Empowering Our Youth

Helping Empower Youth provides an opportunity to mobilize, motivate, and inspire young people to take action that changes their world.

Marc A. Boyd, known to most as KD, has called Atlanta home for nearly all of his life.  A military veteran, Marc was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps in 2006.  Upon settling into civilian life, Marc began working at Lockheed Martin building one of the things he loves the most, airplanes.  During a break from Lockheed, Marc made a life changing decision to dedicate a year of life to service, once again.  He served as an AmeriCorps member with the HandsOn Atlanta state program.  it was here that his love of educating children resurfaced and made a deliberate decision to find a way to continue giving back in a more formal and committed fashion.

Kanesha C. Venning is the Co – Founder & Executive Director for Helping Empower Youth, LLC, a non-profit that aims to mobilize, motivate, and inspire young people to take action that will change their world. For the past six years she has worked to support and help children and families throughout the Metro Atlanta Area. Kanesha’s drive and calculated approach to service was revived while serving as an AmeriCorps Member for a state program at HandsOn Atlanta.  She is an alumna of AmeriCorps, Pathbuilders, Inc. Insignia Program, Center for Creative Leadership American Express Leadership Academy, and Hands On Network Project Management Institute. She was recently selected to participate in the United Way of Metro Atlanta’s Volunteer Involvement Program.  She has previously served on the board of the Metro Atlanta Chapter of AmeriCorps Alums.  She is currently serving as a board member for Twenty (20) Something, Inc.  She holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Sociology from Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. Kanesha is pleased to launch Helping Empower Youth, LLC which incorporates her personal values, professional experiences, and life purpose.