About Nation Builders
Build a better world.
Our mission is to prepare emerging leaders to influence their peers, government, and economy as agents of change.
What We Do
The Nation Builders Program prepares high school and college emerging leaders to influence their peers, their government, and their economy through programs that challenge them to combine what they learn in the classroom with their imagination and innovation to solve problems in their community. We facilitate the development of human-centered design, project management, sustainable development, and leadership skills for our participants.
Our programs are facilitated through partnerships with private, public, and nonprofit sector organizations, and communities of focus. We create collaborations between youth of different countries, challenging them to help their nations achieve their United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. By developing solutions to local through global problems with emerging technologies, our participants are empowered to make a meaningful impact on the world.
Our Story
The Nation Builders Program was started by Dr. Mason West III and Mrs. Shamica West in 2016. Inspired by the need to bring young people from different experiences, nations, ethnic groups, and religions together to engage in problem-solving about common problems they faced, the program aims to teach future leaders that there is more that unites them as human beings than divides them as members of different groups.
As educators, the founders wanted to create an applied learning approach that combines project-based, problem-based, and experiential learning, enabling students to witness their ability to make an impact now rather than in some distant future. The first program brought students from Morehouse College together with Belgian students to engage in cultural and academic exchange following a series of terrorist attacks in Belgium and France.
Since that successful initial program, Nation Builders has conducted programs in collaboration with other organizations in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Mexico, Egypt, Jamaica, and Colombia. We have worked with individual embassies, the United States Agency for International Development, the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, the Egyptian Government, as well as numerous United States-based, Colombian-based, and United Kingdom-based charitable organizations. Through these programs, we continue to foster global collaboration, understanding, and impactful problem-solving among emerging leaders.
Impact
Our Team
Dr. Mason West III
Executive Director
Shamica West
Director of Operations
Othniel Tucker
Director of Technology
Malcom West
Director of Public Finace
Mason West IV
Curriculum Designer
Darlena Slate
Director of Finance
Featured Stories
Nation Builders Next Big Project: Colombia
Nation Builders is partnering with the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, the US Department of Agriculture, Microsoft, and a local Colombian school to spark change globally.
June 2024 Learn More >
Case Study: Results from the Netherlands
Nation Builders just finished their sprint with US State Department in the Netherlands to help students solve pressing problems in their local community. Here’s what the students came up with.
June 2024 Learn More >
Nation Builders Presents: The Battle of The Bulge Documentary
The Documentary is a project funded by the US Embassy in Brussels. The documentary highlights the contributions of African American soldiers World War II.
June 2024 Learn More >
Contact Us
Contact Info
Website: www.nationbuilderslead.com
Email: mwest@nationbuilderslead.com
Phone: 404-997-3616
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