Future Leaders of America
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Geographic areas served: Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Ventura and parts of Los Angeles, California
Mission:
In service to community, FLA provides leadership training, educational experiences, and promotes the personal development of Latino youth for the purpose of fostering a greater awareness and participation in responsible leadership in a global and democratic society. For the past twenty years, FLA has developed hundreds of volunteers, graduates of the basic leadership camp, who continue to implement their newfound skills and educate new groups of youth and parent participants. FLA teaches youth specific skills through a peer-to-peer mentorship model that helps youth: increase academic achievement, give service to their communities, and to reach out beyond their existing social group to participate in a broader range of social and cultural activities. Youth who complete the basic leadership camp, continue their involvement in FLA by participating in FLA clubs in their high school, attending staff training camp for volunteers, joining the cadre of volunteer staff to run future camps for new youth and families, as well as coordinating events and workshops in schools, local government, and universities.
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b3ncardenas
09/12/10
The mission is solid and the results are amazing. they truly accomplish a great deal in helping students find their inner confidence, strength, talents, and drive to not only pursue higher education but thrive when they go to colleges and universities across the country. I went through it when I was...
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aventyr
09/10/10
My work with Program Directors and Executive Director has shown me the professionalism this group promotes with respect towards others as primary action. The goals of self-actualization are set and conducted with the students through camps, seminars and regular meetings with emphasis on higher-...
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