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Saturday Leadership Program

The Greater Baltimore Urban League Saturday Leadership ProgramThe Saturday Leadership Program (SLP) is designed to foster college and career readiness, positive cultural-identity, and community leadership. Meeting monthly during the academic year at Baltimore area colleges and universities, SLP reaches its goals through evidence-based workshops to foster transferable leadership skills, citywide networking opportunities with peers and professionals, exposure to college and the workplace, and completion of college and career preparatory milestones.

ACADEMIC YEAR ACTIVITIES• College tours and college student panels• Leadership development workshops• Networking with peers and GBUL Auxiliary

Young Professionals• Guild-facilitated parent workshops• Exposure to notable Black Baltimoreans• �Enrichment�activities�such�as�field�trips�

to the National Museum of African American History and Culture

SERVICE CORPS • Service leadership workshops• Youth designed and implemented service projects

URBAN LEAGUE COLLEGIATE CLUB (ULCC) • College preparatory workshops• One-on-one support with college and scholarship

applications• College connector to link fellow with campus

resources and opportunities

SUMMER ACTIVITIES• Real work experience via youthworks• Professional development• Service learning• Leadership development

“Empowering people is important so they can define who they are and become a better person”

–DAEKWAN JACOBS

SCHEDULE

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

• Martin Luther King Jr. Parade

• NSA Cryptologic Museum and Career Conversations

• National Museum of African American History

and Culture

• Comcast CARES Community Clean Up

• Orioles

LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP TOPICS

• The Self• Emotional Well-being• Public Speaking I & II• Networking and Informational Interviews• Freedom Readers• Debate• Daily Rap - Special Topic Discussions• College Fair with Alumni Representatives• Community Mapping• History Wall• Finding Your Spark – Vision Boards• Community Action Planning• Financial Literacy

“ The mission of the Urban League movement is to

enable African Americans to secure economic self-

reliance, parity, power and civil rights. Today more

than ever before, that means preparing our youth for

college and career. We know that Baltimore youth

have unlimited potential but face limited life chances.

Please join us to unleash it.”–J. HOWARD HENDERSON, PRESIDENT & CEO OF GBUL

Sharnice Barnett, Director of ProgramsCarol Jefferson, Director of Youth Programs Benia Richardson, Program Coordinator-VISTA Estelle Young, Ph.D., Director of New Initiatives

OUR TEAM

8:008:309:009:30

11:0012:0012:45

1:452:00

Registration and Breakfast

Icebreaker

Welcome from the University

Leadership Development Session #1

Leadership Development Session #2

Lunch

Campus Tour

College Student Panel

Notable and closing

" I learned that in order to meet new people,

you must speak"

–DAVIN WILLINGHAM

Core Guild Volunteers

KIM GLOVER-SPENCER (Ret. City Schools teacher)

CHARLENE GRAHAM (Ret. City Schools teacher)

STACIA MOBLEY (Ret. Director, Division of Quality, Testing and

Validation, Social Security Administration)

BARBARA REDMAN (Ret., VP of Internal and External Fraud Investigation,

Bank of America)

SLP ON CAMPUSSLP students have a unique opportunity to spend a day on various college campuses throughout the Baltimore metropolitan area. The firsthand experience enables the students to visualize themselves in these settings and creates a lasting impression. SLP colleges are:

OUR VOLUNTEERSThe Urban League movement is carried out by our volunteers. Our organized volunteer auxiliaries, the Young Professionals and Guild, help to plan, manage, and implement the Saturday Leadership Program. Complementing the core volunteers listed below are over 200 community and auxiliary volunteers.

HON. ROBERT MACK BELL Ret. Chief Judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals

CALVIN BUTLER CEO BGE

JANET CURRIE Market Manager for Baltimore, Bank of America

SONJAY DECAIRES President, Sonjé Productions

LISA HARRIS-JONES Founding Member/Attorney at Law, Harris Jones

and Malone

STEPHANIE HILL VP/GM of Information Systems, Lockheed Martin;

Board Chair, Greater Baltimore Committee

JOYCE LARKIN VP-Corporate Community Relations,

Centene Corporation

CORY MCCRAY Delegate, Maryland General Assembly

CATHERINE PUGH Mayor, City of Baltimore

SELWYN RAY Director, Johns Hopkins Heath System

Community Relations

Notable Speakers

Core Young Professionals Volunteers

JEROME ALEXANDER Benefit Analyst, Social Security Administration

STACEY DYCE Public Health Investigator, Baltimore County

EDWIN GREEN Special Assistant to the Chief, Social Security

Administration

TONEE LAWSON Assistant Program Director, Corporation

for National and Community Service

“One leadership action I want to grow is a powerful voice”

–DAVAYONN TYLER

WHO WE SERVEThe Saturday Leadership Program serves an economically and geographically diverse group of 100 fellows.

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS Baltimore City College HSBaltimore Design School

Baltimore Leadership School for Young WomenBaltimore Polytechnic InstituteBaltimore School for the Arts

Bard Early High School CollegeCatonsville MS

City CollegeCity Neighbors HS

Cockeysville MSCross Country MS

Curtis Bay MSDeer Park MS

Digital Harbor HSDunbar HS

Francis Scott Key MSFranklin Square MS

Frederick Douglass HSGilman School

Green Street AcademyHampstead Hill Academy

Hazelwood MSIndependence HS

KIPP AcademyLeith Walk MS

Loch Raven Academy MSLoch Raven HS

Mergenthaler Vocational Technical HSMilford Mill Academy

Mount Pleasant Christian SchoolMount Royal MS

.Mount Saint Joseph HSNational Academy Foundation HS

New Town HSOverlea HS

Owings Mills HSParkville MS

Randallstown HSReginald F Lewis HS for Business & Law

Boys LatinThe Catholic High School of Baltimore

The SEED School of MDWestern HS

Western School of Tech & Environmental ScienceWoodlawn HS

HOW WE IMPACTSaturday Leadership fellows complete important college readiness milestones and articulate college-going aspirations and high self-confidence. After graduating from high school, almost all go to college.

LOW INCOME

33%8TH GRADE

11%9TH GRADE

26%10TH GRADE

20%11TH GRADE

10%12TH GRADE

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BCCC • Bowie State University • CCBC • Coppin State University • Frostburg State University • Goucher College • McDaniel College

Morehouse College • Morgan State University • St. Mary’s College of MD • University of Baltimore • University of Maryland Eastern ShoreU.S. Navy • Virginia State University • Washington and Jefferson College • Wesley College

BCCC Upward Bound

Boys Hope Girls Hope

Bridges of St. Paul

Baltimore City Public Schools

CollegeBound Foundation

Dare to Dream

Girl Scouts of America

Growing Griots

MSU Upward Bound

PNC Bank

GREATER BALTIMORE URBAN LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

J. HOWARD HENDERSON President/CEO Greater Baltimore Urban League

CLARENCE CAMPBELL, CHAIRMANRegional Bank Area President, SVP Coastal Maryland Wells Fargo

BARBARA REDMAN, SECRETARYPresident GBUL Guild

GAVIN WATSON, TREASURERVice President/General ManagerEnterprise Holdings

ANTOINE A. BANKSSenior Manager, Government & Regulatory Affairs Comcast Cable

TABB J. BISHOP

MICHAEL A. BROWN, ESQ.Principal Miles & Stockbridge

CHARLES JACKSONPresident GBUL Young Professionals

CHERON PORTERDirector of Public RelationsCharlotte Housing Authority

KAREN PRICE-WARDCommunity Affairs & Grassroots Regional Leader, Southwest Airlines

Adrian Harpool Associates • Avenue Bakery • Bill Carson Photography • Cashland

Apparel • Enoch Pratt Libraries • Family League • The Fresh Market • Goucher College

• Harris Teeter • Johns Hopkins University • Loyola • Maryland Transit Administration •

Notre Dame of Maryland University • Papa Johns Pizza • Orioles • Stevenson University •

Sue-Ann’s Office Supply • Thompson Hospitality • Trader Joe’s • True Grits • YouthWorks

For more information about SLP, please contact us:

OTHER SUPPORTERS

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

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