The overall purpose of the rites of passage adult training is to enhance the active development of the honhom in the growth and the development of adults to the extent that they discover their inner source of power and recover their ancestral spirits to develop self and to serve the community according to the purposes for which each person was bom. Discovering self and purpose for being. The quality of the training is enhanced with the participation of males and females. Team building and bonding is enhanced by experiential challenges and initiatives. Participants who enter the training focused and actively involved in the community with youth tend to benefit the most from the experience.
Spirituality is an important and recurring theme in the group purpose statements of trainees.
Rites of passage was initially understood and used for adolescent intervention and development. However, the use of rites of passage has become noticeable eclectic in its approach to the problems of erosion in the African -American community. Rites of passage is needed as a healing strategy to overcome the sickness we have allowed to overcome ourselves, families, and communities. Mainstream healing strategies have proven to be inappropriate in meeting the optimal socialization and developmental needs that are necessary for wholeness and centeredness. Initially, Institute training was provided to males only.