SKILLS CITY, USA TEAMS UP WITH PROJECT STAND UP TO BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES.


SKILLS CITY, USA TEAMS UP WITH PROJECT STAND UP TO BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES.


FORT WORTH, TEXAS – A new chapter is unfolding in Fort Worth’s Historic Southside. Two powerful, purpose-driven initiatives — Skills City, USA and Project Stand Up — are joining forces with a shared mission: to break cycles of poverty, build stronger minds, and transform lives through education, workforce development, and community empowerment.


This partnership launches with an exciting new project: HISTO BINGO — an interactive learning game designed to strengthen memory, teach history, and help adults develop lifelong learning habits. Skills City, USA participants are eager to work alongside Dr. Elizabeth Grady Branch and Project Stand Up to bring this tool into the community and help adults rediscover the joy of learning.




About Project Stand Up


Project Stand Up is more than a program — it is a mission to restore what has been lost and raise up a new generation of leaders. Founded by Dr. Elizabeth Grady Branch and her sons James Branch, Jr. and Marcus Branch, the initiative began as a grassroots outreach to help residents of Tarrant County overcome barriers to education and employment.


Project Stand Up focuses on four key principles:

• Commitment: Inspiring perseverance and strong character to help participants stay the course and reach their goals.

• Responsibility: Teaching accountability and empowering participants to take charge of their education, careers, and future.

• Possibility: Expanding perspectives and reminding individuals that their current situation is not their final destination.

• Support: Creating caring, inclusive spaces where encouragement, mentoring, and connection help people thrive.


For more than two decades, Project Stand Up has worked to overcome the impact of illiteracy, poverty, and hopelessness — providing tutoring, mentoring, workforce development, and life-skills training. Every class, every workshop, and every conversation is designed to move people from surviving to thriving.


“When one person stands up, the entire community begins to rise,” says Dr. Branch.





About Skills City, USA


Skills City, USA is a workforce and life-skills development initiative dedicated to helping adults rebuild, re-skill, and reimagine their futures. Led by Pastor Kyev Tatum and New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church, Skills City was created to address unemployment, economic inequality, and educational barriers in one of the most underserved areas of Fort Worth.


Skills City is designed as a “city within the city” — a place where adults receive practical training, mentorship, and encouragement to succeed in work and in life.


Through its programs, Skills City equips adult participants to:

• Learn: Workforce readiness skills such as resume writing, interview preparation, digital literacy, and training in trades and emerging industries.

• Lead: Developing confidence, communication, and problem-solving skills to become leaders in their homes and neighborhoods.

• Lift: Using new skills and knowledge to improve their own circumstances and strengthen the community around them.


Skills City has already seen powerful results. Adults who once struggled to find steady employment have gained new certifications and secured meaningful jobs. Others have discovered a renewed sense of purpose and self-worth, proving that it’s never too late to start again.



The Mission Moving Forward


Together, Skills City, USA and Project Stand Up are building more than programs — they are building pathways to opportunity. Their united mission is to equip adults with the tools to learn, work, and lead, while also creating stronger, more resilient communities.


“Skills City, USA exists to create pathways of opportunity where none exist,” says Pastor Tatum. “By joining forces with Dr. Branch and Project Stand Up, we are helping adults rewrite their future and take bold steps toward economic independence and lasting change.”



With HISTO BINGO as their first joint project, this partnership will spark curiosity, strengthen memory, and build the confidence needed to grow as lifelong learners.


This is more than education. This is more than workforce development. This is transformation — one skill, one choice, one life at a time.


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