NBA Foundation Recognizes Center for Leadership Development with Grant

INDIANAPOLIS – The NBA Foundation today announced that it has selected Center for Leadership Development (CLD) in Indianapolis for a grant award to support its programs for minority students. A long-time partner of the Pacers Foundation and Pacers Sports & Entertainment, CLD has for more than four decades provided local youth and their parents with […]

Center for Leadership Development announces major expansion with three new satellite locations

Organization to reach more Black youth with educational, character development programs   INDIANAPOLIS – Today, the Center for Leadership Development (CLD) announced agreements with Christamore House, Mt. Carmel Church, and the PATH School to open new satellite and in-school locations. The additional locations will serve as an extension of the main CLD campus, housed on the […]

Center for Leadership Development hosts 41st Annual Minority Achievers Awards and Scholarship Gala

Annual event celebrates scholars and Indianapolis minority professionals INDIANAPOLIS – Thursday evening, the Center for Leadership Development (CLD) celebrated its 41st Minority Achievers Awards and Scholarship Gala. The annual event, hosted this year by Pastor Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sr., of Eastern Star Church, paid tribute to exceptional minority professionals in Central Indiana and honored the […]

CLD Director of Development Elected to Indiana Association of Fundraising Professionals Board of Directors

Veteran fundraiser Melanie Frazier one of few Black Certified Fund Raising Executives internationally  INDIANAPOLIS – The Center for Leadership Development (CLD) empowers African American youth and encourages them to achieve academic, professional and life success. Leading by example, CLD Director of Development, Melanie Frazier, has been nominated and voted to the board of directors of the […]

Cargill signs on as title sponsor for 41th annual Minority Achievers Awards and Scholarship Gala

INDIANAPOLIS – Cargill, with 155,000 employees across 70 countries working to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way, will serve as the title sponsor for the Center for Leadership Development’s 41st annual Minority Achievers Awards and Scholarship Gala. The title sponsorship was facilitated by James Monger, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion at Cargill and […]