Future-Ready AI Skills January 2026: Agentic AI Bootcamp
Learn AI Skills. Build Your Future. Feed Multiple Families.
Join Urban Food Alliance’s Agentic AI Readiness Program and turn your AI education into grocery sponsorships for families in New Jersey & New York.
When you register for this program, you are not “paying a fee.”
You are sponsoring grocery bags for families in need.
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1 grocery bag = $75 sponsorship
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Each bag supports a family with fresh groceries for one week
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Every tier below includes education + impact
You learn AI. Families eat.
Registration Deadline - 8 January, 2026
Program Overview
AI is transforming every industry and agentic AI system that can perceive, reason, act, and learn are becoming the new competitive advantage.
Urban Food Alliance’s Agentic AI Readiness Program is an interactive bootcamp with 17+ lessons that prepares you for the AI-powered future of work, while directly funding groceries for families through your sponsorship.
You will:
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Understanding agentic AI (PRAL framework) using simple food and business analogies
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Design single and multi-agent workflows and AI “teams”
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Learn ethics, safety, guardrails, and monitoring
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Map AI to business value, ROI, and real workflows
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Build an Agentic AI Business Architecture Blueprint
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Create your 2026 AI career roadmap and portfolio artifacts
Busy schedule? Learn anytime, at your own pace.
Get full access to the complete Agentic AI bootcamp as a flexible, self‑paced on‑demand course, designed for learners who cannot join live sessions but still want the same depth and projects.
What’s included
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Full session recordings so you can watch every lesson, demo, and Q&A on your own schedule.
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Downloadable lab instructions and templates to guide you step‑by‑step through all hands‑on exercises and projects.
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Lab support channel where you can ask questions, share screenshots, and get help if you are stuck on any exercise.
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Same projects and portfolio artifacts as the live cohort, so your outcomes and skills are aligned.
Pricing
The on‑demand course is offered at the same price as the live Agentic AI bootcamp and includes all future updates to the recordings and labs for that cohort.
All Packages
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Starter:Basic Level
Investment: $150
Great for: Individuals testing the waters, students, early-career professionals
You get:
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Access to core 8 lessons of the Agentic AI Readiness Program
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Live group sessions (or replays in case you miss live class) covering:
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Agentic AI foundations (PRAL, autonomy, agency)
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Single-agent workflows
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Intro to multi-agent concepts
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Basic AI for business value and workflow mapping
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Downloadable worksheets, templates, and case-study materials
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Certificate of Participation – “Agentic AI Essentials”
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Standard: (Most Popular)
Investment: $225
Great for: Job seekers, career changers, mid-career professionals
You get everything in Starter, plus:
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Full access to all 17+ lessons
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Deep dives into:
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Multi-agent architecture design (Agent, System, and Payload View)
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Centralized vs decentralized systems
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Ethics, oversight, safety, and kill switches
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AI for business ROI: identifying high-friction workflows, value calculators, and proposal framing
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Agentic AI Business Architecture Blueprint
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2026 AI Career Roadmap creation
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Group discussions and breakout rooms for practice
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Completion certificate – “Agentic AI Readiness Program”
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Impact+ VIP: Higher Level
Investment: $375
Great for: Serious career movers, consultants, and leaders
You get everything in Standard, plus:
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VIP Career & Consulting Add-Ons:
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1:1 or small-group resume and LinkedIn review focused on AI/tech roles
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One mock interview or consulting role-play session
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Personalized feedback on your agentic AI portfolio project (e.g., bakery, nonprofit, or small-business case)
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Exclusive VIP Q&A session with the instructor about:
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How to talk about agentic AI in interviews
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How to position yourself as an AI-ready consultant
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How to package your skills for 2026 roles
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Priority email support during the program
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Team & Community Sponsors (For Organizations)
Investment: Packages starting at $1,500+
Great for: Companies, nonprofits, community groups, faith centers, meetups
You get:
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Group seat bundles (e.g., 10+ participants) for your staff, volunteers, or community members
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Mix-and-match: some can take Starter, some Standard or VIP
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Co-branded recognition as a “Community AI & Food Security Sponsor” on UFA channels
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Impact report showing:
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How many participants trained
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How many grocery bags sponsored
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Highlight of select learner projects
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Scholarship Seats Available: Join the AI Bootcamp Even If You Can’t Afford a Package
Anyone who is excited to learn AI but is currently facing financial difficulties and cannot afford to donate for any package is still warmly encouraged to apply and briefly share why they are not able to donate at this time. If you are in this situation, please email sajeda@urbanhood.org with the subject line “Not able to donate for any package for AI Bootcamp Jan 26” and explain why you are unable to donate right now, so your financial difficulties can be considered for a scholarship spot in the program; if you are selected, you will receive an acceptance email with next steps.
Confirm your class or on-demand course registration
After you complete your donation, please send a confirmation email to sajeda@urbanhood.org
with the subject: “Donation to UFA for AI Bootcamp January 2026”.
In the email, include:
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Full name
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Amount (USD) / Selected Package
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Payment method (e.g., card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Zelle)
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Please also attach a screenshot of your payment before sending the email.
What You’ll Learn
Across the program, you will:
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Agentic AI Foundations:
Understand what makes AI agentic using PRAL and clear analogies. -
Multi-Agent Architecture Design:
Learn how to design AI “teams” like well-run business teams. -
Ethics, Oversight & Safety:
Practice setting guardrails, dashboards, and kill switches. -
AI for Business & ROI:
Explore real examples and build mini ROI calculators for small businesses. -
Agentic AI Business Architecture Blueprint:
Design end-to-end systems from pilot to production. -
2026 AI Career Roadmap:
Craft your 6‑month plan, portfolio, and positioning for jobs or consulting.
Why Students Love This Program
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You build, not just watch – labs, simulations, and artifacts you can show to employers.
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You learn from real frameworks – inspired by how leading companies structure AI, adapted for small business and nonprofit realities.
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You become “agentic AI fluent” – able to talk to hiring managers, clients, and leaders with confidence.
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You join a movement with heart – each registration feeds families this month.
Referral & Impact Booster
Share & Multiply Your Impact
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Refer 3 friends who register at any tier
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Together, you sponsor 6+ grocery bags
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You receive free access to the next workshop or a special advanced session worth $149.00 with real AI product demonstration.
Program Curriculum – At a Glance
Lesson 5 – Safety Belts for Powerful AI Agents
Discover practical guardrails, monitoring dashboards, and emergency “off switches” that keep powerful AI under human control.
Lesson 6 – Doing the Right Thing: Everyday Ethics for AI
Cover privacy, fairness, responsible autonomy, and real‑world trade‑offs so AI improves communities instead of harming them.
Lesson 7 – Can You Trust This AI? Making Its Choices Easy to Explain
Break down what makes AI trustworthy: accuracy, robustness, transparency, and behavior that is “front‑page safe” for your brand.
Lesson 8 – Turning Up the Risk Dial: A Simple Wheel for Judging AI Complexity
Use a simple visual wheel to judge how complex, powerful, and risky an AI system is before scaling it into production.
Lesson 9 – Your Complete Agentic AI Recipe: From Idea to Working System
Bring all concepts together into a practical blueprint for designing responsible, agentic AI systems that leaders can approve.
Lesson 10 – Inside an Agent’s Head: Why It Acts the Way It Does
Peek “inside” an agent to see how it plans, why emergent behavior appears, and how to keep decisions explainable to humans.
Lesson 11 – Turning Messy Work into Clear AI Maps
Map messy, real workflows into clean agentic AI business architecture diagrams that non‑technical stakeholders can trust.
Lesson 12 – Will This Pay Off? A Simple Calculator for AI Time and Money Savings
Use a plug‑and‑play calculator to estimate time saved, cost reductions, and new revenue when you plug AI into a process.
Lesson 13 – Drawing the “Nervous System” of a Business with AI
Design a full blueprint for a small business, nonprofit, or community project that you can showcase in your portfolio.
Lesson 14 - Your Agentic AI Career Roadmap
Turn everything you’ve learned into a personal plan: skills, portfolio, and roles you can aim for in the AI economy.
Lesson 15 – Drag‑and‑Drop Agents: Build Your First “Digital Helper” No Code
Quickly build a simple AI helper in a visual, no‑code tool, connecting prompts and actions like Lego pieces so it completes one real task for you.
Lesson 16 – Your AI Digital Team in a Few Clicks
Create a tiny AI team where each agent has one job planner, writer, checker and watch them pass work along like coworkers in a relay.
Lesson 17 – Step by Step instructions Building an Agent: From Pseudocode to Working Bot
Turn a short, plain‑language plan into real code so your agent can call tools, follow rules, and explain what it just did.
Live Online Training Sessions
12 Jan 2026
📘 Day 1 - Monday
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM EST
19 Jan 2026
📘 Day 4 - Monday
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM EST
13 Jan 2026
📘 Day 2 - Tuesday
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM EST
20 Jan 2025
📘 Day 4 - Tuesday
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM EST
14 Jan 2026
📘 Day 3 - Wednesday
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM EST
21 Jan 2026
📘 Day 4 - Wednesday
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM EST
