COR Strengths
Physical development – learning how the human body works.
We explore the entire human body from head to toe and examine the internal mechanisms that support all functions. From a holistic perspective we learn how to develop and maintain healthy functioning of all bodily organs and systems.
Physical Fitness – developing the five elements.
Our staff of master trainers practice a traditional five elements form of martial arts. Focused on the five elements, COR provides an opportunity to develop an optimal level of physical fitness.
Proper nutritional health – Learning how food affects our being.
We learn the nutritional value or consequences of the foods we eat and how different foods affect our thinking, our physical functioning, and our emotional state. We practice healthy eating habits at the center and teach our young participants how to monitor and manage their nutrition at home.
Service Leadership training – learning how to address community needs.
We examine and gain understanding of the collective systems at work that keep society functioning. We promote principle-based leadership stemming from personal character and discipline rather than position, prestige, or power. We guide the development and strengthening of service leadership skills through personal growth and sacrifice, acceptance of social responsibility, purification of the heart and mind, personal capabilities and performance. We help students identify and take on responsibilities within the dependent systems of society and to do so without selfish intentions.
Self Leadership training – understanding and managing life challenges and expectations.
We understand life to be a complex system of causes and effects, yet many go through without understanding and simply react emotionally to all of life’s occurrences. However complex problems may seem, we help students find simple solutions to manage, navigate through and overcome obstacles. We focus on the domains under an individual’s control: one’s interpretation and response to one’s environment. We model how to seek, see, and seize opportunities.
Self Management development – Fostering a committed, organized, and responsible human.
Through martial arts training and meditation, we intentionally foster the elements of character development which produce self-mastery: goal-setting and attainment, discipline, concentration, consistency and correctness. We believe that “victory over oneself is the primary goal of training.”
Holistic Education – Learning what’s within and how to express it
We believe the current public education model cannot fully unleash the intuitive intelligence, creativity, and love of learning buried deep within the mind of each child. Using active and collaborative learning activities, we create an enriching and nurturing learning environment to fully engage youth in their intellectual development. We help students understand the purpose for traditional education and also how to enhance their own educational advancement. We teach that education is a tool to achieve an end goal rather than education being the end itself.
Community Economics – Building business models that build communities
Following in the footsteps of Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Grameem Bank, we too envision a world without poverty. By function, COR is a community business model built to use innovative business methods to design, implement, and sustain programs that address social needs. COR is managed by members of KEYS Development Inc, a Maryland based 501c3 nonprofit corporation located in Baltimore City. We support the movement to create business models whose main focus is to implement and sustain solutions to social issues. We provide the guidance, technology, and support for young people to explore entrepreneurial ventures with purpose.
Purpose – finding the meaning for existence
Everyone has a purpose. Using a variety of tools including self discovery workshops, internship opportunities, and service learning projects, we help young people discover and strengthen their natural and self developed gifts. We foster an environment in which everyone feels that they have a role to play and creativity to contribute.
