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 […]
CLD receives grant from Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

Funds will support CLD’s efforts to expand facility and services Indianapolis’ Center for Leadership Development (CLD) has been named a recipient of a $300,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. Grant funds will be used to support the construction of a 20,000 sq. ft. addition to CLD’s headquarters as the organization plans a […]
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 […]