BirthRight by Legacy

The Legacy Birthright Academy is a first-of-its-kind entrepreneurship-themed series designed program of study specifically for African American teenagers. The Academy offers a unique curated interactive workshop experience that fills the gap in showing the integral connection and generative interaction between Innovation, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship. 

Through a series of virtual workshop sessions, in-person coaching sessions, curated business and nonprofit internships, and field experiences students learn how to adopt to a collaborative mindset. The AGILE Cohort Model emphasizes that intentional collaboration on any level leads to success, fulfillment, and prosperity. AGILE stands for Accelerated Global Innovation, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship.

Our African American youth need to learn and understand that they are part of a diverse community of dreamers and doers who share several characteristics that are connected to leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship. By organizing students into AGILE Cohorts, program facilitators create a space for students to learn, connect, share stories, and gain insight into what it means to think and act as Innovators, Leaders, and Entrepreneurs. In addition, students are equipped with the financial tools and strategies needed to create a better life for themselves, as well as the world around them. 

The 6-month program is organized into three Sessions, or “Tri-mesters,” each created to systematically develop the mindset, values, and thought processes of empathetic Innovators, Leaders, and Business and Social Entrepreneurs.