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Story in Brief

Youth leadership experiences can have positive effects on behaviors and skills including self-efficacy, self-determination, communication and problem-solving. The UGA Cooperative Extension agent in Lamar County planned a three-day youth leadership summit for students selected as delegates to the 2010 Youth Leadership Lamar Class. "Youth Leadership In Action: A Community Focus" – the curriculum of the University of Georgia's J. W. Fanning Institute for Leadership – was used to teach leadership sessions. The sessions were taught by a variety of community leaders that included a school board member, hospital administrator, energy trust board member, school social worker, bank executive, school psychologist and a number of adult leadership program graduates.

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