21st Century Leaders Announcements
Experience an intensive week-long residential leadership program with 21st Century Leaders. 21CL offers three exclusive summer leadership institutes, expanding your leadership skills and exposing you to various businesses and industries throughout the state of Georgia. Each leadership institute will engage you through interactive workshops, corporate tours, round-tables with business leaders, and team-building exercises. Plus, you’ll have the time of your life while living on a college-campus, expanding your skills and meeting a diverse group of students from all across the state!
Start your leadership journey with one of our three Summer Leadership Institutes listed below:
Summer Youth Leader Institute - Sunday, June 3 – Friday, June 8, 2018
Summer Youth Leadership Institute (SYLI) is a week-long dynamic and business-focused leadership development program held the first week of June at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
Each day of SYLI, you will explore different facets of the business world and specific industries through hands-on workshops with passionate professionals, networking opportunities and corporate tours. Here’s your chance to be exposed to a variety of career industries and connect with business professionals helping develop your leadership skills for the future.
EarthCare - Sunday, June 10 – Friday, June 15, 2018
EarthCare: The Leadership Challenge for the 21st Century is a week-long environment-focused leadership development program held the second week of June at the campus of Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. If you love to be outdoors, interested in the environmental or engineering field, or want to challenge yourself and your leadership skills, then EarthCare is for you.
Sponsored by Georgia Power, EarthCare exposes you to various environmental and leadership challenges through interactive workshops, tours, and round-table sessions with Georgia Power business leaders, team-building exercises including a high-ropes course, and other professional development experiences.
Turner Voices Youth Media Institute Sunday, June 24 – Friday, June 29, 2018
All cost for room, board and program materials are covered by Turner. Students will reside in the college dorms at Georgia Tech, supervised by 21CL staff.
Turner Voices Youth Media Institute is a week-long media-related program focused on leadership development in which 21CL students are exposed to the future of the media industry through interactive workshops, tours, round-table sessions, team-building and diversity exercises, and professional development opportunities.
APPLY TO A SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE TODAY!
What kind of students are we looking for? Motivated teens with leadership potential who are interested in gaining skills for success, whether they are in leadership roles yet or not. But let our students speak for themselves! It's National Youth Leadership Month, and our Youth Leadership Council has taken over social media for the #21daysofleadership campaign. Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter andSnapchat to see what it means to be a 21st Century Leader!
APPLICATON DEADLINES ARE MARCH 1ST FOR SYLI AND TVYMI; MARCH 18TH FOR EARTHCARE Attend a Summer Leadership Institute
Summer App. Requirements
- Applicant must be a resident of Georgia or attend a Georgia high school.
- Applicant must be a rising sophomore, junior or senior for the next school year (2018-2019). (must have completed or at least be in the process of completing 9th grade)
- Applicant must have a recommendation form/letter submittedon their behalf from a counselor, teacher, mentor, youth leader, or boss with 21CL Summer Application.Preview Recommendation Form
- Applicants that choose SYLI or Turner Voices Youth Media Institute as their summer leadership experience will be required to attend an in-person interview.
Share with a future leader
Why apply to SYLI? Stephen P., senior at DeKalb Early College Academy, answers. View HERE.
Why apply to TVYMI? Meredith L., senior at Marist School, shares why. View HERE.
Why apply to EarthCare? Fatima A., senior at Eastside High School, shares her reasons why. View HERE.
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Deadlines to apply to our summer leadership institutes are:
- March 1st for SYLI & Turner Voices Youth Media Institute
- March 18th for EarthCare
Summer Application Tips!
- While completing the 21CL summer application, you will select ONLY ONE of our summer leadership institutes. (Review the institutes before selecting) Students attend one institute per summer.
- Short-Answer and Essay Questions are required. Please be thorough in your answers. You will have the ability to save your application and go back.
- The recommendation form will be submitted separately by your recommender, so make sure they know the deadline - March 1st for SYLI and TVYMI; March 18th for EarthCare.
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Questions? Email Program Manager Nicole Meadows at [email protected] or call our office at (404) 373-7441.
Learn More About Summer
Want more? Enroll in Leadership Connect
Don't want to wait until the summer to get involved with 21CL? Do you want to get involved with 21st Century Leaders this school year?
Enroll in Leadership Connect, the online learning platform for 21st Century Leaders!
Why an online learning platform?
- First, it extends the learning opportunities throughout the year for students, like you, who want to be engaged in 21CL.
- Second, it helps us reach out to more students who may never be able to attend one of our summer programs or school year training events, but can still learn and develop online.
- And finally, it enables 21CL to engage you in the same way companies train their own employees around the world. It’s one more way we give you, a young leader in the making, a real leg up as you enter college and the world of work.
Take a look at our Leadership Connect program on our website, watch the videos, sample a lesson, and see all the exciting new experiences we have in store for you! Questions about Leadership Connect? Email our Program Manager for Leadership Connect, Asher Jones at [email protected].
**Please note that regardless if you Enroll in Leadership Connect now, you still have to apply to our summer programs. Because of our limited summer slots, all students (including current 21CL students) must go through the summer application process.**
Learn More & Enroll in Leadership Connect
"I really enjoy Leadership Connect because of its simplicity. The exercises and practice lessons have already helped me tremendously, although just started. I realized that I am learning a lot about the skills I already have and how to shape them. The program is helping me understand that everyone can make a difference in the world, workplace, etc.- all you need is a bit of training!! I am really looking forward to completing more lessons and seeing myself grow as a leader through Leadership Connect!"
- Camisha Smith, Henry W. Grady High School