The work isn’t finished—and 2026 is calling. At LeadersUp, we’re not closing chapters, we’re building momentum. Dream Sessions and Future Maker Studios are our platforms for co-creating systems that center BIPOC youth. Join us to shift from programs to power, from pilots to policy. Because systems change moves when we do.

In celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are reminded that progress is not inevitable and justice is never certain. The work remains unfinished. At LeadersUp, we don’t shy away from that truth – we build ourselves to last within it.

In the past few months, I have found myself asking a different kind of question: if young adults designed educational and workforce opportunities, what would disappear? Which norms, timelines, or assumptions would be scrapped? What parts of today’s economy would feel absurd or outdated?