A.B.C. for Youth Futures Inc.
October 13, 2026
Thanks for Your Continued Support for 21 years!
Thanks…
Thank you for supporting A Better Chance for Youth Futures, Inc. Your generosity helps us strengthen scholars and empower families throughout Bexar County.
Together, we have awarded over $10,000 in scholarships and support and provided 65 scholars with care packages and assistance at our HBCU Summer Send-Off. We truly appreciate our annual sponsors: Consono Clinical Research, Dr. Sharon Crockett, and Regina Donaldson.
Help us continue this impact by sponsoring our South Texas HBCU ICON and Community Awards on May 15, 2027, in San Antonio, Texas. This annual fundraiser provides resources and materials for our scholars while celebrating those who uplift the HBCU community.
Sponsorship opportunities:
$500—Community Partner: Weekly complimentary advertising across all ABCYF publications.
$1,000—Scholar Advocate: All $500 benefits, plus one reserved table at the awards gala.
$3,000+—Legacy Sponsor: All $1,000 benefits, plus event signage and recognition through ABCYF media outlets, including A Better Chance TV.
Weekly advertising runs from sponsorship confirmation through May 15, 2027.
Take the next step today! Reserve your sponsorship by calling (210) 851-6630, or make a contribution using:
Givelify: https://www.givelify.com/donate/NzExMzM=
Zelle: mrobinsonabc@icloud.com
Cash App: https://cash.app/$abetterchancellc
Know someone making an impact in the HBCU community? Submit an awards nomination: https://bit.ly/Awards27
Thank you for investing in our scholars and helping us create more opportunities for their future.
With gratitude,
Dr. Monique S. Robinson
Founder and CEO
A Better Chance for Youth Futures, Inc.
(210) 851-6630
About A Better Chance for Youth Futures Inc.
Welcome to the Team
🎉 Welcome to the team! Congratulations to our 2026–2027 Leadership Team at A Better Chance for Youth Futures, Inc.! 💛 Your dedication helps us empower scholars, support families, and celebrate HBCU excellence.
Want to make a difference? We’re looking for volunteers and new members! Message us to learn how you can get involved.
Together, we’re creating a better chance for our youth! 🎓✨
#ABC4Y #LeadershipTeam #HBCUPride #VolunteersWelcome
Happy BIRTHDAY LEON!
🎉 Stop what you’re doing and help me wish my brother from another mother a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎂
Our ABCYF Board Vice President and one of the most supportive Grambling alumni I know—you show up, give back, and always show love! 🖤💛🐯
Thank you for your leadership, your friendship, and your heart for our community. May God bless you with joy, good health, and continued favor in this new year of life.
Have a blessed birthday, brother! Much love! ❤️🎉
✨ WHO DESERVES THEIR GOLDEN MOMENT?
✨You know the leaders who show up, give back, and open doors for others. Now help us celebrate them! 🏆💛
Nominations are OPEN for the 2027 South Texas HBCU ICON & Community Awards, presented by A Better Chance for Youth Futures, Inc.!
Our theme, “Living My Life Like It’s Golden,” celebrates service, excellence, and lasting impact.
🌟 Nominate a community changemaker or an ICON making a national impact on the HBCU community. ICON nominees do not have to be HBCU alumni!
👉 Give someone the recognition they deserve: https://bit.ly/Awards27
📅 Nomination deadline: December 31, 2026
✨ Awards celebration: May 15, 2027 | San Antonio, Texas
Their work deserves to be seen. Your nomination can make that happen! Share this post and help us find our next honorees. #ABCYF #HBCUAwards2027 #LivingMyLifeLikeItsGolden #HBCUPride
🎓🚀 SCHOLARS ON THE MOVE—YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE!
Join Us
🎓🚀 SCHOLARS ON THE MOVE STARTS THIS SUNDAY!
Help your scholar prepare for what’s next with A Better Chance for Youth Futures, Inc.! Explore HBCUs, scholarships, college preparation, and leadership in our virtual youth program for grades 8–12.
📅 First class: Sunday, October 18, 2026
🏁 Final session: June 20, 2027
⏰ Every third Sunday at 6 PM CST
💻 60-minute virtual classes—join from anywhere!
🌟 Seniors receive one-on-one check-ins and personal coaching!
🚨 Spaces are limited! Register today and give your scholar a strong start toward their future.
Questions or need help registering? Let us know! 💖💛
#ScholarsOnTheMove #ABC4Y #HBCUBound #CollegeReady
💛 THANK YOU! 💛
We appreciate everyone who came out and supported our HBCU Different World Watch Party & Family Night! From the HBCU stories and trivia to the fellowship, laughter, vendors, volunteers, and online supporters — you helped make the evening special.
Thank you for continuing to support A Better Chance for Youth Futures, Inc. as we celebrate HBCUs and inspire the next generation of scholars! 🎓✨
#ABC4Y #HBCUPride #ADifferentWorld #HBCUFamily #SupportHBCUs
Takisha A. Davis Stipend Recipients 2026
🎓✨ We’re celebrating our 2026 Takisha A. Davis Scholarship Honorees! ✨🎓
After an incredible scholarship competition, we are excited to recognize these six scholars and their final placements:
🥇 T’Asia Blissett — 1st Place
🥈 Donna-Lee Dawes — 2nd Place
🥉 Amani Andrade — 3rd Place
🎓 Nicholas Boone — 4th Place
🎓 Gregorio Armand — 5th Place
🎓 Corynn Keck — 6th Place
👏🏾 Drop a congratulations in the comments and help us celebrate these outstanding scholars!
#ABetterChanceForYouthFutures #TakishaADavisScholarship #ScholarshipHonorees #HBCUScholars #HBCUPride #ADifferentWorld #HBCUTrivia
ENTER THE ABCYF 50/50 RAFFLE
🎟️ ENTER THE ABCYF 50/50 RAFFLE! 🎟️
One winner receives 50% of the raffle proceeds, and the other 50% supports A Better Chance for Youth Futures, Inc. and its work with young scholars.
🏆 Winner announced October 31, 2026!
Get your raffle tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/a-better-chance-for-youth-futures-incs-annual-raffle--2026
Share this post with someone who loves supporting our youth! 💛💗
#ABCYF #5050Raffle #SupportOurScholars
YOUR STORY DESERVES TO BE HEARD!
🎙️✨ YOUR STORY DESERVES TO BE HEARD!
A Better Chance TV is looking for inspiring guests to join the show!
🎓 HBCU Alumni
🍎 Educators
📚 Authors
💼 Entrepreneurs
🤝 Community Leaders
🌟 Scholars
Share your story, promote your work, and inspire our community!
📲 Register here: https://bit.ly/guest-on-show
#ABetterChanceTV #BeOurGuest #HBCU #ShareYourStory #CommunityLeaders
A Better Chance TV
🎉 The celebration continues all month long!
We’re showing our ABC Celebration Sunday Show every day, giving you another chance to celebrate this special milestone with us! 💛🎓
This show was recorded with so much love, joy, and gratitude—and we want you to be part of the celebration every time it airs. 💬✨ Drop a comment, share a memory, shout out your favorite moment, and celebrate 21 years with us!
For 21 years, we’ve been uplifting scholars, celebrating HBCUs, and serving our communities—and we’re just getting started! 🎂🎉
📺 A Better Chance TV Watch. Comment. Share. Celebrate. 💛 #ABC4Y #21YearsStrong #HBCUPride #ABetterChanceTV
Voices of Education Volume 2:
Barriers, Obstacles, and Changing the Narrative
Voices of Education, Volume 2: Barriers, Obstacles, and Changing the Narrative features six educators who share their experiences overcoming adversity, addressing inequity, and maintaining their commitment to students and communities. Through candid reflections on survival, confidence, achievement, leadership, and advocacy, they highlight the challenges they have faced and the determination that drives their continued impact.
With contributions from Monique Robinson, Ed.D., Barretta Burford, Dr. Krystal Cross, Dr. Mary Goshay-Vance, Dr. Damon A. Borders, and Dr. Anthony H. Brown, this anthology highlights the achievements and lasting influence of educators who did not let barriers define their purpose. Each story illustrates how encouragement, representation, resilience, and strong leadership can transform classrooms, strengthen communities, and positively influence students’ lives.
Including practical resources for teachers and guided reflection journals, Voices of Education, Volume 2 serves as both an inspirational collection and a valuable tool for educators, administrators, mentors, parents, and others dedicated to meaningful change in education. These accounts are more than stories; they are testimonies of perseverance, calls to action, and reminders that changing the narrative begins when educators choose to speak up.
The Violets on the Yard
Four friends. One HBCU Yard. A future none of them can predict.
The Violets on the Yard brings laughter, unexpected love, painful betrayals, and a sisterhood tested by change. Follow Kanesha and her friends as they discover that adulthood doesn’t come with all the answers—but every choice offers a chance to grow.
Will the friendship they planted survive the women they become?
Liv's Charms by Meme!
Liv's Charms by Meme!
A huge thank you to my classmate, Shanti Coaston, for the amazing surprise gifts! 💖 Your thoughtfulness and kindness truly made my day. I absolutely loved every single gift, and I'm so grateful for your generosity. Thank you for making me feel so special!
If you're looking for beautiful, personalized gifts and custom creations, be sure to support Liv's Charms by Meme! Check out her page @livscharmsbymeme, scan the QR code on her business card, or contact her at 216-800-4619 or coaston2teach@gmail.com. Let's show her some love by shopping with her small business! 💝✨
Thank you again, Shanti! You are truly appreciated. 💕
A Healing Curriculum for Young Women
About Dr. Tyffani Monford
Dr. Tyffani is a licensed psychologist. She is the author of three books: Girls Got Issues: A Woman’s Guide to Self-discovery & Healing, You Got This! A Girl’s Guide to Growing Up, Black Girl: Unapologetically. In addition, she is the author of therapeutic resources for clinicians including Reclaiming Me: Beginning My Journey to Overcoming Human Trafficking (free for therapists/agencies working with teen survivors of human trafficking). Her workbook, Girl, Get Free: An Expressive Guide for Black College Women was released in November 2023. She is also the co-author of two others works: Becoming Who I Want to Be: A Good Lives Workbook for Young Women and its accompanying Counselor’s Edition.
Dr. Tyffani has served on several national, state, and local boards/committees addressing sexual violence prevention/intervention as well as the emotional wellness of girls and women. Dr. Tyffani is the developer of two curricula geared towards work with women survivors of sexual assault: Sisters of Tamar Support Circle (a faith-based support group curriculum) and Sister Circle (a support group curriculum for working with Black women survivors) as well as the Culturally Informed Work with Black Women Survivors: Training & Self-inquiry Manual. Her most recent curriculum, Bold, Black, & Becoming: A Healing Curriculum for Black Girls, was co-authored with her two daughters. Dr. Tyffani is the Owner of Monford Consulting & Psychological Services, LLC. and the Co-Founder/Executive Director of Living At The Intersections, Inc. (LATI), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to intentionally provide space and education for and regarding Black girls/Emerging Adults and Black nonbinary youth; helping to create a world in which they can do more than exist. A world in which they can truly LIVE and be seen as their authentic selves.
Join The HBCU Authors Club
📚🎓 HBCU pride meets the power of storytelling!
📚🎓 HBCU pride meets the power of storytelling!
Calling all authors, readers, and HBCU supporters! Join the HBCU Authors Club and help celebrate the voices, stories, and creativity within our HBCU community. Let’s discover great reads and support the authors behind them! 💜✨
Tag an author or book lover who belongs here! 📖
#HBCUAuthorsClub #HBCUPride #SupportHBCUAuthors #ABC4Y
Amazon Best Seller Children’s Books!
🎉📚 CONGRATULATIONS, DR. DAMON A. BORDERS! 📚🎉
We are excited to celebrate Dr. Damon A. Borders, Ph.D. and his children’s book, The Magical Drum, for making the Amazon Best Seller List for Children’s Books! 🥁✨This wonderful children’s adventure shares a powerful message of kindness, community, courage, and believing in the magic within.
Follow Mikyah as she discovers that a special drum holds a powerful lesson—not just in its rhythm, but in the kindness, love, and connections shared with others. Through a magical journey filled with imagination and tradition, young readers will be inspired to embrace their unique gifts, build strong communities, and believe in the magic they carry inside.Perfect for children, families, classrooms, and libraries, The Magical Drum is more than a story—it is a reminder that the greatest magic comes from kind hearts, shared experiences, and the courage to be yourself.
Get Some Gude Snacks
#SipIt #SipItOn87
BIG NEWS, SAN ANTONIO! 🎉
Let’s show some love and help us CELEBRATE SIP IT’S NEW LOCATION ON 87! 🎊💚❤️💛
A new location means more opportunities to SIP, CHILL & ENJOY all the delicious flavors Sip It has to offer! 🥤✨
🎉 Come out, support this amazing local business, and celebrate this exciting new chapter with them!
Bring your family, bring your friends, and of course… BRING YOUR SIP! 😋🥤
👏🏽 CONGRATULATIONS, SIP IT! We’re excited to see you grow and continue bringing refreshing drinks and good vibes to the community!
#SipIt #SipItOn87 #NewLocation #GrandOpening #SupportLocalBusiness #ShopLocal #SanAntonio #SanAntonioBusinesses #CommunitySupport #LetsCelebrate 🥤🎉❤️
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🎶🚨 I WRITE. I ARRANGE. AND NOW… A NEW WAY TO HEAR MY MUSIC! 🙌🏾💜
Today, I got the notification that MzMo’ Muzik is now on AMAZON MUSIC! 🎉🎤
There’s nothing like seeing something you created reach new ears! So while y’all are shopping on Amazon, shop my songs, too! 😂🛒🎶
Search MzMo’ Muzik, take a listen, purchase your favorite, and leave a comment telling me which song speaks to you! Thank you for supporting my creativity! 💜✨
#MzMoMuzik #AmazonMusic #IWriteIArrange #SupportIndependentArtists
Our mission is to empower and uplift scholars pursuing higher education at HBCUs by providing mentorship, scholarships, and community support that foster academic success, leadership development, and cultural pride.
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