This year’s Youth Leadership Forum will be held July 22nd-26th, 2024 at Colorado State University

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The Colorado Statewide Independent Living Council will be facilitating a 5-day Youth Leadership Forum on July 22nd-26th, 2024. Applications for delegates (youth ages 14 – 26), staff, and volunteers are in a link below.

The Colorado Youth Leadership Forum (CO-YLF) is an innovative conference for Colorado high school juniors, seniors, and young adults under 26 with disabilities as they prepare for and experience transitions to adulthood.

Students serve as delegates from their communities and are given the opportunity to cultivate their potential leadership, citizenship, and social skills. Designed to foster personal growth through self-discovery, the CO-YLF provides dynamic, experiential learning opportunities to assist each individual as they identify and embrace their strengths while planning for their future.

Successful adults with disabilities serve as role models in helping youth realize their ability, right, and obligation to pursue meaningful employment and contribute to society.

Delegate: Event July 22nd-26th

Google Docs – https://forms.gle/e5uLsXp2h3gZBTop7

Volunteer: Training May 15th and event July 21st-26th

Google Docs – https://forms.gle/ZoysVoriJt2BJ5bj9

Presenter: (Please consider submitting an application if you want your CIL or something your CIL is working to be a part!) 

Google Docs –https://forms.gle/WMY39F8PH2z42ZZ48

Resource Fair: (Please Consider signing up yourself so we can have CIL at our Resource Fair) 

Google Docs – https://forms.gle/1vn1xZxSaQJiQEMD9