black leadership collective

The Black Leadership Collective

 

The Black Leadership Collective (BLC) is a social justice leadership program created by two community college instructors, Jessica Hamilton, M.A. and Julie Lewis, M.A. in 2013. The program was created to allow students the opportunity to develop and foster leadership skills in order to advocate for social justice issues affecting the African American community, both on campus and at large, through activism and civic engagement.

 

The BLC formed because students expressed a desire to obtain the personal leadership skills necessary to advocate on behalf of their community at their institution and in the surrounding areas the impacting. The BLC runs workshops, organizes events, facilitates discussions, mentors youth, and creates artistic expressions centering around activism and social justice.

 

The BLC is interested in collaborating with any other organization, institution, club, or group that is working toward ending the systematic oppression impacting communities of color, the LGBTQQIA community, and other marginalized groups and identities.