The National Young Men of Color Leadership Initiative (NYMOCLIF) is a 501 C3 nonprofit organization dedicated to developing, empowering, and assisting young men of color obtain self-awareness, gainful employment, college and career readiness. Since 2007, our President/CEO Mr. Wes Hall has conducted one of the nation's most in-depth independent studies measuring the attitudes and behaviors of young men of color pertaining to education and its impact on their future financial well-being. Since 2012, Mr. Hall has been contracted with the Los Angeles Unified School District as an Educational Consultant, where he Co-Created the district's Young Men of Color Initiative. Prior to his work with LAUSD, Mr. Hall was contracted with the Omaha Public School District where he created and facilitated the "Greatness Academy," for students, Professional Development for teachers, administrators, and faculty, and Parent Involvement workshops for parents. The NYMOCLIF fully intends to expand Hall's work and develop micro and macro constructs throughout the country, which create a holistic architectural design used to uplift, inspire, and transform the lives of underrepresented and adversely affected young men of color.

Develop, create and facilitate programming that responds to the "My Brother's Keeper" initiative set forth by President Barrack Obama. Duties include: Contacting organizations that provide programming/services for boys of color, create professional development modules for teachers that address positive ways to work with and educate boys of color, to create a series of conferences and workshops for parents, students and teachers, to create a resource center that provides ongoing training and feedback related to success strategies for boys of color, create pathways for success and partnerships that enable boys to gain positive experiences that lend to their further development, and to identify dynamic and innovative processes that help close the achievement gap.

The mission of the Institute for Student Empowerment is to help students connect education and information to their future financial well-being. Through sound research and development, the Institute shares proven strategies and insights conducive to assisting the educational system transform students from on-lookers, to proud/energetic participants. Our goal is to aid in the reform of education and create best practices that make the educational experience rewarding for all students.