Success StorySRTLC
SRTLC
Author: Amanda Clark
Planning Unit: Fayette County CES
Major Program: Leadership
Plan of Work: Leadership Development
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
The Southern Region Teen Leadership Conference is a multi-state leadership conference that was created to bring together youth from across the southern region. (https://4-h.ca.uky.edu/SRTLC) In February of 2022, we held the first ever Winter SRTLC. Bringing on a number of challenges due to the weather, youth sprang into action developing plans for a somewhat normal conference.
Of survey respondents, 72% of youth indicated this was their first time attending the Southern Regional Teen Leadership Conference. 78% of teens indicated they felt supported by other teens and 75% indicated they felt like they mattered. When asked, “The most useful thing I learned at 4-H SRTLC was…,” one youth exclaimed, “I learned that someone, somewhere is looking up to me so it’s important that I not only show up for myself but for all those people that aspire to do the things I do!” Respondents were asked, “why programs like SRTLC should be supported,” and one youth said, “You should support 4-H programs like SRTLC because it allows youth to meet, discuss, and work through issues facing the world today.”
Ultimately, the Southern Region Teen Leadership Conference was designed to give youth a voice, a seat at the table, to help build a meaningful conference. This conference allows youth and adults from across the southern region to interact and build those strong youth-adult partnerships to promote positive change in the everyday lives of youth. Winter SRTLC 2022 not only accomplished that, but so much more.
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