Leadership Development Programs

BESTBUDDIES® Leadership Development programs educate and empower people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to become leaders, public speakers and advocates.

Best Buddies Ambassadors program educates and empowers people with IDD through trainings and workshops, to become leaders and public speakers. Best Buddies Ambassadors is the next step for the disability rights movement – teaching people with IDD the skills they need to successfully self-advocate.

Best Buddies Promoters empowers youth to become advocates for people with IDD by organizing and participating in specific events throughout the school year that promote advocacy and bring awareness to the disability rights movement.

Reference the map below to see where the Leadership Development programs are offered in your state. Sign up to volunteer!

Promoters chapters   Ambassadors program