introduction
Welcome to the on-line presence of S.E.E.D.© Inc. (SFMI), located in Columbia South Carolina. We are an "Economic & Educational Empowerment" Organization, who is "enlightening the mind one person at a time!". Our purpose is to serve as a "Growth and Development Center" which encompasses a Teaching & Training Center and an International Outreach Center. We embrace a 3-part philosophy: Communicate, Educate & Empower.
The vision of S.E.E.D.© is to provide the disadvantaged with: the education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency through training opportunities; opportunities for meaningful work and service to their communities; and opportunities to develop employment and leadership skills.
S.E.E.D.© offers programs and services that engages youth at risk between the ages of 16 and 24 and unemployed adults 25 and older, in work, education, and family activities that will equip them, rebuild their community and strengthen their lives. The main focus of our program is to provide technical education through formal classroom training and to provide hands-on instruction in the field of computers and technology. This program will allow unemployed and disadvantaged youth and adults to go back to school in an attempt to gain their High School Equivalency (GED) and learn computer skills while providing them with hands-on experience that will allow them to become a part of the mainstream community.
Our training program provides to low-income high-school dropouts, ages 16-24 and unemployed adults 25 and older:
- academic instruction for high school diploma or GED acquisition,
- technology skills training and job placement assistance and
- leadership instruction to instill pride in the community and the state.
Throughout the year South Carolina youth and adults are trained in computer applications and other technology-based programs that specialize in creating innovative solutions for local businesses and our state.
S.E.E.D.© Inc., through S.E.E.D.© Technology Center, LLC., is an organization dedicated to the fundamental redesign of public schooling in America by:
- catalyzing vital changes in public education by generating and sustaining innovative, personalized schools that work in concert with the real world of their greater community,
- building and supporting break-through public schools and coordinates a cadre of youth development organizations establishing alternative high schools for at-risk youth nationwide,
- developing rigorous, highly personalized technology curriculum combining demanding academic work with real-world experiential and inquiry-driven learning, and
- challenging the status-quo of schools and educators in our community and engaging family and community members through innovative technology outreach programs that strengthen the economics of our community while intensifying the educational experience for students.
Please browse our site for more information about how we can assist you or how you can assist us in our endeavors by becoming a "partner for change".