San Diego Youth Leadership Conference

2011 San Diego Youth Leadership Conference Application

2011 San Diego MOWW YLC Application

San Diego Youth Leadership Conference 2011

We are happy to announce the dates for the 2011 San Diego Youth Leadership Conference. This yearss conference will be held on June 26- July 1st, 2011.

So hold the date and stay tuned for more information, location and YLC 2011 application materials! We are excited to have you join us again this year!

 

 

U.S. Army Shares How Soldiers Use Facebook to Stay Connected

Facebook is a big part of Soldier life. Long deployments, annual training and unexpected assignments force Soldiers to leave their families on a regular basis. For the last several years, Facebook has helped bridge the gap between Soldiers and their families during extended separations.

But it goes beyond Soldiers. Facebook, and social media as a whole is helping people all around the world, and from many different walks of life stay connected.

Facebook recognizes this and recently launched the Facebook Stories project. It’s a project that highlights the exceptional stories submitted by Facebook users. These stories on their own are powerful, but to drive the point home, Facebook decided to fly people in from all over the country and bring them to Facebook headquarters so they could tell their stories in person in front of hundreds of Facebook engineers.

Facebook engineers spend hours coding and perfecting Facebook, but their contact with those whose lives have been changed by the platform is limited. MTV was on hand to film the event and the final story will air in March.

Has Facebook improved your ability to communicate with your family? Do you have a unique story? Tell us about it in the comment section below. You can also send your story to Facebook by visiting Facebook Stories.

• Read the Entire Article on the U.S. Army Blog

via armylive.dodlive.mil

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Related Resources

• Media Awareness Network (MNet)
• Be Web Aware (en)(fr)
• eSchool News: "Programs Aim to Stop "cyberbullying"
• New York Times: Cyberbullies
• GetNetWise.org

YLC Student Essay Tips

Here are some good sites to help you write your YLC essay. These sites will provide you with some tips, tricks and ideas to get those creative juices flowing!

Essay Links

• Essay Tips
• Ten Essential Essay Tips
• Yahoo! Answers Community > Essay Writing

What's Your Story?

Josh Shipp has a pretty amazing story and really great advice on, well --just about everything! MTV calls "Hey! Josh" the Dear Abby for teens. So go ahead, ask him a question, connect on MySpace or learn how to create a budget. He can even teach you some crazy good laundry management skills or how to get along better with your parents. Yep, he's cool like that.

 

Q: “Hey Josh, My relationship with my parents is awful. What can I do about it?”

I get this question a lot. It’s tough because your parents are supposed to be like these child-rearing wizards, right? But sometimes they aren’t. Nobody is perfect. So no parent is perfect.

Your relationship with your parents will be the longest lasting relationship in your life. You can deal with the problems now, or the problems will deal with you later. And remember, the relationship doesn’t have to be perfect but it can always be better.

Behold, my next installment of knowledge. Enjoy & Forward it to whoever you think needs to hear this message.

 

MOWW Youth Leadership Conference National Directory

If you live outside Southern California and wish to attend a MOWW sponsored Youth Leadership Conference, be sure to check the National Directory to see if there is a YLC event near you!

• National MOWW YLC Directory

This National YLC Directory was compiled by W. E. "Bill" Townsley, Col, USAF (Ret) and lists all the YLC organizations, their web sites, and other contact information.

YLC 2008 on Flickr

Hey there! We've uploaded some pictures from our 2008 Youth Leadership Conference over on our Flickr page! Check em' out! If you took photos, you can add them to our YLC Group page! You can even tag photos, leave comments or blog a photo. So why not sign up for a free Flickr account and keep the YLC 08 conversation going??

YLC 2008: Map & Driving Directions

Here is the map for the 2008 San Diego YLC. You can also get a printable version (you'll need Adobe Reader, it's free and available here) of the map and driving directions over on our website. Click here to view a larger version of this map. See you there!

YLC 2006 on Flickr

Originally uploaded by MOWW YLC.

Hey there! We've uploaded some pictures from our 2006 Youth Leadership Conference at the University of San Diego on our Flickr page! Check em' out! If you took photos, you can add them to our YLC Group page! So why not sign up for a free Flickr account and share your photos?

YLC 2005 on Flickr

You can now view pictures from the 2005 Youth Leadership Conference on our Flickr group page. Thanks to all our volunteers and participants! It was a great event and we hope to see you next year!

Many thanks to the University of San Diego for being great hosts!