Wide Minds Welcome.
Our Mission:
Empowering Youth to Empower Their Future
Our Vision:
Our work opens onramps to opportunity through experiential training in interpersonal and professional skills that launch the confidence to know anything is possible with strength of character, integrity and the courage to figure it out.
Dear Parents,
If it is your first time looking into L!FE Leaders, Inc. WELCOME to the Community!
L!FE Leaders, Inc. is a 501c3, nonprofit organization that focuses on career development and Youth Leadership training. Our two principal programs, Excellence Corps and Youth Summit Council provide part-time paid employment that enables young people to engage in interpersonal and business skills training, leadership development, post-secondary academic and career planning, professional relationship building and networking, Detroit exploration, and community engagement projects.
Programs operate in the after-school hours during the academic year and for a six-week summer session to prepare youth with the experiences and skills they will need to attain post-secondary financial independence, academic achievement, and career success.
Students build a repertoire of relevant work experience, develop in-demand career skills, and secure letters of recommendation that make them competitive candidates for scholarships, colleges and universities, workforce training programs, internships, and careers.
Excellence Corps and Youth Summit both include post-secondary academic and career visioning and planning. Every L!FE student leaves with a comprehensive plan that includes their desired post-secondary goals and credentials, career interests, and a proposed career track.
Build Leadership and Networking Skills with L!FE Leaders’ Programming!
Take a look at how L!FE Leader Programs provide Detroit youth with workforce development training that allows students to develop their communication and business skills, build professional relationships, and identify fields of study and careers they want to pursue.
Excellence Corps
Excellence Corps builds leadership skills to achieve academically, professionally, & civically through a holistic approach.
Youth Summit Council
Youth Summit Council is a student-led project-based program where youth participants collaborate to address the issues discussed during the Detroit Youth Summit Conference.
Experiential Learning with Detroit As Our Classroom!
Detroit is our classroom for building Interpersonal & Professional Skills. Our curriculum is Learning By Doing: Field Trips, meetings with Community, Civic and Community leaders. Network! and follow up with part of your building Interpersonal and Professional Skills with L!FE Leaders! L!FE - Leadership Fueled By Entrepreneur-ISM - BUILDING YOU!
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The Detroit Youth Summit Conference
Peer-to-Peer Workshops
Why Youth Love L!FE!
“This program has opened my eyes to more things than you can imagine…”
Percia Clayton - L!FE Leaders Inc. Alum
“I love L!FE Leaders for a few different reasons…”
Wisdom Andino - Current L!FE Student
“The people here really want you to succeed!…”
Faith Ramos - L!FE Leaders Inc. Alum
What The Community is saying about L!FE Leaders!
“It was really inspiring and thrilling to see my son, besides video games and soccer, have the entrepreneur inside kick-in to give-out this great idea.”
– Natasha Powell, Parent of L!FE Graduate
“The L!FE program gives students classroom and practical tools to help them achieve their goals, and pairs them with local entrepreneurs who act as advisors, learning many valuable business, project and planning skills they can use for the rest of their lives.”
— Robert Topey, Parent of L!FE Graduate
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