[Nfbc-info] 2010 California Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities

[Serena Olsen]

Fantastic feedback, Darian!  Thanks for your input.  I don't want
anyone to think that it's not as relevant because it's
pan-disability--what better place to have a strong showing of
competent blind leaders?

On 12/17/09, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you so much for  passing this along Serina!
>  i was very fortunate to have served as a delegate and most recently
> as a staff member in  the 2009 forum.
>   This  is an awsome  awsome  thing for youth to take part in and I
> truley believe that  any students who  might have even a little bit of
> interest in this should  most certainly take advantage of this great
> oppertunity.  So please  spread this oppertunity  amungst rehab
> counsolers, VI teachers and amungst the students at CSB.  I Also would
> like to encourage any College age youth to  consider being
> mentors/staff in this setting, there are far few examples of positive,
> energetic and  passionate blind mentors/leaders who come through those
> doors as YLF staff.
>   excited and hopeful,
>   Darian
>
>
> On 12/16/09, Serena Olsen <olsen.serena at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This is a special invitation for California high school juniors and
>> seniors who have disabilities to apply to come to Sacramento and attend
>> the California Youth Leadership Forum July 24-29, 2010.  Students will
>> have the opportunity to live on a college campus  and join more than 900
>> alumni from across the state that have been a part of this unique
>> program created specifically for young leaders with disabilities.
>>
>>
>> At no cost for the student!
>>
>> Students who attend YLF make new, life-long friendships and resource
>> connections to help them reach their personal, academic, and career
>> goals.
>>
>>
>> Alumni of the California Youth Leadership Forum for Students with
>> Disabilities (YLF) say it has forever changed their lives for the
>> better.
>>
>> Attached is an electronic version of the required application. You can
>> also go to www.calylf.org for more information and a copy of the
>> application and instructions.
>>
>> If you experience any difficulty in filling out this application, we can
>> help you if you please contact the Department of Rehabilitation, Dani
>> Anderson at Voice (916) 558-5407, TTY (916) 558-5403, email
>> DAnderso at dor.ca.gov. Dani will be able to help you with your application
>> questions.
>>
>> In addition, please forward this message (which includes a copy of the
>> YLF application, and YLF Instructions) to your networks and any
>> potential candidates.
>>
>> YLF Date: July 24-29, 2010 (in Sacramento) (Dates subject to change)
>>
>> Deadline to submit applications, February 3, 2010
>>
>>
>> Additional information and applications are available at: www.calylf.org
>>
>>
>>
>> If you have any questions or need any information regarding YLF please
>> contact the California Foundation for independent Living Centers, Eddie
>> Rea (information is below)
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Eddie Rea
>>
>> Youth Organizer
>>
>>
>> California Foundation for Independent Living Centers
>>
>> 1029 J Street, Suite 120
>>
>> Sacramento, CA. 95814
>>
>> (916) 325-1690 ext. 337
>>
>> (916) 325-1699 FAX
>>
>> (916) 325-1695 TDD
>>
>> eddie at cfilc.org Email
>>
>> www.cfilc.org <http://www.cfilc.org/>
>>
>>
>> Youth with disabilities changing the world...
>>
>> Support Youth Organizing! Disabled & Proud
>>
>> www.yodisabledproud.org
>>
>>
>> Make a difference in the life of a young person...
>>
>> Support CA. Youth Leadership Forum
>>
>> www.calylf.org
>>
>>
>> Join the ACTION!!!!
>>
>> www.disabilityactioncoalition.org
>> <http://www.disabilityactioncoalition.org/>
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Serena Olsen, MAIPS
>> NFBC Youth Programs Coordinator
>>
>
>
> --
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> recruitment campaign to help attract energetic and passionate
> individuals into the field of blindness education, and we need your
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> www.TeachBlindStudents.org
>
>
> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny
> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching
> before us;
> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our
> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe
> past and future generations,
> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with
> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be
> done, and
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>
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-- 
Serena Olsen, MAIPS