October 30, 2017 - A PALS participant has recently become the author of a new children’s book. Maya Pinson, an eighth grade student at KIPP D.C. Northwest Academy will host a launch of her new book entitled “Back Pack Lilly” on Saturday, December 2nd. The debut will take place from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at 9300 Woodmore Center Avenue #507 Lanham, MD 20706. Maya has created her first of many books “Back Pack Lilly” the book features a dog that instills good study habits in children

October 20, 2017 – On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, students of the Youth Leadership Foundation were honored at the JAMS mediation firm rooftop reception in Washington DC. Sophomores, Victoria Ohanele, Paris Brown, Casey Thompson, and Niani Benjamin are the inaugural winners of the YLF summer business plan competition. Casey Thompson ( far left) with Niani Benjamin ( second from left) Attorney General Karl A. Racine (middle) Victoria Ohanele (second from right) and Paris Brown (

The Youth Leadership Foundation Thanks Participants of 5K Race for DC Kids DRT Strategies CEO Susan Kidd ( third from right) with WUSA9 Kristen Berset-Harris ( fourth from right) TAP alum Paul Fon (second from right) and YLF Executive Director Robert DeSimone (far right) at the Annual 5K Race for DC Kids October 11, 2017 – On October 7, 2017 the Fifth Annual 5K Race for DC Kids was held at Bluemont Park with record-breaking turn-out. $14,000 raised in support of the Youth Le