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Causes: Civil Rights, Voter Education & Registration, Voting Rights
Mission: The mission of the institute is to provide political education andtraining to the next generation of african american leadership. The institute provides a vehicle for those who seek to support the charge of establishing positive role models in all walks of life.
Programs: The twenty first century council program enables the institute to provide unique and innovative services that involve (1) social policy-public and private- analysis, (2) strategic types of program research, and (3) identification of critical policy issues and creative options for addressing such issues.
the institute's political candidate training program, boot camp provides a complete training curriculum for african american candidates and campaign workers. This program instructs participants in the expertise and techniques required for conducting a successful campaign for elective office. In addition to training candidates for elective office, this program also trains tacticians and key staff who will conduct such campaigns. Instruction is also provided to launch effective voter participation and education initiatives, including get out the vote efforts.