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Revision as of 18:08, 10 May 2006
About
On October 19th, 2004, the YWCA held its first Youth Leadership Conference at Dickinson, with students from five school districts. About 75 ninth and tenth graders were invited to the conference from Carlisle, Big Spring, Boiling Springs, Harrisburg and West Perry schools. The leadership conference focuses on appropriate forms of communication, preventing hate and violent crimes, and motivating people to make positive decisions in the community.
Response to YLC
In response to the YLC, the students from Carlisle Regional High School initiated a SPIRIT Program, which fostered the formation of a Diversity Club. The club's mission statement is: "We are for difference, for allowing difference, for respecting difference, until difference doesn't make a difference."
West Perry High School's response to the conference was to sponsor a Mix It Up program, in which students challenge the groups and cliques that form in the cafeteria and at recess. As the program continues to expand, high school students have begun participating in programs at a nearby elementary school, where students were paired with fifth graders and broken into groups that were different from those they normally chose.
Harrisburg Science and Technology School (SciTech High) has been active in encouraging anti-racist efforts. Students' attendance at the YLC in the fall inspired further action. The students take days to go out into the community and visit police stations, hospitals, and other places where they feel that they can help those in need. The members of the Math & Music club at SciTech have just released a CD/DVD called "We Are Diverse", which represents the many cultures and celebrates the contributions of all students. "We can easily come together," said Luis, who spoke on behalf of the club.
Other local high schools that participated include Boiling Springs High School, Big Springs High School, and Cumberland Valley High School.
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