Legacy Youth Leadership
Legacy Youth Leadership (“Legacy”) builds better leaders who create a better Los Angeles. Legacy provides FREE youth leadership & mentoring programs for students in low-income communities. Legacy’s programs equip students with the skills & experience they need to reach their academic goals, make a REAL impact in the world, and thrive.
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CREATE ·2025 Grants Challenge
Pass The Mic
This grant will support Legacy Youth Leadership’s Communication, Marketing, & Public Speaking Student Leadership Program, empowering 1,500 underserved high school students in Los Angeles to build essential communication and leadership skills. Through workshops, mentorship, and real-world application, students will learn to speak confidently, create impactful campaigns, and use their voices to drive change. The program “passes the mic” to young people because change begins when they feel seen, heard, and capable.
CONNECT ·2024 Grants Challenge
Building Young Leaders Who Are Building A Better Los Angeles
Legacy's in-person programs and mentorship give students the skills and experience to be the leaders of leaders who will revitalize Los Angeles County. These young change makers will build a better Los Angeles not in the future, but in the present, as they complete social impact projects in real time that have a tangible impact on their communities. Youth are the solution and deserve a place at the table with decision-makers. Legacy gives them the skills and confidence to pull up a chair.