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Student Leadership Series in Atlanta, GA
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The USHLI Student Leadership Series partnered with the Latin American Association, an Atlanta-based non-profit community based organization, in presenting the LAA's 13th annual Student Leadership Conference. Nearly 2,000 middle school and high school students, parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, and college volunteers attended. The event was hosted by Emory University. NPR Article Link
The featured speakers were Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, one of the most highly regarded motivational speakers in the nation, and Ernesto Mejia, a powerful and effective speaker from Chicago.
This was our 52nd SLS event of 2012, bringing the total number of students, parents, and professionals served to 58,626 in 23 states. The next stops for the Student Leadership Series are El Paso, TX (12/10), and Tucson, AZ (12/10-15).
The primary goal of the Student Leadership Series is to ensure that every Latino family has a student that is one of the following: the 1st student to graduate high school; the 1st student to enroll in post-secondary education or training; the 1st student to graduate post-secondary education or training. The USHLI 2012 Student Leadership Series officially launched February 16th and consists of Stay-in-School Rallies for middle school and junior high students, Career & College Recruitment Fairs for high school students, Regional Leadership Summits for college students, and, if possible Parent Leadership Training and Professional Development events.
Persons interested in hosting SLS events in 2013 should contact Dr. Juan Andrade at docandrade@ushli.org. |
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