The National Black Empowerment Council (NBEC) empowers leaders to work together strategically to close the systemic wealth, influence, and achievement gaps between African Americans and more structurally advantaged groups.The goal is achieved through the coordination of educational campaigns, individual initiatives, cooperative enterprise and partnership with key allies to empower the Black community and create a more just society.

Vanguard Leadership Group (VLG) is a leadership development academy and honor society for top students at the nation’s historically black colleges and universities. Our fellowship inspires its members to post-graduate achievement and, through its institutional focus on excellence, honor and high ideals, to a dynamic form of citizenship. The ultimate goal of VLG is the ascension of the individual, an individual who will in turn be compelled to elevate their respective community and the world