About RULE

What We Do

We imagine steps to success and write the imagination lists.

We set S.M.A.R.T. goals and teach others to do the same.

We facilitate ONLINE group meetings to prepare teens for personal growth.

We journey alongside each student to ensure their plans support AND propel their goals.

Who We Are

  • A New Jersey 501(c)(3) nonprofit
  • Operating in the City of Paterson
  • Organizing since December 2018
  • Equipping teens to lead

Our Mission is to equip teens with skills so that they can unleash their potential to dream big and take small steps to fulfill their dreams.

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Rising Urban Leaders Enterprise (RULE)

Our Vision is to create a culture of forward planning leaders with a vision for a fruitful future and a strategy to conquer adversity.

Open Access

To experience personal growth, commit 50 hours - about 60 minutes a week for 1 year - to team meetings and events. 

Our Calendar gives access to events, meetings, and workshops.  

Any teen can catch up with presentations after submitting an application.

In This Order:

Program Goals for Teens

  • Increase student-to-student interactions
  • Reduce complacency and procrastination
  • Increase goal-setting awareness
  • Reduce loneliness and isolation
  • Increase interpersonal communication
  • Reduce low academic performance
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Benefits

  • Awards
  • Friendship
  • Leadership 
  • Mentorship
  • Networking
  • Recognition
  • Scholarship Locator
  • Study Skills
  • Wish List Achieved

Our Board

Our board members are professionally diverse.  More importantly, they work strategically to ensure that activities and transactions are advancing RULE's mission.

Although nonprofit organizations in the State of New Jersey have the capacity to seat 10 members on their board, RULE has six members, three of whom are officers.

Our board members oversee the efficient use of program assets.  In addition, they assure the government and the public that the organization is functioning in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Our Board of Trustees

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Keith B. Allen, Esq.

Treasurer
Linden, NJ
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Linda A. Hicks, M.Ed.

President
Paterson, NJ
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 Eric R. Null, B.F.A.

Secretary
High Ridge, MO
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Councilman Robert L. Artis


Prospect Park, NJ
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Dr. Stephanie D. Taylor, PhD


Annandale, NJ
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Edward A. Jones Sr.


Hillside, NJ
Mr. Abdoulaye Sanogo

Abdoulaye Sanogo, M.E.

Executive Director 
Brooklyn, NY
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Denise R. Blackwood

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Paterson, NJ