Investment Club
Our financial literacy programs aim to change how young people think about their personal economics and their financial management. We teach financial literacy as a Life Skill something that everyone regardless of their job or career needs to know and understand while also encouraging informed decision making. We currently serve over 500 young people every year. We offer year-round classes in Brockton (and by Zoom to other places in Massachusetts) we teach economic and financial literacy concepts including budgeting and savings. We offer programs for a range of ages, but the focus is middle school. In addition, our Investment Club, run during the school year for middle and high school students in partnership with BASE Chicago, provides students an opportunity to simulate investments in real stocks and participate in a nationwide stock investing competition.
In 2024, Empower Yourself students took the top five positions in this competition with over 300 participants, our students won over 18k in prize money that they used to fund their investment portfolio and college planning. A lot of our student success can be accredited to the tremendous relationship we have Bentley University. Bentley allows our students to come to their trading room multiple times a year and teach our students how to trade and too understand financial markets. More importantly, Bentley provides our students opportunities within the Bentley Community.
Beyond the impact we have by working directly with students from lower-income families, we advise schools and train teachers on how to deliver their own year-round financial literacy classes. We also support schools in creating their own investment clubs.
These programs are intentionally designed to drive towards our intended outcomes and overall goal as an organization.
Empower Yourself is proud to associate with the Thousandaires Club, founded from the BASE Chicago, which seeks to change and educate communities on how to build and maintain wealth through investing and financial literacy. For the second year, our students placed in the top five — in 2nd and 4th place — winning $3,000 cumulatively to invest towards their future. This program provides a valuable opportunity for not only students, but parents also, to learn how to invest and save for their future.
Registration is now open for the 2025/2026 Investment Competition! For the first time the competition will be open to adult participation, but only students / children will be eligible for the cash prize.
The competition is available to students in middle and high school, who are provided test accounts with simulated money — but real stocks. Participants attend virtual classes where they learn the fundamentals of investing from experts, and then apply these lessons to build their own portfolio.
Registration is open until the 29th, we urge and welcome everyone to participate and take advantage of an amazing learning opportunity: https://forms.gle/KjNsXFXhDzEaLXDq8
Our Literacy Partners
