Who We Are

Committed to Making a Difference

At YBLA, we identify, educate, and develop young Black leaders to have a positive impact in their community and beyond. We focus on helping our young people become leaders who are college and career ready. Our young leaders are trained to reach back and mentor elementary, middle and high school students as they achieve. We achieve this through leadership, service, and education.

Committed to Diversity & Inclusion

At YBLA, we strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We value our people and their differences in diversity of thought, culture, age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ability, and experience. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace where everyone from any background can do their best work.

Leadership Today & Tomorrow

Many people say that young people are our future leaders. We believe that we cannot afford to wait for them to be future leaders but we must develop them to be leaders today and tomorrow. Our unique hands-on Leadership Development programs help young people and their parents: