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Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy is an award
winning nonprofit organization proudly serving the youth of
San Bernardino County since 2001. Founded by brothers
Terrance and Marqus Stone, the organization's purpose is
to help enrich the lives of young people through life building
activities and instruction in the areas of education,
employment, health, mentoring, and community service.
Since its founding YVYLA has provided 100's of community
youth with training in a number of subjects; academic
development, violence prevention, employment
development, leadership and life skills development, and
teen pregnancy prevention to name a few, in addition to
delivering some of the area's most memorable events for
youth entertainment. We are quite possibly the only
organization of our kind in the county with an onsite mental
health specialist and substance abuse counselor to address the youth’s core needs.
YVYLA has received a host of awards for outstanding youth service and youth outreach
and boast a long list of commendations, illustrating the recognition of our good work,
from public and elected officials, as well as other prominent members of the community.
Young Visionaries has a long list of associations and an extensive network of community
partners, both in the public and private sector. We believe in collaboration and have
worked in partnership with or under contract for a number of those community partners.
Furthermore, our work has been frequently chronicled in local newspapers, radio shows
and television news to date.
By being steadfast and zealous in a highly competitive and ever changing industry,
Young Visionaries works tirelessly to provide effective services for at-risk youth
emphasizing and encouraging the use of the 3 E’s, Education, Empowerment and
Engagement. Rigid in our focus but flexible in our approach, YVYLA continues to develop
new programs where we recognize a need in an effort to leave no youth’s issues
unchecked. It is through this holistic approach to addressing all of the youth’s individual
needs that we effectively serve the young people of the Inland Empire, the largest and
fastest growing region in Southern California; where we are faced with the daily
challenge of decreasing the risks of a rising population of disadvantaged, low-income
youth by training them in the skills needed to lead mature, responsible, healthy,
independent adult lives. In doing so Young Visionaries not only creates more productive
citizens we build better, safer communities.
OUR MISSION
Is to enhance the academic and social enrichment of at-risk youth by training them in
the skills needed to increase their potential for educational, economic and social success.
OUR VISION
“Equipping Young People to Empower the World", it is the vision of Young Visionaries
Youth Leadership Academy to become the foremost provider of youth development
programs to the at-risk population of the Inland Empire and build safe, healthy
communities through creating more caring, responsible, productive citizens
