Acceler8

Acceler8 is a youth mentorship and automotive workforce training program created by two veteran law enforcement officers, providing social justice and economic equity by guiding, lifting up and preparing youth for self-supporting careers. The Acceler8 program reaches two high-needs groups in Los Angeles: high school students at risk due to their behavior, academic status, or family situation; and "opportunity youth", those ages 16-24 who are neither enrolled in school nor participating in the workforce.

Acceler8, an innovative new automotive education program, pairs at-risk teens and opportunity youth with volunteer law enforcement officers and automotive professionals, joined by a common passion for automobiles. We support youth at risk for gang and/or juvenile justice involvement in learning skills that prepare them for jobs in the automotive and trades workforce. We seek to secure a stationary garage facility and to build a staff adequate to the ever-expanding demand for our program.