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Urban Leadership Initiative The Urban Leadership Initiative (ULI) is a program within CUBM that provides students with the fullest possible exposure to the urban communities in which they minister, serve, and live. ULI’s programs – seminars, conferences, workshops, and forums – are designed to encourage and equip students for participation in a variety of interdisciplinary and interdenominational Christian ministries, faith-based agencies, community organizations, government agencies, and businesses. ULI uses collaborations, internships, and mentoring relationships to expand the student’s education outside the classroom. Many of ULI’s programs are available to leaders who are not students at CUBM but are involved in urban leadership positions. Urban Leadership Initiative International (ULII): The goal of Urban Leadership Initiative International (ULII) is to educate students and the public about the trends, challenges, and opportunities in the ministry world outside of CUBM and its locations. ULII sponsors workshops, classes, and missions trips to provide students with firsthand experience in cross-cultural ministry. By doing so, ULII aims to train global leaders who are ready to face and solve the problems of the modern world. Urban Leadership Initiative Conference The first Urban Leadership Conference was held in 2001. Once a year, CUBM and ULI sponsor an intensive weekend program that is part of each student’s class schedule for that term. Each conference focuses on one issue pertinent to urban ministry. These conferences are open to the public so that students may meet and associate with proven community leaders. Past conference speakers have included Dr. Bernard Franklin from the Fatherhood Initiative in Kansas City; Dr. Terrell Byrd of Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida; Dr. Tom Fortson of Promise Keepers in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Dr. John Perkins, author of Reclaiming the Urban Family; Dr. Carl F. Ellis, Jr., author of Free at Last, and Dr. Willie Richardson of Stronghold Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
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