A.L.I.G.N
Youth Guidance & Programming

Meet the need. Then close the gap.

The drives and six programs — for youth ages 12 and up and the adults in their corner. Free or sliding scale from $0.

Nobody finds their calling on an empty stomach. So we do both — the groceries and the becoming. One organization, two arms, one logic. Programming runs for youth ages 12 and up and the adults in their corner.

Arm One · Immediate — the drives

Material need doesn't wait for a coaching appointment. Three times a year we show up with what's actually needed, in the season it's needed. No application. No means test. No sermon attached.

Back-to-School Drive

August

Backpacks, supplies, and uniforms for Chicago families. A kid who walks in on day one with the right bag walks in differently. That's not sentiment — ask any teacher.

Needs: supplies · volunteers · packing space

Food Drive

November

Shelf-stable groceries through the hardest stretch of the calendar, run in partnership with regional food banks rather than around them.

Needs: non-perishables · drivers · sorters

Azriel's Toy Drive

Opens Nov 15

New, unwrapped toys for kids across Chicago — opening every year on Azriel Lloyd's birthday, because that date was always going to mean something. He was sixteen. He'd have been first in line to carry boxes.

Needs: new toys · volunteers · wrapping crew

Community Table

Year-round

Pop-ups, resource nights, and the rooms where people find out this exists. Most of our program participants met us at a folding table first.

Needs: venues · partners · hands
Arm Two · Ongoing — the work

Everyone who comes through a drive is invited into the rest. Nobody's pushed. The door is just open, and it stays open. Six programs — the direction, and the paperwork that gets you paid.

Cross-Generation Mentoring

Free · 6-month
Program 01

We pair across decades on purpose. The 55-year-old brings judgment the 25-year-old hasn't earned yet. The 25-year-old brings a read on the world the 55-year-old lost track of. Both sides mentor. Both sides get mentored.

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Alignment Coaching

Sliding scale from $0
Program 02

The A.L.I.G.N Method run properly — in small cohorts of 6–10, or one-on-one when the situation calls for it. Mixed ages in every cohort. This is the work that changes the direction, not just the résumé.

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Career Navigation

Free
Program 03

Job search that isn't just applying into a void. Employer connections, interview preparation, salary conversations, and honest strategy for career changers, the laid-off, and anyone starting over later than they planned.

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Resume & Presence Clinic

Free · Monthly
Program 04

A resume should read as a career narrative, not a mirror of the job description. We rebuild yours — plus LinkedIn, and how you walk into the room. Drop-in clinics and one-on-one reviews.

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Creator Business Clinic

Free · Monthly
Program 05

Content creation is a job. Almost nobody teaches the job. We cover rate cards, contract terms, what you're actually signing away, media kits, pitching, licensing, and taxes — so you can find and land your own partnerships without getting taken.

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Money & Benefits Clinic

Free · Monthly
Program 06

A raise you can't hold onto isn't a raise. Credit, budgeting, banking access, student loans, benefits you're owed and never claimed, and what to actually do with a 401(k) nobody explained. The 24-year-old and the 58-year-old usually turn out to be asking the same question.

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The standard

Nobody is turned away for inability to pay. Sliding scale means you tell us what's possible — we don't ask for proof, and we don't ask twice. Where a program lists a fee, every dollar of it funds a seat for someone who can't cover one.

On the Creator Clinic — what we don't do. We teach you to find your own brands and negotiate your own deals. We are not an agency. We don't broker partnerships, we don't take a cut, we don't keep a roster, and we don't route anyone to the founder's commercial ventures. The Foundation teaches. What you build with it is yours.