The IBPE is the means by which we strive to facilitate the education, motivation and training of political leadership. Through the IBPE, we sponsor workshops, seminars, lectures and training is areas relevant to one becoming or remaining an effective political leader within the struggle of Black people for self-determination and empowerment. Our classes are taught by elders and experts from the community that have demonstrated a commitment and sacrificed for our upliftment. These series of trainings serve as rights of passage for anyone in the Black community aspiring to public office. It requires them to have a fundamental and core commitment to the principles of Black unity, self-determination and self-empowerment. It also requires a commitment to being directly and primarily accountable to our community values, expectations and standards.