ABOUT US
Beautiful Angels is a 501c3 organization that was birthed out of the compassionate heart of Ms. Maxine Mapp a local resident of chicago. She was an adminstrator at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center who loved children and was compassionate about mental health. Through her legacy her vision of Beautiful Angels lives on. The youth today are seen as troubled and misunderstood. Beautiful Angels is here to change the channel of what things appear to look like on the outside and focus on what's on the inside. There are children, youth and families plagued with the stigma of mental health some who have committed suicide and others partaking in drugs and alcohol.
Many of our youth today are in silence out loud by turning to gangs and violence and being incarcerated. Beautiful Angels vision of service is for children and youth from all walks of life without regard for race, creed or color or religion, economic or educational status. Most especially with attention given to the urban high school youths stigmatized by mental challenges to assist them in developing strategies they need to help free them from academic failure and destruction on the streets, poverty, hopelessness, and disenfranchisement.
Our vision:
To embrace and lift the stigma of mental health with efforts of hope and help for the broader community. We are here to help children, youth and their families to deal with some critical issues facing them on a daily basis with effective services that to help to hinder personal growth and socialization skills for higher learning.
What Were Striving For
Mental Health Awareness And Support
In Urban Schools
Reduce Prison Recidivism Rate
Increase The Number Of Youth Enrolled In Colleges & Universities
Positive behavioral supports, caring connections, and social and emotional learning are very essential in creating positive culture in urban schools.
To bring awareness and resources to identify youth who are at risk before they show delinquency, by mentoring, and other positive youth-development approaches, to build on the strengths and assets of young people — and not simply focus on their deficits, or the one act of delinquency in their life that forever marks them."
Managing stress and maintain success in a new environment where multi-cultural students can face challenges such as micro-aggressions, non-belonging and isolation, and perceived discrimination. Guidance on the value of peer networks and support systems and the need to seek assistance when needed will be emphasized.