Welcome to LEAP
The Leadership Enrichment Arts Program (LEAP), established in 1989, is a unique, award-winning non-profit organization which has worked successfully with hundreds of predominately minority middle and high school students. For almost 20 years, LEAP programs have been a motivating force for African Americans and other underserved youth, assuring them that achievement is a viable option. As stated by LEAP alumnus Mehcad Brooks, who was on the network show, “Desperate Housewives” and in the recently released film, “Glory Road”: “LEAP changed my outlook on life.”
LEAP programs and activities include:
LEAP S ummer Leadership Institute: A Taste of College
We take approximately 30 students to a college campus for a week. They live in the dorms, audit classes, and interact with college students. The participants have been to Drake University, Wellesley, Southern Methodist University, Phillips Academy, Morehouse College, Huston-Tillotson University, Concordia University, Southwest Texas State University, Texas A&M, the University of Texas and St. Edward’s University. It is meant to prepare students for college and to show them what it’s like. The program is used to help students increase communication and leadership skills as well as learn personal responsibility.
Opera Heroes and Heroines
A program created by LEAP for adolescent girls and boys uses opera as an educational tool to examine life choices and their outcomes. Opera is filled with characters who have dealt with the issues of domestic violence, sexuality, gender roles, assertiveness, and self esteem. These characters have faced difficult situations, made tough decisions, and faced life and death consequences of their choices. more
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