Emerging Leaders Academy

Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) is a partnership, between the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Urban League, Goodwill of Southern Los Angeles County and the Agape International Spiritual Center, to create an educational program for gang members, "at risk" persons, new contributors (ex-offenders) and community members.

The Emerging Leaders Academy provides a path of opportunities empowering participants to take a new direction in life. The program was created to provide a life skills component to the participant population, as well as providing them with essential career development skills for traditional employment, opportunities behind the scenes in the film/TV industry, entrepreneurship and creative writing as an alternative to criminal behavior and violence.