ABOUT YOUTH WITH A FUTURE
Our Story
Our story began with a vision: to bring youth leadership training to urban communities and raise leaders rooted in values and purpose.
OUR ROOTS
It Started with a Vision
In 2011, Dr. Robert Fomer founded Transformational Leadership Forum (TLF) with a simple but powerful goal: to bring leadership development to educators, church workers, and community leaders serving in low-income urban areas. Many in the community were deeply concerned — character-based leadership was in decline, and the effects could be felt across government, business, and even the Church.
TLF stepped in to restore leadership rooted in integrity, service, and purpose.
Why We Began Young
Seeing the Need to Start Earlier
While working within these communities, Dr. Fomer saw a deeper truth: by the time many people reached adulthood, the damage was already done. Cycles of brokenness – dropout, violence, addiction — had already taken root.
That realization sparked a bold idea: what if leadership training started earlier?
In 2013, he launched Youth With A Future (YWAF) — a program focused on equipping young people with the tools and values they need to become strong, ethical leaders from the start.
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