Urban Leadership Institute :: If We Don't Invest in Our Youth, Who Will?
 
Urban Leadership Institute empowers youth
   
welcome to ULI welcome to ULI
Urban Leadership Institute (ULI) is a social enterprise based in Baltimore, Maryland. ULI focuses on leadership development by providing management, consultation services, program development, research and market analysis. We empower youth and adults to create and launch their own enterprises, and through these enterprises, to take greater responsibility for their lives and communities.  :: more about the Urban Leadership Institute

in the spotlight
Man Up: Recruiting & Retaining African American Male Mentors
Released on June 1, 2008, this report examines African American male perspectives on mentoring. It provides recommendations for grassroots organizations, churches and governmental entities involved in recruiting & retaining African American males to serve in mentoring programs across the country.  :: click here to view the report
news and events
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May 22, 2008
Maryland Assembly for School Based Health Care Conference
Keynote Address by David Miller (Engaging Youth in Gangs).
8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn Conference Center Baltimore-Washington Airport

890 Elkridge Landing Rd.
Linthicum, MD 21090

For more information or to register, please visit www.masbhc.org.
June 19-22, 2008
The National Conference on Mean Girls & Relational Aggression
Wydham Orlando Resort, Orlando, FL. LaMarr Shields will be a featured speaker. For more information, please visit http://www.meangirlsconf.com.
June 26 & 27, 2008
Carroll County Public School Summer Diversity Conference for Teachers
Keynote Address by David Miller. Other presenters include Al Watson, Matt Stevens & Lynn Pinder.
August 13-15, 2008
The Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) 25th Annual Conference on Services to Youth & Families
Austin, Texas. Featuring LaMarr Shields For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.tnoys.org.
Race For Education Fitness Program
Race for Education Fitness Program The Urban Leadership Institute and the Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence (PRAISE) Academy has teamed up with CDW Health and Wellness Lifestyles to create a unique program for its students attending their Saturday school. The Race for Education and Fitness Program will put middle school boys attending PRAISE on the road to a healthy lifestyle while working through the 26-unit course of activities related to fitness, nutrition, and good deeds.

Culminating the Race for Education Fitness Program, PRAISE students will take part in the Race for Education 5K Walk/Run, in conjunction with the Mayor’s Annual African American Heritage Festival Walk/Run on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at at 8:00 am at the M & T Bank Statidum Parking Lot in Baltimore.

For more information or to sponsors a PRAISE student at www.run4praise.com
  Listen to the NPR Radio Interview with ULI
ULI interview with NPR radio
LaMarr Darnell Shields and David Miller were guests of The National Public Radio interview as they were leading a recent anti-gang discussion at the Police Athletic Leaque in Northeast Baltimore. Click on the play button of the audio player below to listen to the NPR news report.
workshops and seminars
workshops and seminars While bricks and mortar, product inventories, etc., are important assets, people are the building blocks of better organizations. They have their fingers on the buttons, their hands on the levers that control workflow, quality, customer care and ultimately profitability. Our workshops and seminars focus on how to increase the performance and effectiveness of people.
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conferences
conferences Each year ULI help organizes various conferences which focus on youth development in our country. Example of such powerful and rewarding experiences are the Dare to be King Conference, Dare to be Queen Conference, and the Big Phat Higher Learning Expo.
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  nominate an amazing youth
Do you know an amazing youth? Are you one?
LaMarr Darnell Shields is a teacher, youth advocate, and the President and Co-Founder of the Urban Leadership Institute. Every day Mr. Shields hears about, or is in contact with, young people who are doing “amazing” things for the benefit of their country and communities. Now, in partnership with 92Q’s Big Phat Morning Show, he wants to celebrate these achievements through some fantastic new awards.
Adolescents and young adults are often stereotyped negatively, but there are so many young people in this country doing remarkable things that it is time they finally get the recognition they truly deserve. Every Friday at 9:00 a.m., on Baltimore ’s most popular morning show, The Big Phat Morning Show, La Marr Darnell Shields will recognize the “amazing” things that ordinary young people throughout Maryland are doing, through what he calls Amazing Youth.Winners will appear on The Big Phat Morning Show with LaMarr Darnell Shields. Only winners will be notified.

For a complete nomination form, please visit www.lamarrdarnellshields.com
Dare To Be King: What If The Prince Lives?
Visit our website dedicated to this comprehensive curriculum. The Dare To Be King curriculum serves as a "blue print" for Rites of Passage/manhood development training programs and organizations working exclusively with African American males. www.daretobeking.com
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