Liberty LEADS is a program of Bank Street College of Education, an independent graduate institution in New York City and a nationally recognized leader in education.

• Vision Statement

  To empower underrepresented youth to become lifelong learners and worldwide community role models by helping them attain higher education, embrace global leadership engagement and create a positive future for themselves and others.

• Mission Statement

  To empower underrepresented youth to become lifelong learners and worldwide community role models by helping them attain higher education, embrace global leadership engagement and create a positive future for themselves and others.

• Values
  • All youth need high expectations to realize their individual potential.
  • All youth need developmentally appropriate and safe environments in which to grow and flourish.
  • All youth need to develop a personal code of ethics.
  • All youth will learn and succeed if given access to a full range of mentoring opportunities and other appropriate resources.
• Goals
  • To provide students a nurturing and trusting environment, with clear boundaries, in which to learn and grow.
  • To provide youth with opportunities to identify and develop their individual voices and talents.
  • To graduate critical thinkers with solid emotional, social and academic skills who are prepared for postsecondary education and/or meaningful employment.
  • To develop in students a lifelong desire to learn and to create positive changes in society.