EMPOWERING YOUNG LEADERS FELLOWSHIP CLASS OF 2008

August 30 –September 1, 2008 (3 Days)
Walnut Senior Citizens Center
Walnut, CA

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Overview of the program:

The fellowship is designed to provide leadership education and development to young people, specifically K-12 & community college students. Designing a program that provides, personal, organizational, and communal leadership tracks where students could grow while providing services to students upon completion of the program that cultivate further leadership education by providing leadership opportunities that would promote active engagement and practice of what they learn. The post-fellowship services can range from mentorship, internship, or a “fellowship project” that would build upon the civic engagement skills learned through the program.

 There has been research presented how leadership education among youth, aid students academically. There have been correlations made on how better communication skills enhance students’ abilities in English and the Arts, how understanding diversity helps students in the social sciences such as History and Government, and how critical thinking aids students in the sciences and math. In addition, how social justice education, citizenship education, and organizational leadership helps student become more involved in the community and create well-rounded, well-informed and self-driven students.

This provides students with the opportunity to have access to leadership and citizenship education despite their post-graduation plans. Our goals is to empower students to find their niche in the community and how to be a leader in their respective right and define how they will impact the world and make leave their LEGACY.

 The program was formed through academic, personal, and professional research, drawing from a diversity of leadership philosophies, cultural backgrounds and educational backgrounds from different parts of the world. We challenged each other to create a global perspective on leadership. The staff had presented at local, statewide, and national conference on leadership and have years of leadership presentation experience. We have worked with different institutes consultants, and researchers to create an effective and empowering program for our participants.

Program Logistics

The fellowship will commence with a 3 day conference/training and shall last for a year.

The college program will include curriculum composed of workshops surrounding personal leadership development, organizational leadership development, basic professional development, and basic social justice training. After their program, we would pair them with mentors to help them further develop their social justice and leadership skills. They will also be conducting and organizing community service projects around the community. These college students would later on serve as mentors to the K-12 students as they go through the program. The K-12 curriculum would be composed of similar workshops without the mentorship from outside organizations and the community service organizing component.  K-12 mentors will be composed of the College Fellows of the program. Workshop presenters will come from a wide range of student leaders, public administrators, consultants, and community leaders.

BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM

The program was formed around the philosophy that leadership is process rather than a title. As a participant goes through the program we try to focus on the growth of the participant rather than the event itself. Some of the benefits include:

Networking opportunities – the administrative staff work hard to create opportunities for the participants to meet fellow young leaders, people in their academic/professional fields, and leaders who reach out to share their experiences with participants.

Opportunities for further growth. We make sure that we the passion and motivation that participants develop during the program does not diminish. We constantly follow up with opportunities catered to the participant’s interest to lead in fields that they are passionate about. Opportunities include further leadership training and personal development, internships, mentorships from our ally organizations…etc.

Professional growth – we believe that young people will bring professionalism to a whole new level. These skills will aid them in career development. Professionalism will not only increase their marketability to the internships and organizations we refer them to, they will also bring a whole new perspective to their respective areas of interest as they climb to success.

Personalized leadership development – we create a leadership development program catered to the participant’s needs to maximize their personal growth. This is done through the application process, the interviews, recommendations, and personal interactions with the participants. Each person grows differently and grows with different needs, each fellowship class will have a different curriculum and different post-fellowship program.

Fellowship building – through the community built through the program, participants creating personal and professional relationships from different leaders from a diversity of backgrounds and interests. Its more than just a regular summit because of the community built around the conference.

 Diversity of leadership perspectives – the administrative staff is composed of a diversity of perspectives, cultures, and leadership philosophies from different cultures and parts of the world. We constantly challenge each other to create a global perspective to leadership and civic engagement.

Program Logistics

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