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The mission of The Future Leaders Institute (FLI) is to engage high school youth in generating and implementing visionary solutions for society. FLI guides and mentors youth across the San Francisco Bay Area as they develop individual initiatives and employ social entrepreneurship in the face of the world’s most pressing needs.

Supporting Youth Victims of Domestic Violence

Christine Jacome from Gateway is concerned about the negative impact of domestic violence. As she engages in her research of community-based organizations, she is learning that domestic violence affects so many facets of society. She plans ...

Protecting Our Animals & Rainforests

Fiona Blackburn is a motivated young leader who is currently a junior at ACLC. She loves volunteering in her community and helping animals, particularly Toucans. She is a strong believer that everyone deserves to be heard ...

Peer Support Against Drugs and Alcohol

Jacqualyn Black from Skyline High School has seen the negative impacts of addiction in her community. She aims to raise awareness about the negative impacts of drugs and alcohol through educational workshops to address this issue ...

Street Smarts for the Bay Area

Eric Tran is a senior at Skyline High School who is concerned about the endless stories close to home about violence in his community. Unfortunately some people learn street smarts through a bad experience, so Eric ...

These two rock stars have a passion for music and helping those in our local community who are living in poverty. In collaboration with their own band members and a band of teachers, they put on a benefit music show to raise money for efforts to end poverty.

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