Urban Leadership Institute

Urban Leadership Institute empowers youth

:: our mission

:: our history

:: our staff

LaMarr Darnell Shields and David Miller were guests of The National Public Radio interview as they were leading a recent anti-gang discussion at the Police Athletic Leaque in Northeast Baltimore. Click on the play button of the audio player below to listen to the NPR news report.

•	Baltimore Raven’s Community Service Award
•	Greater Baltimore Committee and Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Business and Service
•	Governor’s Award for Service and Volunteerism
•	Maryland Black Caucus Award for Service
•	Recognized in the Urban Influence Magazine for work with African American males.

ULI’s mission is to be both opportunistic and strategic on a local, national and international level in shifting the public debate and commitment from youth problems to youth development.
:: more on our vision and goals

Urban Leadership Institute (ULI) was established in 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland, when two teachers, LaMarr Darnell Shields and David Miller were, in the words of Fannie Lou Hammer, “sick and tired of being sick and tired”. This was a response to a growing concern about the plight of urban youth.
:: more about ULI history

ULI is fortunate to have such a diverse and amazing staff of talented young professionals, who come to the ULI from research, education, business, policy, practice, advocacy, and social work with degrees and/or professional experience, community youth programming, and juvenile justice.
:: more about our staff

1111 Park Ave, Suite L-151, Baltimore, MD 21201 (phone) 410-467-1605 (fax) 410-467-1607