In this episode of the Join Justin Podcast, we speak with Ian Welsch the Founder of the The Motivational Edge. Learn about the great work the Motivational Edge is doing to help underserved youth in our community. We also discuss how they are incorporating culturally relevant art in the children's everyday life.


The Motivational Edge is a Solutions Focused youth development organization that leverages culturally relevant arts and other platforms to engage, educate and empower young lives.

The Motivational Edge uses culturally relevant arts as a motivational platform to inspire youth toward academic achievement, increased self confidence and to build essential life skills. ME provides youth with a creative outlet for musical expression, while at the same time integrating components of literacy into its music programs. Success in school is a vital part of ME's mission, therefore, free tutoring is available for all youth, and is mandatory for students that want to participate in music and arts classes but are receiving a “C” or below in one or more core subjects in school. Using music as a motivational and learning platform, we impel students who are underachieving toward desperately needed academic instruction. The youth currently served by The Motivational Edge are walking testaments that music is an extremely powerful learning tool when integrated into the academic setting. Our unique programs integrate reading and writing skills with music instruction in innovative ways, which motivates and benefits our students. The Art of Creative Writing and Lyrical Expression includes a cutting edge writing component, which emphasizes different writing styles, types of poetry, and various forms of lyrical developments which improve performance in the classroom and on standardized tests. This also provides a rare and safe outlet for our under-resourced youth to positively express themselves, without being judged. ME also uses music as a therapeutic tool for youth on various levels of the autism spectr


The Motivational Edge
Ian Welsch
Founder and CEO
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