Metanoia invests in neighborhood assets to Build Leaders. Since our inception, we have recognized young people of promise are some of the most significant assets in our community. Metanoia works with community youth year-round to give them leadership skills that build their character, commitment to excellence and ability to have the presence of a leader.

The best leaders live at the intersection of these three traits, so Metanoia seeks to offer programming that roots students in an ability to grow in each area simultaneously. We are building a leadership pipeline that offers developmentally appropriate standards and curriculum for students to grow their leadership skills.

Through our after-school leadership programs or our Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School in the summer, we are building a new generation of leadership for our community that can promise a better future.

In 2010, Metanoia partnered with the Masters of Public Administration Program at the College of Charleston to complete a research study outlaying a series of leadership standandards for our students at each stage of development - from first grade to high school graduation.  If you want to read more about these standards, please take look at the document below and the tables that accompany the narrative.