Vanguard Leadership Group

Vanguard Leadership Group (VLG) is a African-American political group which purportedly is "a leadership development academy and honor society for top students at the nation's historically black colleges and universities." VLG is affiliated with AIPAC.

It is quite possible that this is merely a front group because of the sad nature of its website and the fact that none of the officers or members of VLG is identified. Yamal Salahi at Mondoweiss refers to their website as "cryptic".

Pro-Israel stance
During March 2011, several VLG advertisements ran on campus newspapers at Brown University, UCLA, the University of Maryland, and Columbia University with the sole purpose of undermining the Israel Apartheid week events by suggesting that the word "apartheid" doesn't apply to Israel. The possible explanation of this dubious ad is the fact that several of VLG's members have been on sponsored tours to Israel, several of its members have been interns at AIPAC, VLG is a member of the "AIPAC Policy Conference, AIPAC Saban Leadership Training, AIPAC Campus Allies Israel Trip", and finally, VLG lists AIPAC as "Ally of the year"

Members or Staff

 * Darius Jones - Founder
 * Jarrod Jordan - Executive Director
 * Domonique James - VLG Managing Director
 * Walter Whitehead - VLG Sr. National Officer
 * Yohance Salmon - VLG National Officer
 * Deshanna Wiggins - VLG National Officer
 * Latasha Bullock - VLG Academy Vice President
 * Olu Abney - Men's Initiative Program
 * Alexis Camille Crews - Women's Honor League

Signatories to pro-Israel letter in campus papers

 * Jarrod Jordan
 * Latasha Bullock
 * Olawa Abney
 * Michael Hayes
 * Leah Graves
 * Hakim Ameen
 * Jessica Coley
 * Duncan Kirkwood
 * Vincent Evans
 * Jerica Richardson
 * Alexis Camille Crews
 * Demonique James
 * Jarvis Belton
 * Richard Fulton
 * Chantel Morant
 * Walter Whitehead

Contact

 * Website: vanguardleadershipgroup.com
 * Facebook VLG