NULITES

The National Urban League's Incentives to Excel and Succeed (NULITES) program encourages youth to become leaders, embraces positive aspects of youth culture, and cultivates leadership skills by appointing youth mentors who organize and execute activities under adult supervision . NULITES is a national youth initiative designed to promote civic engagement and personal and leadership development among African American high school students. The program is "youth-led," in that participants are responsible for developing and implementing all program activities with the guidance of adult advisors. 

The program features a variety of educational, career development, and community service activities. The Academic Gateways program located at the Union Avenue Middle School in Irvington and The Career Gateways program run at the Urban League in Newark incorporate the NULITES model of youth development.

In addition to school based youth programs, ULEC also provides mentoring, after school, tutoring services for over 50 young people, ages 14-18 at our facility in Newark through our nationally recognized NULITES program.