Through the Talented Tenth Leadership program based in Birmingham, Alabama, highly skilled youth consultants teach leadership skills to other youth. With the assistance of the program's adult CEO, youth consultants conduct leadership forums for youth who are involved in youth-serving organizations or have been identified by adult mentors or supporters to participate in the forum.

Through three days of interactive exercises and activities, youth learn strategies to influence their peers and community. They also develop a community-based project to address gang and gun violence in their neighborhood or city. Talented Tenth youth consultants are available to provide technical assistance and support as they implement these project. Examples of past projects include development of a comic book for youth about gang violence and a crime prevention plan for a specific neighborhood. A goal of Talented Tenth is to empower youth to reach out to other young people and continue to create agents of change in their community. To accomplish this, youth who participate in the forum are encouraged to train other youth in their communities.

Technical Assistance Resource Tools:
Watch the Talented Tenth in action: Video

View the Nine month Leadership Development Curriculum: PDF

See an example of the three-day Leadership Summit: Video