Welcome to the Jimiri Youth Leadership Program

Expansion Plans

Jimiri is proud to partner with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. We have a nationwide vision to expand our partnerships with Black history and civil rights museums across the country. Within 10 years, we hope to launch Jimiri programs in New Orleans, Cleveland, Jackson, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Chicago, Montgomery, and Memphis.

About Us

Jimiri is a social justice nonprofit that promotes cross-racial friendships and leadership training for middle-school and high-school students. To help address the socio-economic disparities of segregation, we bring students together in small, racially diverse groups to build friendship, empathy, and understanding across racial lines.

To learn more, please visit our About Us page.

Youth Leadership Program Details

Jimiri is a social justice nonprofit that promotes cross-racial friendships and leadership training for middle-school and high-school students.

To help address the socio-economic disparities of segregation, we bring students together in small, racially diverse groups to build friendship, empathy, and understanding across racial lines.

Middle-school students gather on Sunday afternoons, engaging in social justice curricula and common-interest activities led by high-school and college facilitators who previously completed the program.

In this way, from middle school through college, our young Jimiri leaders build lifelong, cross-racial friendships that will serve as the foundation for the next generation of social justice leadership.

Tuition is free for all participants, and free transportation is provided for all who attend.

Benefits for Students

Inspire and develop future leaders to promote social justice.

Enhance college and career readiness by providing leadership opportunities and expanding social networks and access to resources.

Build social and emotional skills necessary to succeed in a racially diverse world.

Engage in meaningful discussions of race, social justice, and Black history.

Provide opportunities for fun, engaging, and safe extra-curricular activities and community service.