Sat, February 25, 2023
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

YMCA Strong Families – Richard C. Geisinger Branch

1700 SE Monterey Rd.

Stuart, FL 34996

Amplifying Youth Leadership and Voice – Martin County

Are you nurturing leadership opportunities for all youth in your program? Are you creating ways for youth to positively contribute to your program? This interactive training will show you how youth can take active roles in managing their own time and can share leadership with adults in shaping the program. You will gain strategies and ideas on how to increase roles and responsibilities for youth in your program by providing leadership opportunities for all youth, and nurturing opportunities for them to positively impact your program’s culture through conversations and feedback. Participants will develop  a Youth Leadership Action Plan to identify and plan for leadership development within their program. 

Training Objectives: 

Participants will: 

  1. Examine leadership opportunities for all youth in the program.
  2. Demonstrate how to increase challenges, roles, and responsibilities for youth.
  3. Identify key components of effective youth voice within your program
  4. Create an action plan to increase youth leadership opportunities in the program