Support us

"A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back -- but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you." - Marian Wright Edelman

There are unlimited opportunities where you can be the change for our student leaders. Please consider supporting us in the following ways:

• Participate in Leadership Speakers Series
• Teach a Saturday School class
• Participate in an upcoming Career Fair
• Become a mentor to a student
• Serve on the governing board
• Serve on the junior board
• Host a college visit to your alma mater in Illinois or Indiana

Investment Possibilities:

• Sponsor a student for the end-of-the-year experiential field lesson to Washington, DC, South Dakota, or the tour of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The average cost per student for the week in these respective places is approximately $500.
• Donated books and school supplies for students such as gently-used, age-appropriate books for fifth through seventh graders, notebooks, pencils, pens, rulers, protractors, compasses, 3-ring binders etc.
• Donated science lab equipment such as microscopes, calculators and LCD projectors
• In-kind services such as graphic design and printing services for teacher and student recruitment materials
• Teach a class every other Saturday like personal finance, poetry, yoga, or debate.
• Instead of trading gifts with your siblings and parents this holiday season, adopt a student to go to Washington, D.C. to visit historical sites.
• Come to a Career Fair and explain your work to students who otherwise might not know about cool careers like yours.
• Make a donation to our school. Your donation pays for things like visits to college-prep high schools, exciting novels for students to read, and classroom supplies.
• Join our Board of Directors and provide strategic direction and resources to our school.
• Volunteer as a consultant to our school and help us build an even stronger organization.