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L!FE Leaders’ experience-based programs empower youth ages 14-24 with the confidence, skills, knowledge and onramps to opportunities to achieve goals and build their future!

L!FE’s experience-based interpersonal & professional skills training includes finding your voice to articulate what you care about, establishing goals & paths to achievement while learning about Detroit’s growth, meeting those making things happen, and working in the community.

Our three focused programs for 2023 are

Detroit Youth Summit
Youth Council
Excellence Corps

Detroit Youth Summit

Detroit Youth
Summit Council

The Detroit Youth Summit Council is a cohort of 9 changemakers from around the city of Detroit that have a passion for using their voices to amplify and advocate for change. Members of the DYSC contribute to planning our annual Summit, and work to implement relevant ideas after it ends.

We collaborate with youth across the 7 districts of Detroit.
We research on the issues that impact our communities
We advocate for and amplify the resounding youth voice of Detroit
We create relationships within our communities that transcend defined borders.

Excellence Corps

Passion, meet purpose. This program’s experiential education trains youth to apply entrepreneurial strategy to achieve goals. Through workshops, field trips, guest speakers, dialogue, theatre-training skills, interpersonal and business skills, networking, writing, coaching and more, we teach young people to take a seat at the table and speak, listen and solve together.

We build skills that empower individuals and impact their futures. Leaders learn here.