This weekend, several of our Students In Action Leadership Team headed to Cincinnati, Ohio to attend and present a leadership workshop at the National Youth leadership Conference. It was an amazing experience for all the youth who participated in this empowering event.
The session opened with a motivating speech by Sam Beard, one of the original founders of the prestigious Jefferson Award Service Program.
(Jacqueline Onassis, co-founder, established this Nobel Service program to recognize and honor ordinary individuals and groups doing extraordinary things for their communities.) Robert Ford, the National Director of Jefferson Awards out of Washington DC, then delivered an inspiring talk sharing his work with youth all around the globe. Robert Ford shared emphatically with the hundreds of youth present how he believed that they were the "LEADERS OF TODAY"! Our students formed close friendships with the student leaders from
Illinois and Delaware. They are looking to partner with these schools on various service projects across the nation, as well as to work more closely with Robert Ford on a project in the Philippines for Human trafficking. Their workshop on "how to form a MINGA by engaging the community" was an overwhelming success. The weekend concluded with a symposium of the various service projects. Judges awarded two $300. grants for service leadership presentations on projects which had the most significant impact on their communities.
Benedictine's Academy STUDENTS IN ACTION LEADERSHIP TEAM WAS NAMED THE WINNER OF THE GRANT! Service Leadership is a critical component of our Mission Statement. At BA, our students are "Listening, Loving, Learning and Leading " the way to making our world a better place.
