About

The YBM Leadership Alliance

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Mission

The YBM Leadership Alliance’s mission is to develop young black men into 21st century Leaders by exposing them to positive leadership models, equipping them to be spiritually grounded to make a difference within humanity, and empowering them to become competent leaders with a passion for lifelong learning.

Vision

  Creating a New Reality – Our vision is to create a new reality where young black men are assumed to be and sought out as leaders of our community and where young black men recognize the greatness in themselves.

Methods

  At the YBM Leadership Alliance Our methods set us apart.

• Our program includes education opportunities and activities for parents, guardians and coaches along side of the programs for young black men because we realize that parents, guardians, mentors and coaches are critical to the success of the young black man.

• All of our activities are exclusively lead by successful black men because we realize that the strongest role models for our young black leaders are successful men who look like them, have similar backgrounds as they do and consistently model the leadership behaviors we seek to impart.

• We focus on positive messages and images. We recognize our young black men are bombarded with negative message and images each day therefore we seek to provide a counter balance of an abundance of positive images and messages.

• All of our training and activities are built around developing leadership skills and imparting core value. We focus all of our efforts on developing young men into 21st century leaders who have leadership skills and exhibit our core values.

• We seek to leverage existing programs that work for young black men. We leverage where we can but we always keep in mind our audience therefore we sometimes have to customize or create new programs.

• All of our programs and activities are designed to be highly interactive and engaging for young black men. Every program is purposely designed with the young black man, leadership skills and core values in mind.

• We employ all of these methods into a series of Leadership Development workshops, summer camps, projects and social activities.

 

YBM Leadership Alliance Target Audience

  The YBM Leadership Alliance program is targeted toward young black men ages 14 to 18 who exhibit leadership skills and who are reachable and teachable. These young men are typically high potentials or crossroads as described in the chart below.

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• YBM Leader Alliance Graduate ProfileUpon completion of the program, YBM leaders will posses skills in the 7 leadership areas and will consistently exhibit the YBM Core Values.
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