CLD receives Champion for Character: After-School Program Award
Award recognizes trailblazers for character development in U.S. schools and communities On September 13, 2022, Center for Leadership Development received the annual Character.org Champion for Character After-School Program Award for its programming and mission of cultivating Central Indiana Black and minority youth to become future professional, business and community leaders. The award underscores the vital […]
Center for Leadership Development receives $450,000 grant from NBA Foundation
Center for Leadership Development is the only organization in Indiana to be awarded funding. The Center for Leadership Development has received a two-year grant from the NBA Foundation totaling $450,000. CLD will use the gift to expand its facility and programs to low-income communities throughout Indianapolis so many more fourth through 12th graders will […]
Center For Leadership Development Expands Reach (Lilly Endowment 2021 Annual Report)
CLD Plans More Locations for its Mentoring Programs to Help Black Youth Article published in the Lilly Endowment 2021 Annual Report What does it mean to be a responsible man? That was the weighty topic for discussion on a Tuesday evening in November, as 23 teenager boys and three adult facilitators gathered in a meeting […]
Isaac: Empowering Black Youth: The Revolution Begins with Self-Acceptance
(Indianapolis Recorder) “The revolution will not be televised.” Gil Scott-Heron’s words resound through my heart and mind whenever I share space with a young person. Generation Z, of which I am an elder member, is a generation of courageous questions and innovative solutions. Every day, I bask in the privilege of being surrounded by youth […]
Destiny White: First African American Woman to Graduate in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University
Destiny White, CLD class of 2018, is the first African American woman to receive a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University. Destiny was a Stamps, Senator Richard Lugar and Center for Leadership Development Scholarship recipient. While at Purdue, Destiny was one of 42 seniors inducted into The Barbara Cook Chapter of Mortar Board […]