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Our Mission
The mission of Choices Leadership Upward Bound is to build lifelong
learning skills for college and beyond by generating in program
participants the skills and motivation necessary to complete a program
of secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of
postsecondary education. We also strive to provide quality personal and
community education for America's future generation of leaders by
promoting ethical citizenship, multicultural knowledge, artistic
creativity and academic excellence paralleled with appropriate choice
making and self value.
Our History
Choices Leadership Incorporated has been committed since 1999, to
helping America's future generation of leaders achieve success by
giving them the necessary tools to meet challenging situations at home,
school and the community-at-large. Our organization builds lifelong
learning skills for college and beyond for youth through academic
enrichment programs, leadership development and cultural awareness.
Choices Leadership Incorporated offers programs that give Dallas area
youth the opportunity to improve the quality of their lives. In
December 2007, the United States Department of Education awarded TRIO
Upward Bound grants to Choices Leadership Incorporated to serve
students at North Dallas High School and Thomas Jefferson High School
in the Dallas Independent School District. Traditionally, the majority
of Upward Bound programs throughout the United States have been
facilitated by a college or university. Choices Leadership Incorporated
has the unique distinction of being one of the few Upward Bound
programs in Texas and the United States facilitated by a non-profit
community organization. As a community organization, Choices Leadership
Incorporated has built a strong partnership with Brookhaven College for
its summer component on their campus. Choices Leadership Incorporated
has also connected with cultural and civic organizations and other
colleges and universities that support our goal of creating an
educational community of students with the motivation and skills
necessary to acquire higher education.
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