We are pleased to announce that in June 2014, at Baldwin School, “Youth Lead the Change” will be holding a five-day leadership conference taught by the Leadership Institute at Harvard College.
This is an excellent opportunity for upper school students to gain social entrepreneurship experience, learn tangible leadership skills, apply for project funding and meet like-minded individuals.
Visit www.youthleadthechange.com for more information and to apply online.
Dates: June 2-6, 9am-4pm at The Baldwin School of Puerto Rico.
Cost: $125 – meals included
Application deadline:
May 1, 2014 for Baldwin students only
May 15, 2014 for students from all schools
For questions, contact [email protected]
About YLC (excerpt from www.youthleadthechange.com)
Program Overview:
Youth Lead the Change (YLC) is a global youth leadership development program that empowers students to unlock their leadership potential by developing tangible solutions to global problems. Over the course of the five-day program, students work in teams to understand an issue they care about and create a social change project to address it. Throughout this process, students learn about their own passions and strengths, as well as core leadership skills such as collaboration, public speaking, time management and empathy. The students also gain one-on-one coaching from the Harvard trainers, who continue to serve as mentors after the program. Students also have the opportunity to earn funding and support to implement their project after the YLC camp ends.
Background:
The program was designed by a team of Harvard University students in the Leadership Institute at Harvard College (LIHC), a student-run organization devoted to training the next generation of global leaders at Harvard. Realizing that we often learn best by teaching and practice, a group of students in LIHC conceived of a program that would teach leadership to youth, thereby empowering others while also developing our own skills. After an initial partnership with Citizen Schools in Boston in 2009-2010, the leaders of YLC decided to expand the program beyond Boston in order to increase their impact. They have since taught in multiple cities in the US over the summer, as well as in Bhutan, Myanmar, and most recently in Japan. To date, over 500 students around the world have been impacted by YLC programs, and the number continues to grow each year.