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February 25 - March 3, 2021

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In the Midst of COVID-19,

The R.O.C.K. Excels and Expands!

Dr. Dana Carson, Apostle & Senior Leader of The R.O.C.K.

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partner with HBCUs to provide students the opportunity to come to America to study abroad and gain the knowledge and skill sets they need to go back and strengthen their countries.

Youth and Young Adult Empowerment Center (Edgebrook and Alvin Campuses) The Youth and Young Adult Empowerment Center will serve to combat the rising rate of youth and young adult homelessness in Southeast Houston. Through this empowerment center, The R.O.C.K. will provide a homeless youth and young adult program that will educate and provide youth and young adults with the necessary resources and skill sets to become healthy and productive citizens of society, including GED and ESL programs.

A.C.T.S. Athletics Program The Assisting Children Towards Success (A.C.T.S.) Corporation is a mentoring and motivation program with the purpose of identifying male and female children and youth between the ages of 10-18 who desire to improve their athletic skill sets, while working towards a foundation for success through scholastic achievement. Through their three full court gymnasiums and outdoor sports courts, this athletics program will conduct children and youth basketball leagues, church basketball leagues, the Carson Summer Classic basketball tournament, skill camps, and tournaments.

Vocational Training Center (Edgebrook Campus and Alvin Campuses) The Vocational Training Center will provide specialty skill set training in the areas of HVAC, carpentry, welding, and plumbing.

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ooker T. Washington Empowerment Center

The Booker T. Washington Empowerment Center is a 21st-century approach to community empowerment by providing individuals with access to the skill sets and knowledge that will equip them for both the business and work/career worlds. The BTW Empowerment Center will provide the tools and resources to either obtain employment or begin a business. The uniqueness of this empowerment center is its focus on assisting the underprivileged, primarily those who have challenges entering or reentering the workforce due to the lack of education or a criminal background. This center will house the Carson School of Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Geneva’s School of Culinary & Barista Training, Process Operations Certification, Pharmacy Technician Certification, Information Technology Certification, Louise Coleman-Eubanks School of Nursing, Walker JG School of Electrician Training, and The Empowerment Counseling Center.

Leadership Development and Training Corporation The Leadership Development and Training Corporation endeavors to both equip and empower leaders to effectively lead with high levels of efficiency in the 21st century. It will provide a youth and young adult leadership program and an online school of leadership.

Carson Academy of Kingdom Excellence School (C.A.K.E.) Currently, the C.A.K.E. school in the Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum of Nairobi, Kenya, educates nearly 500 children from kindergarten to the 8th grade. Their vision is to establish Carson Academies of Kingdom Excellence (CAKE) throughout the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, and other select countries and continents. These schools will provide children with access to a holistic and quality education that gives them a C.H.A.N.C.E (Children Having Access to Nutrition, Care, and Education) at success in life that is built upon both vision and values.

Their vision is also to expand the school into a high school then launch the Exchange Student Program – Back to Africa. This program will

Perpetuity Construction Company The Perpetuity Construction Company will be located in Alvin, TX. This company will specialize in design, engineering, project management, and construction. This company will be open for public clients and provide access to an architectural design firm and real estate services.

Kingdom Wall Street

(221 acres)

In 2016, The R.O.C.K. burned the mortgage on 221 acres in the Rosharon, Texas, area (FM 521 and FM 1462), just 30 minutes south of downtown Houston. This land will host retail centers, restaurants, clothing stores, grocery stores, a banking and investment corporation, a leadership development and team building corporation, a business incubator, and a center for technology.

This initiative will also host a vocational program, which will include training programs such as, HVAC, electrician, plumbing, culinary, healthcare professions, and basic engineering skills. This land will also house an elite private school (Pre-K through 12th grade), an African American studies center and library, a center for economic empowerment, a R.O.C.K. church campus, park areas around the detention ponds, an entertainment center and a performing arts center, housing developments, senior living facilities, a healthcare center, a convention center and hotels, and a camping and farming site.

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