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Louisiana Youth Leadership Forum resumes on college campuses; organizers seek more applicants and staff with disabilities
Summary
Organizers told the SEEK panel that the Louisiana Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) returned in recent years, is the only ACA‑accredited cross‑disability youth leadership camp in the state, and had 13 delegates this past summer; staff and organizers urged broader local outreach for applications and staff recruitment.
Nicole Flores, executive director of Family, Social, and Families of Acadiana, briefed the SEEK panel on the Louisiana Youth Leadership Forum, a cross‑disability leadership program for high school students that returned after earlier pauses and that organizers say is uniquely accredited and campus‑based. Flores told the panel the program resumed in 2023 and this past summer had 13 delegates who attended on a college campus. "We are the only youth leadership forum in the country that are accredited through American Camp Association," Flores said, noting the forum’s safety and…
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