Cultural Leadership

Cultural Leadership is a youth education and leadership nonprofit organization. Based in St. Louis, we are dedicated to creating a more just community by training area youth to be the next generation of civil rights leaders.

We train middle and high school area youth to stand up, speak out, and take action. Students learn about our country’s history of systematic oppression, then about Jewish and African American vibrant cultures of resilience and enduring histories of resistance. Then they carry the torch of their elders as they develop the skills to be agents of change.

We support our alumni in continuing the work in the professional sphere by arranging paid summer internships in St. Louis organizations that work on diversity, equity, and inclusion.