Future Leaders California is a youth-development organization dedicated to empowering youth through mentorship, education, and the arts. With over a decade of commitment to serving at-promise youth throughout Southern California, FLC advances its mission through three core initiatives: Project Elevate, Just Us Arts (JUA), and Teen Talk.
Project Elevate builds upon FLC’s longstanding dedication to academic engagement and student success by providing mentorship, accountability, life coaching, and targeted support designed to improve attendance, strengthen decision-making skills, and promote positive youth development. The program intentionally integrates social-emotional learning practices, equipping youth with the self-awareness, resilience, and interpersonal skills necessary to thrive academically and personally.
Since its founding, FLC has impacted over 23,000 youth, helping participants gain admission to top institutions like UCLA, NYU, Howard, and UC Irvine. Many alumni have gone on to become leaders in law, education, and business.
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to create safe spaces for and provide access to at-promise youth and young adults to flourish, explore, and become oriented to positive citizenry.
OUR PLAN
Through comprehensive mentoring, turn-around programs, assistance with college readiness, introduction to various careers in the justice system, and multiple History and Arts programs, FLC cultivates encouragement for participants.
OUR FOCUS
The core focus areas of our pedagogy are education, leadership, improvement of community relations, reputation management, and self-agency.
