Saving lives. Building future leaders.
Can Get Right is a Milwaukee-based youth development nonprofit dedicated to educating, empowering, and elevating the next generation. We are a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
Mission Statement
Can Get Right Inc. exists to educate, empower, and elevate young men by providing safe spaces, mentorship, athletics, creative expression, and life-building opportunities that help them choose purpose, peace, and positive futures.
Vision Statement
Can Get Right Inc. envisions a Milwaukee where young men are surrounded by safety, mentorship, brotherhood, opportunity, and hope. We strive to build a future where young men no longer feel trapped by violence, poverty, trauma, or retaliation, but are equipped to discover their purpose, develop their gifts, lead with peace, and build positive futures for themselves, their families, and their communities.
What we stand on
Faith
Belief in Jesus Christ being our foundation and in the potential of every young person.
Brotherhood
No one walks alone. We rise together as family.
Opportunity
Opening doors that were once closed to our youth.
Accountability
Owning our choices and holding each other to a higher standard.
Leadership
Raising the next generation of leaders, not statistics.
Service
Giving back and pouring into our community.
Community
Healing, building, and growing where we live.
Why Can Get Right was created
Can Get Right was born out of pain, purpose, and a refusal to accept that our young people are destined to become statistics. In neighborhoods where violence is normalized and opportunity is scarce, too many promising lives are cut short or derailed before they ever get a chance.
We exist to change that story. Every program we build is designed around five convictions: saving lives, preventing violence, creating alternatives, building future leaders, and community healing.
Through mentorship, brotherhood, and real opportunity, we meet young people where they are and walk with them toward where they can be. We believe — without exception — that every young person Can Get Right.