All Events
13th Annual Minnesota Mentoring Conference
The Minnesota Mentoring Conference is the region's only annual conference focused exclusively on supporting quality mentoring. This year's theme, Boosting Collective Action to Maximize Our Impact, draws upon the concept of collective impact, the commitment of a group of important actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem. more »
National Teen Driver Safety Week
The third week in October is National Teen Driver Safety Week. Get informed by visiting www.sfprojectignition.com to see how students, teachers, and communities have improved teen driving behavior around the U.S.
Want to get involved? Apply for a Project Ignition grant by November 15, 2012 and earn a spot among the top 25 schools to receive $2,000 for their teen driver safety service-learning campaign!
Learn more about National Teen Driver Safety Week online:
Twin Cities Youth Council Collaborative Training
The Twin Cities Youth Council Collaborative Training event is a joint 'skill-building training' for youth council members offered in collaboration between NYLC, MN Alliance with Youth, ISD 622 Youth Leadership Council, Brooklyns' Youth Council, East Metro Integration District Youth Executive Board, HandsOn Twin Cities, and Higher Ground Academy's Student Council. This half-day training equips young people with the skills to be successful in their positions on youth leadership councils. more »
How to Create a Model Service-Learning Unit
Join Whitney McKinley, NYLC’s Professional Development Manager and a former elementary and middle school teacher on Thursday, October 4th for an in-depth look at how to create a high-quality service-learning unit for your classroom.
Learn more and register in the NYLC bookstore.
Student Town Hall
Join MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry for a town hall conversation with students about the issues affecting them, and their solutions for solving them, during NBC News Education Nation’s first-ever Student Town Hall. The segment will broadcast on MSNBC from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET.
For more information, visit Education Nation on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube.
2012 IARSLCE Conference
NYLC's Research Director Sue Root and Youth Initiatives Lead Amanda Larson will present An Evaluation of the National Youth Leadership
Training Program: Youth as Change Agents to Narrow Achievement Gaps at the 2012 International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Conference.
For more information and registration information, go to http://www.researchslce.org/conferences/.
Introduction to Service-Learning
Join NYLC's Amanda Larson and Melissa Mitchell on September 18, 2012 for this webinar for an introduction to service-learning, focusing on unraveling the strategies in service-learning that lead to effective youth-led action.
Learn more and sign up at the bookstore.
Celebrate My Drive
Celebrate My Drive™ is one special day, Saturday, September 15, 2012, for the community to rally around and support teens everywhere as they learn to drive and get ready for the road ahead. Learning to drive is a big first step in life’s journey. State Farm® is proud to celebrate this milestone with teen drivers while making sure they stay safe on the road.
Locations for this event are: more »
Project Ignition Introduction and Support to Build a High Quality Application
Want to know how to create a high quality application to Project Ignition and maximize your chances to get a grant for teen driver safety? Not sure how to get started? Join NYLC's Teen Driver Safety Program Manager Melissa Mitchell on September 13, 2012 for this webinar to learn about the Project Ignition program and how to build a successful PI grant application.
Learn more and sign up in the bookstore.
NYLC Capitol Hill Briefing
The National Youth Leadership Council is hosting a Hill briefing to focus on what is working to drive excellence and achievement at K-12 public schools in the school district of Guildford County, North Carolina.
For information visit www.nylc.org/programs/public-policy-and-advocacy
