Youth Leadership Program (YLP)
We are a group of teens that work together to nurture interfaith understanding, while reducing prejudice and misunderstanding. Adults say a lot of things — they tell us we have the power to change our communities, shape our nation, and transform our world. They convince us that they will stand behind us, and they do. In Sharon, MA, adults have joined forces with more than 60 students over the course of eight years to do just that. Together, we have started a movement!
Our Youth Leadership Program brings together Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Jain, Unitarian, and secular high school students. All programs are planned and run by teens. Area high school teens can check out a meeting anytime.
To Join the Youth Leadership Program:
Interfaith Action’s YLP is open to all high school students who live, worship or attend school in Sharon, MA.
- Contact Jason Smith
- Complete the on-line registration form. On-line registration IS NOW OPEN for all participants (new and returning) for the 2010-2011 program year.
- Check it out by coming to a Sunday evening YLP meeting in Sharon, Massachusetts - held roughly twice a month on Sunday evenings from 7-8:30PM, September through May. (Sept 19 is the first meeting this year.)
- Have your parents complete, sign and mail the consent form along with the program fee* to: IFA, PO Box 200, Sharon, MA 02067.
*Note: No teen will be denied access to the YLP based on ability to pay. Contact Jason Smith for fee waiver details.
2010-2011 Annual Fee
Fee schedule applies as follows: first teen $200; second teen $150; family maximum $450.
Annual fee includes:
- all YLP meetings (approximately 2 Sunday evenings per month);
- up to 30 hours of leadership training (in 6 modules, typically on Sunday afternoons);
- numerous opportunities to participate in and develop community service projects;
- facilitate special events;
- participate on or lead a T.I.D.E. team.
Additional transportation, conference, trip and special event fees are not included.
IFA gratefully acknowledges the generosity of IFA’s Board of Advisors and Friends of IFA whose support accounts for the remaining 84% of the actual YLP costs.