2025-02-11T19:21:49-08:00 2024-03-31 NINA D JONES PO Box 1374 Colleyville TX 76034 990EZ 2023-04-01 813359634 Building Opportunities & Opening Minds BUIL 8173304110 1801 N Hampton Rd Ste 274 DeSoto TX 75115 Jamie Jenkins President & CEO 2025-02-11 true true Nina Jones P00443727 9037471558 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X https://weboom.org X X 186754 X 161754 25000 0 0 0 0 186754 151620 2880 45915 482 173585 374482 -187728 424718 1097 238087 424718 238087 424718 238087 424718 238087 Building Opportunities & Opening Minds (BOOM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit youth leadership organization. We co-construct movements of affirmation, decolonization, organization and innovation with visionaries committed to liberation. The 2023 BOOM Freedom Summer (BFS) project provided FREE culturally responsive summer enrichment to K-8 children (FLAMES) in the southern sector of Dallas. Specifically, we offered project-based STEAM activities to Black & Brown working -class families at no cost in an effort to combat the "summer slide" (summer learning loss). BFS took place from June 12, 2023, to July 28, 2023, at the For Oak Cliff Community Center on Ledbetter Drive. It was managed by a Leadership Team of 4 early career teachers (TRAILBLAZERS) and facilitated by college students (SPARKS) from the Dallas metroplex. Each week was connected to a specific principle/focus (affirmation, decolonization, organization, and innovation) that strengthened students confidence, cultural lenses, and competence with key 21st-century skills. Each day began at 8 AM with a nutritious breakfast, followed by an energizing UMOJA (unity) session where SPARKS & FLAMES learned celebratory cheers & chants; and listened to a local community member lead a read-aloud. From 9 AM - 12 PM, Dallas-based artists taught FLAMES a range of activities like dance, yoga, improv, sports, and drumming. Lunch was served at noon, and then, from 1-3 PM, SPARKS led FLAMES in identity-rich multidisciplinary literacy sessions (reading, writing, digital, and cultural) wherein students produced various crafts, performances, and narrative works. Dismissal was at 3 PM. FLAMES attended a field trip every Friday. They also produced a summer music video and presented all of their art and talents during the Finale Showcase on July 21st. 301348 301348 Jamie Jenkins Fdr & Exec Dir 70.00 135000 6292 Alli Myatt Director 1.00 0 Taylor Toynes Director 1.00 0 Brittany Brady Director 1.00 0 Xavier Henderson Director 1.00 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false Jamie Jenkins 1801 N Hampton Rd Ste 274 DeSoto TX 75115 4692139671 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 89748 93206 42179 141760 366893 0 0 89748 93206 42179 141760 366893 0 366893 0 0 0 366893 X 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Other Expenses.1001 Advertising and Promotion $60 Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $24208 Other Expenses.1005 Travel $17908 Other Expenses.1 Contractors $116636 Other Expenses.2 Professional fees $5250 Other Expenses.3 Charitable Contributions $4475 Other Expenses.4 Program costs $3314 Other Expenses.5 Programming $1114 Other Expenses.6 Training and conferences $598 Other Expenses.8 Education $22