Our Program

 

Few programs in public education today are like the Brewer Foundation Future Leaders Program (FLP).

The FLP was founded in 2001 by the Brewer Foundation, the charitable arm of the law firm Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors. It is an academic and leadership development program that benefits more than 200 students, ages 12 to 18, from urban communities within the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). Through year-round academic courses, leadership training, and exposure to a wide array of cultural programs, the FLP helps prepare its “future leaders” for success in college and beyond.

Students are chosen for the FLP based on scholastic aptitude, school attendance, civic involvement, and leadership potential. Many FLP participants will be first or second-generation college students.

The FLP’s unique public and private school partnership brings together public and private school teachers and administrators to design and offer a custom curriculum. FLP classes are offered on Saturdays on the campuses of the program’s private school partners – The Hockaday School, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Greenhill School, and Episcopal School of Dallas.

The program is fully funded by the Brewer Foundation and is available to its student participants for free. As the first program of its kind ever offered in Texas, the FLP has been recognized by the Texas State Board of Education and the Texas Governor’s office and is now emerging as a national model of public-private partnership.