The Wake Up T-shirt Campaign!!

Outliers C & SO, Inc & LIPMO Threads have joined forces to launch the newest social awareness clothing line, The Wake Up Campaign. Be sure to stay tuned to the Outliers Blog & LIPMOthreads.com for availability!!

What Makes Outliers Different From Other Organizations?

Plain and simple, Outliers has a “no nonsense” approach to how we deliver our services. Where Outliers differs is that we understand that the academic achievement gap in this country’s inner cities is an epidemic and we are here to push the envelope in regards to how many minority youth we can get into some form of higher education.  

Taino Palermo, Executive Director

My name is Taino James Palermo.

Taino, after the indigenous Indian tribe that once inhabited the Caribbean until Christopher Columbus came and killed us off James, after my father Jimmy who was and continues to be the only man who I’ve always tried to emulate and has served as a lifeline of support and guidance in molding me into the man I am today. And Palermo, after the Italian settler who knocked up my great grandmother and passed the name on to my bastard grand father who’s real last name (Leboy) wasn’t worth donning for reasons only he knows.

Programs and Services

Outliers maintains an extensive network of resources for the youth they service. The Programs and Services listed below are offered to the youth who chose to seize the opportunities available to them.

The possibilities are created by Outliers, the outcomes are created by the youth.

What is an Outlier?

Outliers are those people who appear to be the “exception” when it comes to being successful in life. In mathematics, an outlier is a number that does not “fit” in a numerical range…it is the “exception”.