackle Hunger campaign, we do have the power to affect change step by step."
- Michelle Ramirez, echo alum, Harvard freshman
