(NAME-MCE) Youth Service Institute Announces New Speakers

Thu Oct 18 12:14:21 EDT 2007

Youth Service Institute: Surfing the Wave of Change December 12-14, 2007
in San Diego, CA

Youth Service America invites you to attend the Youth Service Institute
for three days of skill-building and innovation. Participants will gain
tools and strategies to expand their organizations' impact and scale by
engaging in workshops that illustrate the strength and power of the
youth service movement. 

The Institute will include:

*         Keynote presentations from:
o        Steven A. Culbertson, President and CEO, Youth Service America
o        David Eisner, CEO, Corporation for National and Community
Service
o        Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Program Director, Cesar E. Chavez
Foundation
o        James C. Kielsmeier, Ph.D., President and CEO, National Youth
Leadership Council
o        Margie Dillenburg, Movement Director, Invisible Children Inc.
*         More than 200 participants from the service, service-learning,
education, and youth development fields
*         More than 20 workshops to include topics such as engaging
government officials, leveraging media coverage, grant giving, Web 2.0
outreach strategies, engaging juvenile justice system-involved youth,
service-learning reflection, and much more.

Register by October 31st to receive the early-bird rate.

To learn more about the Youth Service Institute, please visit
www.ysa.org/institute. 

Institute sponsors and partners include: State Farm Companies
Foundation, U.S. Department of Justice (OJJDP), Youth Service
California, and Volunteer San Diego.

"The most positive and forward-looking conference that I have ever
attended!"
- 2006 Participant

-- Christina Wessell Batcheler
Christina Wessell Batcheler  -  Director of Communications 
Youth Service America (YSA) 
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Join Us: 
20th annual Global Youth Service Day in the United States events take
place April 25-27, 2008 - www.YSA.org/NYSD <http://www.ysa.org/NYSD> 

Internationally, Global Youth Service Day events take place in more than
100 countries April 25-27, 2008 - www.GYSD.org <http://www.gysd.org/>  