BILA

The BLACK INDEPENDENCE & LIBERATION ACADEMY, aka BILA is the primary goal of the organization. The BILA will be a network of tuition-free private schools, funded and operated by Black people. With the BILT, donations, and profits from the Rising Kings Apparel LLC the BILA network will teach all of the required core subjects to ensure students pass state/national standardized tests to attend university, as well as Black/African centered subjects and optional trade and extracurricular courses and activities.

National Private Academy Network

The goal of the BILA network is to create a national network of private schools, made of BILA Rising Kings and BILA Rising Queens academies. The academies will have at least one location in each major region of the country and will function as optional boarding schools so that city local, regionally local, and relocating students/families are able to attend. We will do this by purchasing parcels of land and creating affordable but functional campuses on that land.

Outside of the core classes…

Black Economics, Finance, and Entrepreneurship

Racial and Cultural Focus

Courses focused on Black and African global leaders and revolutionaries, the Black Male/Female/Family, and more.

Agriculture and Self-sustainability

Vegetable gardens and fruit gardens on our Rising Kings Academy campus, as well as classes on creating a homestead, healthy nutritional diet, etc.

Fitness, Health, and Well-Being

Physical Education, Yoga, Meditation, Talk Sessions, etc.

Black Politics & Military

Vocational School

Plumbing, Electrician, Carpentry, Welding, Automotive, IT

  ‘Roots’ Project

Trips will be funded for students to travel to historically Black sites in the US, African nations and nations of the African Diaspora.

HBCU Tour

The HBCU Tour will be available to all high school student with priority given to sophomores and juniors. The academy will aim to funnel students planning to attend university into HBCU’s, however students will be supported in their decision to attend any university of their choosing.

TEFL Scholarships

Costs for the Teaching English as a Foreign Language certificate and destination startup costs will be paid for high school seniors who want to become teachers. This will allow some of our Black youth who often don’t get out of their own city or state, to see and experience the world and gain work experience.

Athletics

One East Coast and one West Coast school will have competitive athletics teams where high level athletes can still receive a Rising Kings or Rising Queens education.

Fine Arts and Music

One East Coast and one West Coast school will have programs for the arts, where students passionate about the arts can study and participate in them while still receiving a Rising Kings or Rising Queens education.

~If you want to go fast, go alone—If you want go far, go together~