2020 Lead Right Scholarship Fund

In association with DMV Youth Leadership Coalition, ACHIEVEMENT SQUARE Development & Training Centers, Inc, and Everyday Mentorship, LLC, The LEAD RIGHT Scholarship Fund was established to recognize, celebrate and affirm Authentic Leadership among underrepresented, low-income, first-generation, minority students in the Washington, DC/Metropolitan area.

We believe these students deserve to be seen and heard on college campuses.

Their experiences inform their decisions to improve themselves through the pursuit of post-secondary educational opportunities, ultimately resulting in displays of selfless and righteous leadership in their homes, schools and communities.

The Brickers Foundation is proud to be a sponsor and active contributor to this worthy cause.

*Most youth (81%) think leaders today are more concerned with their own agendas than with achieving the goals of their organizations.

*Half of the youth (51%) rate government and political leaders as having weak leadership, among the highest relative to other groups of leaders examined in the survey. Overall, weak leadership is related to not accomplishing what is promised (59%); not working collaboratively (56%); and not offering new solutions (53%).

*Most youth (96%) think leadership is important to addressing the country’s most pressing issues; but only one in three young people says they have the skills they need to be prepared to lead.

*4-H National Youth Survey on Leadership conducted online by Harris Poll