Our Vision

THE VALUE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN HOUSTON 

At BBH we recognize that complex challenges we face as a community such as poverty, racial and economic disparity, and low levels of civic engagement cannot be solved by adults alone. Youth must be valued as key partners in the collective work of creating long-term and systemic improvement in our city.

At BBH, we believe today’s youth—a generation of leaders committed to reconciliation, restoration, and unity—have the answers.

When adults intentionally seek young people’s perspectives in efforts to shape the city’s future, we create a more inclusive community. Youth-adult collaboration in decision-making spaces also ensures the decisions we make that directly affect the lives of youth are better informed and thus more effective.

Our highest aspiration is to increase the scale and impact of youth participation to help our city reach its potential. Our program model is designed to permeate the entire community, to build future leaders who can work together across cultural, racial, religious and economic divides, and to provide impactful and long-term systemic change.

Transforming Houston requires that we work across the community and that we are methodical in our approach, thoughtful about the lives of all citizens, and inspirational in challenging youth to tackle and solve problems. In doing so, BBH will change young people’s lives, shift the ways adults think, improve policy, and alter the status quo of unproductive systems.

Together, we will create a more just, equitable, and hopeful future for the city we love.