Build UP

Build UP Build UP workforce development program empowers youth from within to revitalize their home communities. Find out more at www.buildup.work.

Build UP is the nation’s first and only workforce development model that provides impoverished youth with career-ready skills through paid apprenticeships with industry-aligned secondary and early-postsecondary academic coursework, leading them to become educated, credentialed, and empowered civic leaders, workers, homeowners and landlords. The program empowers youth to make a difference in their

community by giving them the resources they need to revitalize their communities from within through:
Education - Students gain the tools necessary to lead successful lives, such as job-ready skills, leadership training, a high school diploma and an associates degree. Stabilization - Families have access to affordable, stable housing they can take pride in and even rent to earn a passive income and build wealth. Revitalization - Stable leadership and improved economic status empowers students and their families to lead a long-term revitalization of their community. Learn more at https://www.buildup.work

Please consider making a year-end donation to support the awesome work the Build UP team is doing across western Birming...
12/27/2021

Please consider making a year-end donation to support the awesome work the Build UP team is doing across western Birmingham. You can honor a friend or relative by making a donation on their behalf this Christmas. Alabamians also have the unique opportunity to redirect their state income tax dollars to instead support our students. You choose where to spend your taxes! Click on the link below to learn more.

Check out Build UP End of Year Giving by Build UP!

Build UP- Ensley interns made this high school redevelopment event possible by transforming this gym over the last sever...
11/12/2021

Build UP- Ensley interns made this high school redevelopment event possible by transforming this gym over the last several days. “Before” pics to come.

Check us out this weekend on Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien - find your local air time below:
05/07/2021

Check us out this weekend on Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien - find your local air time below:

Albuquerque, NM KOAT Sunday 10:00 a.m. Baltimore, MD WBAL Sunday 11:00 a.m. Birmingham, AL WVTM Saturday 6:30 p.m. Boston, MA WCVB Sunday 11:30 a.m. Boise, ID KTVB Showtime TBD Chicago, IL WBBM Sunday 4:30 a.m. Cincinnati, OH WLWT Sunday 11:00 a.m. Colorado Springs, CO KOAA Showtime TBD Dallas, TX K...

Check us out this weekend on Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien. Find where it's airing in your community here:
05/07/2021

Check us out this weekend on Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien. Find where it's airing in your community here:

Albuquerque, NM KOAT Sunday 10:00 a.m. Baltimore, MD WBAL Sunday 11:00 a.m. Birmingham, AL WVTM Saturday 6:30 p.m. Boston, MA WCVB Sunday 11:30 a.m. Boise, ID KTVB Showtime TBD Chicago, IL WBBM Sunday 4:30 a.m. Cincinnati, OH WLWT Sunday 11:00 a.m. Colorado Springs, CO KOAA Showtime TBD Dallas, TX K...

If you haven’t seen this article yet, it does a great job of capturing some of our community voice while also telling th...
04/02/2021

If you haven’t seen this article yet, it does a great job of capturing some of our community voice while also telling the Build UP story succinctly (which is not an easy task). Happy Good Friday world!

Buying a home is a quintessential adult accomplishment. For the students attending Build UP, a non-profit workforce development school in Alabama, the goal of owning a home could come much earlier than for most American grownups.

2020 has been tough on us at Build UP, with over $500K in lost revenues PRIOR to COVID-19 even emerging. However, we pro...
12/30/2020

2020 has been tough on us at Build UP, with over $500K in lost revenues PRIOR to COVID-19 even emerging. However, we provided safe, socially-distant in-person education to our incredible students without interruption from Aug 24-Dec 11, for which we feel very fortunate.

Would you please consider supporting our critical work with a charitable contribution. If money is tight on your end, one additional option (for Alabama residents only) is to redirect your state income taxes to provide a child a tax-credit scholarship. Please consider acting now to support us. www.buildup.work/support-us

​Our future lies in the hands of our youth. Help empower them to build brighter futures for their families and our overall community by supporting Build UP's efforts. Every dollar has the potential...

2020 has been tough on us at Build UP, with over $500K in lost revenues PRIOR to COVID-19 even emerging. However, we mad...
12/30/2020

2020 has been tough on us at Build UP, with over $500K in lost revenues PRIOR to COVID-19 even emerging. However, we made provided safe, socially-distant education for our students from Aug 24-Dec 11 with no interruptions, and for that' we feel very blessed. Would you consider supporting our critical work by making a charitable contribution? -OR-If money is tight on your end, one additional option (for Alabama residents only) is to redirect your Alabama state income taxes to support our work. Please consider acting now to support us. www.buildup.work/support-us

​Our future lies in the hands of our youth. Help empower them to build brighter futures for their families and our overall community by supporting Build UP's efforts. Every dollar has the potential...

Hey folks, check us out tonight at ~5:10pm on ABC 33/40. Cynthia Gould spent a few days (and nights) with us as we partn...
12/14/2020

Hey folks, check us out tonight at ~5:10pm on ABC 33/40. Cynthia Gould spent a few days (and nights) with us as we partnered to move another Homewood house to help rebuild Birmingham. Also, watch this short video when you can to find out how you can redirect your tax dollars to support our youth and possibly even SAVE money on your Federal tax return.

In Alabama you have the unique opportunity to decide where YOUR tax dollars go. You can send them to Montgomery, or you can keep them here locally and help a...

Great photojournalism piece from Fannie Mae recently published: https://www.fanniemae.com/build-upCheck It out when you ...
11/22/2020

Great photojournalism piece from Fannie Mae recently published: https://www.fanniemae.com/build-up

Check It out when you get the chance ;)

Build UP is a private, nonprofit high school in Birmingham, AL, that blends traditional academic coursework with hands-on, paid apprenticeships in home construction and real estate.

Coming to a Build UP classroom near you! VR workforce development “gaming.” It’s. About. To. Go. Down.
08/20/2020

Coming to a Build UP classroom near you! VR workforce development “gaming.” It’s. About. To. Go. Down.

Project CommUNITY: Sheri Falk WVTM 13 spoke to Build UP Founder and CEO Dr. Mark Martin about an incredible program th...
08/08/2020

Project CommUNITY: Sheri Falk WVTM 13 spoke to Build UP Founder and CEO Dr. Mark Martin about an incredible program that will provide youth in Ensley the skills and education successful professionals.

BUILD UP: WVTM 13's Sheri Falk talks to Build UP Founder and CEO Dr. Mark Martin about an incredible program that will provide youth in Ensley the skills and education successful professionals.

We will see you tomorrow morning at 11 AM for our Parent Orientation! We'll be discussing and voting on matters concerni...
08/07/2020

We will see you tomorrow morning at 11 AM for our Parent Orientation! We'll be discussing and voting on matters concerning the current COVID climate and need your input.

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