The Believe Group meets the basic needs of the community by improving the human and physical infrastructure in the community and investing and developing areas such as housing, commerce, and service delivery. Through their Making of Men and Waking of Women Leadership Programs the organization provides social-emotional resiliency development programs to students in low-income and high-risk communities, with a strategy tailored to each school community. The Making of Men Summer Academy will serve 25 8th-grade scholars who have juvenile legal system involvement and will expose them to new experiences and opportunities that will broaden their horizons and inspire them to pursue their dreams.