Youth Leadership and Civic Engagement Academy

On January 29, 2015 at Xavier University, CHRC Youth Services worked with approximately fifty (50) youth as a co- facilitator at Xavier University’s Community Building Institute (CBI) for the Youth Leadership and Civic Engagement Academy (YLCEA).  The students were affiliated with Aiken High School and Hughes STEM High School.  This forum was the second of a three part series for the 2014-2015 school year, which helps the youth identify their leadership styles and strengths, and use them to make a positive difference in their communities.

In 2012, CBI designed the YCLEA.  It offers high school students the opportunity to put their learning into practice and see themselves as community leaders.  CBI’s youth leadership development strategies and curriculum focus on creating engaged citizens- young people with the knowledge, skills, passion, and commitment to making their communities (however they define them) better places to live, work and grow. 

CHRC became a partner of this initiative in 2013 with CBI and David Weaver of ISEECONNECTIONS.  If you are interested in involving your school, please call Trina Jackson, Community Building Institute Program Director, at 513-745-3348 or Jaime Bryant, CHRC Youth Services Coordinator, at 513-352-3249.