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We have extended the deadline for the Youth Leadership Forum registration to February 28th.

Attached is the Youth Leadership Forum application packet.  Please share with all who might be able to share with youth.

Please share the link below to help spread the word about the first WV Youth Leadership Forum for high school juniors and seniors and college freshmen.
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http://www.wvsilc.org/ylf.htm 

The WV Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) is a statewide training and leadership development event for students (Delegates) with all types of disabilities, high school juniors & seniors and college freshmen, who are transitioning to adulthood. The YLF will be held on the campus of West Virginia State University in Institute, WV on June 22-25, 2020 http://www.wvsilc.org/docs/YLF%20Save%20the%20Date.pdf 

The YLF will provide a variety of activities, learning opportunities, and a chance to make new friends. Learn about the history of disability and the disability rights movement in America, national leaders, and your place in the movement and disability culture. Be a part of something much bigger than yourself! Twenty-five youth (Delegates) will be selected to attend the YLF - at no cost - make sure you are one of them!

YLF 2020 Application

The West Virginia Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) is the first YLF for youth with disabilities in our state and we want you to be a part of it!!!

The YLF is for high school juniors & seniors and college freshmen with ALL types of disabilities including physical, cognitive, learning, psychiatric, sensory, emotional/behavioral, etc. This innovative and exciting program, limited to 25 young adults with disabilities, will include:

  *   * Four fun filled but educational days of leadership and advocacy
skills training
* Opportunities to meet and interact with West Virginia leaders with and without disabilities
* Chance to make new friends
* Opportunity to learn your rights as a person with a disability and what those rights mean

The YLF will be June 22-25, 2020 and "Delegates" will be selected through a competitive application process. Please follow the instructions below to complete the application process.
For help filling out the application, call Kathi at 304-766-4624 or
855-855-9743

To receive full consideration, your completed application must be postmarked by February 14, 2020.

  *   * Apply online: Online Application<http://www.wvsilc.org/ylfapp.htm>
* Mail to: WVSILC, P.O. Box 625, Institute, WV 25112-0625
* Fax to: 304-766-4721
* E-mail to:
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subject: YLF Application
* Download PDF: PDF
Application<http://www.wvsilc.org/docs/YLF%20PDF%20Application.pdf> or MS Word Document: MS Word Application<http://www.wvsilc.org/docs/YLF%20Word%20Application.docx>

Kathi Young, Office Manager
WVSILC
PO Box 625
Institute WV 25112
304-766-4624
All materials distributed during Council meetings and activities by staff, presenters, or participants must be provided in accessible formats.  Please contact the SILC office to identify required formats for SILC meetings.
Formats for all other activities must include large print, computer diskette, audiocassette, and Braille.
In order to ensure all meetings and activities are safe and generally considered non-hazardous to individuals with environmental illnesses, the SILC operates in a smoke free environment and requests that all employees, council members, and members of the public refrain from wearing scented personal hygiene products such as perfumes, colognes, scented lotions, etc.




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