Meet Jamaal Eubanks
Born and raised in Madison, WI, Dr. Armaad "Jamaal" Eubanks developed a passion for both basketball and making his community better. These passions led him to co-create a mentoring program, Pivotal Transition, focused on giving Black youth the tools to look beyond tomorrow.
After completing his undergraduate degree at Huntingdon College and two Master's degrees from Edgewood College, Jamaal spent years living out this work from three vantage points at once — as an educator in the classroom, as a full-time parent to his own children, and as a practitioner building programs on the ground. That combination is what shapes his approach today: the frameworks he builds aren't theory handed down from the outside, they're tested first in his own home and classroom before he ever brings them to a district or a family.
While working in the school district and raising his children, he developed a creed that helped him push through the hardest of times: Fuel or Crutch. Through mentoring and interactive motivational workshops, he spread the message of #FuelOrCrutch and branched out to consult with school districts, colleges, and community organizations on equity and behavior issues affecting at-risk youth in Madison.
In 2018, he founded Eubanks Solutions, LLC, an umbrella for the different aspects of his work. That same educator-parent-practitioner lens has since driven the development of his two proprietary frameworks, the Eubanks Learner Language™ and the Determination to Succeed™ Mentoring Program — both grounded in the doctoral research he completed in 2026 (EdD, Edgewood University), studying how mentoring shapes academic self-efficacy in middle school students.
He is the author of two books: The Determination to Succeed, his first, and Parent Empowerment: The Five Pillars Every Family Needs for a Successful School Year, released in 2026. His work has been recognized with the 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award and the 2026 Dominican Mission Alumni Award from Edgewood University.
THE SOLUTION
DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED WORKSHOP
The Determination to Succeed is an interactive workshop, it is a four-part series that focuses on the end game of success with emphasis on the mental toughness, perseverance, and resilience, and accountability needed to overcome obstacles and adversity to obtain the ultimate goal, SUCCESS while self-reflecting! Eubanks Solutions wants everyone to push and strive for success but by their own definition of what success is and looks like to them together..
GROUP & ONE-ON -ONE MENTORING (Refueling Sessions)
Whether it's building support amongst peers or in one-on-one settings, Eubanks Solutions focuses on developing skills and coming up with solutions to navigate the ups and downs of life. Through teaching self-advocacy, literacy, leadership, and helpful strategies to better yourself, Eubanks solutions seeks to prepare participants for lifelong sustainability and self-sufficiency.
Sports Exposure
The sports exports exposure is an opportunity for just that.....exposure. HBCU Sports Outreach for recruiting, player evaluations and write ups, or enjoy a good podcast that covers anything from sports to inspiration/motivation/knowledge.
MEET
EUBANKS
SOLUTIONS
OUR MISSION
Eubanks Solutions, LLC’s mission is to strive everyday to inspire and motivate individuals, companies, community organizations, and schools with a primary focus on at-risk youth between the ages of 11-21 to reach for the stars beyond their dreams. Through motivation, mentor-ship/coaching and real-life tools to change individuals’ mindsets, Eubanks Solutions will create confident leaders in the community, one solution at a time.
OUR VISION
Eubanks Solutions, LLC’s vision is to instill the tools for change the mindsets of all people but we’re focused on our youth. If we change the thought process and mindsets of negativity and excuse oriented actions to positive, purposeful and goal driven actions, we will look forward to future leaders in our communities who will have the fuel and do the work, mindset to know their situations do not dictate their success and the pride to carry on the torches to light the way for future generations.
OUR MOTTO
Eubanks Solutions, LLC motto is to help you find solutions to things you have concerns with and work with you to get results, we are with you all the way!
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