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1Berkshire Extends Youth Leadership Program Deadline
08:32AM / Thursday, February 10, 2022
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 1Berkshire's Berkshire Youth Leadership Program is extending the deadline for applications to the Youth Leadership Program (YLP) Class of 2022-2023 to 11:59PM on Friday, Feb. 18. 
 
Until the Feb. 18 deadline, sophomores from any school in the Berkshires, and equivalent-aged home-schooled students, are encouraged to submit an application for the program.
 
 
"Students and school staff have faced unprecedented challenges to the normal course of life throughout the pandemic, but especially over the last few months," said Ben Lamb, 1Berkshire's Director of Economic Development and Program Coordinator of the Youth Leadership Program. "In order to ensure that as many current sophomores as possible have an opportunity to apply to participate in the Youth Leadership Program, we wanted to provide interested students an additional week to prepare and submit their applications."
 
The 1Berkshire Youth Leadership Program, open to all current sophomores in the Berkshires, selects a cohort of up to 30  students from all backgrounds for this ten-month experience that will allow them to explore the regional economy and develop their leadership skills. Once selected, students will begin the program with a 3-day, 3-night retreat from June 9th-12th, at the conclusion of their sophomore year. At the retreat, students will meet for the first time, begin to build deep connections, and learn about and advance their individual leadership skills.
 
Over the following ten months, students will reconvene for one full day each month, held at various locations across the Berkshires (or virtually, in the case of severe weather conditions). During these sessions, students will meet with business leaders and dynamic community members to learn about sectors and careers in the regional economy, including but not limited to advanced manufacturing, healthcare, nonprofits and community service, the creative economy, and hospitality and tourism. Students will develop leadership competencies through activities within the sessions, and as a class, will develop and execute a collective community impact project that will enhance life in the Berkshires.
 
Contact economicdev@1berkshire.com with any questions, and encourage any Berkshire County sophomores you know to apply.
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