We are expanding
Café Momentum

Momentum Advisory Collective™ (M.A.C.) is scaling Café Momentum nationally with a vision to launch 30 restaurants and programs over the next 10 years.

Learn about our expansion here.

We build programs that create opportunities for justice-involved youth.

Momentum Advisory Collective is a capacity-building organization formed from over eight successful years of experience at Café Momentum, serving justice-involved teens with skill building, wraparound care, education and employment.

Our programs enable justice-involved youth to reach their full potential with the holistic support of their communities.

about us

The Crisis of Youth Incarceration

In the United States, youth incarceration is a national crisis. In fact, at any given moment, more than
60,000 youth under age 18 are incarcerated in juvenile jails and prisons on a given day.

This is the highest rate in the world.

In building Café Momentum, our primary goal was to build a sustainable model that would provide youth exiting juvenile detention facilities with the support they need to truly thrive.

Now, M.A.C. is taking that model nationwide.

The Café Momentum Model Moves Beyond Recidivism to Potential

Simplistic measures of success and impact produce a one-dimensional understanding of multi-dimensional lives. Preventing youth from re-entering the juvenile justice system is not our main focus. Unlocking their potential is.

our impact

We aspire to create a movement of millions by expanding consciousness and building awareness of the cyclical effect and challenges that our youth experience due to the current approach to youth justice in our communities..

Building Momentum
to Create Change

Join The Movement

"What you see is a pop-up, but what I see is the future of what juvenile justice could look like in our country."

Judge Sheila Calloway, Nashville Tennessee
“I have learned that when you change the way we look at youth, the youth have a way of changing.” “Not for them, not to them, but WITH them”

Rokeisha Bryant, Executive Director, Café Momentum Nashville
“Their secret ingredient is taking a chance on people, believing in them, knowing that they want to do things the right way, but don’t yet have the opportunity. They teach you skills that don’t just equip you to survive the chaos of the kitchen, but the chaos of life, too.”

From The Tennessean
“But more than anything, we needed to share the stories and legacies that these young people are creating – because together, as one nation, we can make the Momentum model a reality for every community in our country.”

Olivia Cole, Chief Strategy Officer, M.A.C.

Building Momentum documentary

BUILDING MOMENTUM is an original documentary featuring an in-depth look at the Momentum model for youth justice that started in 2015 with Café Momentum, an award-winning restaurant and culinary training facility with a paid post-release one-year internship program that provides employment, life skills training and wraparound care to justice-involved youth in Dallas, Texas.

To learn more or to host a private viewing of the film, please visit the film’s website.

We are expanding
Café Momentum

We build programs that create opportunities for justice-involved youth.

The Crisis of Youth Incarceration

In building Café Momentum, our primary goal was to build a sustainable model that would provide youth exiting juvenile detention facilities with the support they need to truly thrive.

Now, M.A.C. is taking that model nationwide.

The Café Momentum Model Moves Beyond Recidivism to Potential

Building Momentum
to Create Change

"What you see is a pop-up, but what I see is the future of what juvenile justice could look like in our country."

“I have learned that when you change the way we look at youth, the youth have a way of changing.” “Not for them, not to them, but WITH them”

“Their secret ingredient is taking a chance on people, believing in them, knowing that they want to do things the right way, but don’t yet have the opportunity. They teach you skills that don’t just equip you to survive the chaos of the kitchen, but the chaos of life, too.”

“But more than anything, we needed to share the stories and legacies that these young people are creating – because together, as one nation, we can make the Momentum model a reality for every community in our country.”

Building Momentum documentary

Movement Building + Programs

Info

Get Involved

We are expanding Café Momentum

We build programs that create opportunities for justice-involved youth.

The Crisis of Youth Incarceration

In building Café Momentum, our primary goal was to build a sustainable model that would provide youth exiting juvenile detention facilities with the support they need to truly thrive.

Now, M.A.C. is taking that model nationwide.

The Café Momentum Model Moves Beyond Recidivism to Potential

Building Momentum to Create Change

"What you see is a pop-up, but what I see is the future of what juvenile justice could look like in our country."

“I have learned that when you change the way we look at youth, the youth have a way of changing.” “Not for them, not to them, but WITH them”

“Their secret ingredient is taking a chance on people, believing in them, knowing that they want to do things the right way, but don’t yet have the opportunity. They teach you skills that don’t just equip you to survive the chaos of the kitchen, but the chaos of life, too.”

“But more than anything, we needed to share the stories and legacies that these young people are creating – because together, as one nation, we can make the Momentum model a reality for every community in our country.”

Building Momentum documentary

Movement Building + Programs

Info

Get Involved

We are expanding
Café Momentum

Building Momentum
to Create Change

“Their secret ingredient is taking a chance on people, believing in them, knowing that they want to do things the right way, but don’t yet have the opportunity. They teach you skills that don’t just equip you to survive the chaos of the kitchen, but the chaos of life, too.”