our MISSION
To transform the lives of those impacted by racial or socio-economic barriers through Personal Empowerment, career training, and meaningful employment.
our VISION
A community where all individuals, especially people of color, have attained financial independence through employment success.
how we help
Career Training
We provide free comprehensive career skills training to under and unemployed individuals. Our training goes beyond technical training and is coupled with interpersonal skills, Personal Empowerment, and one on one career coaching.
Empowerment Institute
Our Empowerment Institute brings Personal Empowerment training to other nonprofits, private companies, schools, and colleges.
Employment
We provide employment placement services, connecting participants to our network of over 500 employers. We also work directly with employers to find recruiting and training solutions.
participant stories
Empowerment Institute and SixSeconds
Our Empowerment Analysis was selected as one of the 12 premiere partners that SixSeconds highlights each year ~ a true testament to the Empowerment Institutes work and partnership.
“In 2017, In 2017, Twin Cities R!SE initiated a partnership with Six Seconds with the goal of highlighting and quantifying the impact of its Personal Empowerment Training at The Empowerment Institute. Empowerment Institute Facilitators started becoming Certified Practitioners with Six Seconds, and program participants took the SEI, the world’s leading emotional intelligence assessment, both before starting and after finishing the program in order to measure the course’s impact. The SEI measures overall emotional intelligence, 8 specific competencies, and 4 life success outcomes: Relationships, Wellbeing, Effectiveness and Quality of Life. In this study, program participants took a pre-assessment before starting and a post-assessment upon completion, and Six Seconds and TCR analyzed the results.”
“The moment I enrolled in Twin Cities R!SE, Empowerment became a part of my life.”
I came to Twin Cites R!SE after being incarcerated, and it was the best thing to happen to me outside of meeting my wife. Before coming to TCR, I was a lost man. I had lost my then wife, my job, my home, and my life savings. I decided to give TCR a try. The course that helped me the most was Personal Empowerment. Personal Empowerment changed my life and helped with my temper. Through this course, I learned how to handle different situations and to be assertive with how I respond to people. I learned my birthright, that I am a lovable, valuable, and important person. I no longer allow anyone to control my emotions.”
-Leonard, TCR Graduate