Underground Grace Resources & SUPPLIES

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Renee Stewart Bates, founder of RMSB Consultation LLC and Underground Grace, is a nationally recognized workforce development leader, curriculum designer, community advocate, and published author with a passion for transforming the lives of BIPOC youth and young adults. With over 15 years of hands-on experience in transitional services, reentry programs, career development, and trauma-informed education, Renee is deeply respected for her ability to connect with marginalized populations and create tools that resonate, restore, and rebuild.

Renee’s work is rooted in both professional expertise and lived experience. Having personally faced housing instability, poverty, and the long journey toward stability, she writes from a place of empathy and strength. She has served thousands of young adults in public workforce systems, including as the Career Development Services Manager at Westover Job Corps and now as the Director of Career Services for Underground Royalty, a nonprofit program under Extreme Kid Inc.

Her success includes:

• Designing culturally responsive career and life skills curriculum adopted by community centers, schools, and reentry programs
   
• Launching multiple programs such as Raising Royalty Mass, Kinship Kollective, Extreme Science Kid, and Underground Grace—each tailored to a different age group or barrier population
   
• Leading grant-funded programs, developing youth employment pipelines, and training professionals in DEI, trauma-informed care, and WIOA compliance
   

The GraceWorks Professional Development Series is her boldest educational initiative to date—a multi-volume book series that blends emotional healing with practical skill-building to prepare today’s young adults for the realities of the modern workplace. Written especially for youth and young adults from historically underserved or system-impacted backgrounds, each volume uses relatable stories, reflective journaling, and real-world strategies to teach not just how to get the job, but how to keep it, grow in it, and thrive.

These books speak directly to those who often feel unheard—foster youth, justice-involved individuals, undocumented students, teen parents, and young people navigating trauma, racism, and identity development. The GraceWorks Series is not just another résumé and interview workbook—it’s a movement of radical empowerment, shaped by faith, fortified by resilience, and led by a woman who’s walked the road herself.

Whether you’re a young person just getting started, a professional supporting other, or a community organization looking for meaningful tools, GraceWorks is more than curriculum—it’s a calling.

 A transformative series designed to empower young adults with workplace readiness, emotional intelligence, and professional character rooted in grace, accountability, and growth.

• Don’t Blow the Bag: Real Growth Starts with Real Grace
  Focus: Financial literacy & maturity. This guide walks readers through early budgeting, paycheck priorities, impulse control, and the discipline it takes to build generational wealth.
   
• Mind Your Mission: You Weren’t Hired for Drama
  Focus: Emotional intelligence & workplace focus. Aimed at curbing gossip, chaos, and conflict, this book teaches how to stay goal-oriented, grounded, and impactful on the job.
   
• Show Up, Don’t Show Out: Respect the Room, Protect the Opportunity
  Focus: Professionalism & presentation. This installment emphasizes humility, timing, body language, and the art of showing up strong without being loud or inappropriate.
   
• From Snapbacks to Paychecks: Flipping the Script on What Success Looks Like
  Focus: Identity, image, and professionalism. A reflection on authenticity, cultural pride, and shifting personal branding to align with long-term goals and employment norms.
   
• The Power of the Pause: When Walking Away Is the Real Win
  Focus: Anger management & self-control. This powerful workbook teaches how pausing, breathing, and walking away are tools of leadership—not weakness.
   
• You Don’t Gotta Clap Back: Choose Peace Over Petty
  Focus: Conflict resolution & self-respect. Centered on maturity and emotional elevation, this guide teaches that every battle isn’t worth fighting—especially not at work.
   
• Talk Like You Want the Job: Language, Tone & Respect in the Modern Workplace
  Focus: Communication & code-switching. Readers learn the difference between casual and professional speech, how to advocate for themselves respectfully, and how words can unlock (or block) opportunity.
   
• Keep It Kingdom: How to Act Right When It Ain’t Fair
  Focus: Faith-based resilience & workplace justice. Without being overly religious, this book empowers youth to move with integrity, grace, and accountability—even in unjust systems.
   
• Mercy Over Meltdowns: Self-Control Is a Superpower
  Focus: Behavioral awareness & emotional regulation. Designed for youth who struggle with emotional expression, this guide offers real strategies for managing stress, anxiety, and aggression through growth, not shame.
   

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