2007 YLC Dates!!

We are happy to announce that the 2007 San Diego Youth Leadership Conference will be held July 8-12th on the USMC Base at Camp Pendleton!

Check out the San Diego Youth Leadership Conference website for more details and application materials.

Conference updates and announcements will be posted here on buzz@san Diego ylc blog. We're looking forward to another great YLC event!

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ylc '07 update!

Good news!

We know you are all wondering when the heck we are going to announce the dates for the ylc '07 youth leadership conference!

Well, I can tell you that we will be holding the 2007 San Diego Youth Leadership Conference at the USMC Base at Camp Pendleton. The dates are still being finalized, but we hope to make an announcement here on ylc buzz in the next week. So stay tuned!

In the meanwhile, you can check out photos from our past conferences over on our YLC Flickr page. While you're there, why not sign up (it's free!) and share some of your ylc '06 photos?!

We are really looking forward to ylc '07!

Flickr + YLC '06

Originally uploaded by MOWW YLC.

Hey there!

We've uploaded some pictures from our 2006 Youth Leadership Conference at the University of San Diego on our Flickr page!

Check em' out!

If you took photos, you can add them to our YLC Group page! So why not sign up for a free Flickr account and share your photos?

Get Happy!

What makes you happy? Is it positive thinking, counting your blessings, taking time to smell the flowers, or avoiding traffic jams? This BBC feature investigates whether there's a magic recipe, and how much value we place on contentment.

Learn why the increased wealth of countries hasn't necessarily translated into greater happiness, and decide for yourself if the government of Bhutan has figured out the balance between good cheer and wealth. Find out if joyful people are healthier, and how levels of fulfillment change throughout our lives.

Now take a test and see just how satisfied you really are. If the results are a little lower than you'd like, take heart in the site's good news: Joy is something we can all afford —and is easily within our grasp. Hallelujah! Come on, get happy.

Update: New YLC web site!

We recently changed our name from JH Pendleton / JP Holland Youth Leadership Conference to San Diego Youth Leadership Conference. And now we have a new web site!

So be sure to update your bookmarks and head over to our new site for applications and other information regarding the 2006 YLC!

Our new site:

• http://sandiegoylc.org/

Thanks!

National YLC Directory

If you live outside Southern California and wish to attend a MOWW sponsored Youth Leadership Conference, be sure to check the National Directory to see if there is a YLC event near you!

• National MOWW YLC Directory

This National YLC Directory was compiled by W. E. "Bill" Townsley, Col, USAF (Ret) and lists all the YLC organizations, their web sites, and other contact information.

YackPack, Hi5 & MySpace

Did you know you can easily add YackPack to your MySpace or hi5 social networking page? What makes YackPack so great is that it allows you to hear your friends voices! It's like audio email.

You can create private YackPacks or create and then invite all your friends to join a public YackCasting group!

YackPack even has a whole bunch of new video tutorials to help you learn the ropes! So go check it out!

2006 Conference Dates

Yay! We finally have the dates and location picked for the 2006 Youth Leadership Conference!

So here's the scoop:


What: 2006 San Diego Youth Leadership Conference
When: July 9-13, 2006
Where: University of San Diego

Oooh-rah!

Be sure to head over to the 2006 ylc website for more information! Updates and other news will be posted here on our blog!

Get Involved: Million Voices for Darfur

Student groups all over the country are getting involved and informed about what's going on in Darfur. This weekend there are rallies happening all over the country as part of the million voices for darfur campaign

Here are some ways to get involved and informed:

The U.S. Holocaust Museum has put together several excellent resources, including:
1.) Six Things you can do to help prevent genocide
2.) Call to Action: Students Take Action for Darfur
3.) Voices on Genocide Prevention podcasts.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone is an excellent series of in-depth news reports from regions entrenched in armed conflict. Last November, he filed a series of reports (via text, video, and photos) from Darfur.

YLC+Slide+Flickr Mash-Up

Slide is a nifty little photo scrolling program that allows you to publish image-based content (via RSS or iPhoto 6) directly to a Slide Player.

The great thing about Slide is that it knows how to play nice with other kids in the Web 2.0 sandbox. This means you can use Slide to create your own mash-up with other web-based services like Flickr or YackPack. Or even the "dreaded" MySpace (shhh, it's our secret).

For example, I created a Slide Show using photo's tagged "mowwylc" from Flickr. You can check it out on the community page over on the web site.

Slide even provides you with the HTML snippet so you can embed your Slide Show into your web site or blog. Or you can subscribe to the class Slide feed and view it on your desktop Slide Player.

Pretty slick, eh?

So bring your camera to ylc '06 and share your photos in the YLC Flickr group!

Social Media Safety

MySpace, Flickr, blogging, YackPack and podcasting are really a great way to meet other people, connect and have some fun. But ya gotta be safe!

Here are some tips, articles, and other resources on how to have fun, and be safe with social media!

Social Media Safety Resources

• Kidcast: Social Networking Safety
• Biz Stone: What to do when your mom finds your blog
• NYT: The Lives of Teenagers Now: Open Blogs, Not Locked Diaries
• WiredSafety.org
• BlogSafety
• Electronic Freedom Foundation: Student Blogging
• BlendedEdu: Social Media Safety

Invisible Children of Uganda

Global Youth Fund: "It’s not often you see this kind of production value in documentaries and social issue campaigns.

But video after video, the Invisible Children team (young filmmakers in their 20s from San Diego) breaks new ground in how they engage mass audiences in difficult subjects.Their latest production is a video to launch the Bracelet Campaign, which raises money for children and schools in northern Uganda." (via)

Web Resources

• Invisible Children Movement
• Video: Invisible Children
• Trailer: Invisible Children
• Global Youth Fund
• United Nations: Millennium Development Goals
• Kevin Sites Hot Zone: Uganda

Happy Birthday Ben!

The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary: This year marks the 300th anniversary, or tercentenary, of Benjamin Franklin's birth. In honor of the founding father, printer, inventor, and irrepressible raconteur, the U.S. Congress established a commission to educate we publick about Franklin's well-lived life.

This beautifully crafted online exhibit is one result. Follow Franklin from his disobedient Boston beginnings, to his role in shaping the U.S. Constitution and his tenure as an elder statesman.

Along the way, dip into sections that detail what Franklin thought of self-improvement, how he created a colonial media empire, and the ultimate stance he took on slavery. Finally, don't miss the "Et Cetera" page, which includes such tidbits as what the great man predicted for the future and how he nearly became a swimming coach. (via Yahoo! Weekly Picks/ U.S. History)

Get Involved!

via Global Youth Fund: "Two billion of our planet's citizens are children under the age of 18, representing one-third of the world's population. Strong in numbers, they are nevertheless powerless on the world stage - excluded from having much real influence on global affairs.

To create the ultimate youth empowerment tool, we are launching the Global Youth Fund - the first global fund administered democratically by youth. The fund will be the first of its kind to measure and fulfill the collective wishes of its youth members worldwide."

Links

• Global Youth Fund (GYF)
• GYF Blog
• GYF Podcast

YackPack: Click, Talk, Connect

YackPack is a new social software product that allows users to record and send audio messages to friends inside privately formed groups. YackPack helps people stay connected, even though they may be separated by geography.

The easy-to-use interface will allow you to jump in and begin sending audio messages, without struggling to figure out how to use the technology. All you do is plug in your microphone and talk! This is a great way for you to keep in touch with family and friends.

Anyone with a parent, sibling, or friend fighting in Afganistan or Iraq should really give YackPack a try. Many soldiers have access to email, but making phone calls is a bit more difficult. Why not try YackPack? That way you can, through regular email, hear each other's voices.

Links

• YackPack
• YackPack Demo (en)
• Audio Help
• YackPack: Social Life of Speech
• AP News YackPack Review

Pearl Harbor Survivor Color Guard

Pearl Harbor Survivor Color Guard
Originally uploaded by MOWW YLC.

View photographs from the MOWW's 50th Anniversary "Massing of the Colors" ceremony held at Balboa Park, San Diego.

Women of Protest

via Yahoo! Weekly Picks:

"The National Women's Party, a group dedicated to women's suffrage, formed in 1913 and spent years organizing, demonstrating, and getting its members thrown in jail.

Now The Library of Congress delves into an overview of the party; offers a timeline of its life; and profiles its visionaries, benefactors, and propagandists.

But most importantly, it offers image after image of women willing to go into the streets for their right to vote. Here are a few worth viewing...

• Mrs. Mary A. Nolan -- one of the oldest members on the picket lines.
• Miss Julia Emory of Baltimore, MD -- this daughter of a state senator led protests, suffered police brutality, and was jailed multiple times.
• Matilda Young -- who was just 19 years old when she served her first prison term."

YLC '05: A Letter of Thanks!

"I would like to take this time to thank everyone who had something to do with this youth leadership conference. I was very honored and blessed to attend this conference. I would like to thank the University of San Diego staff and students, all the guest speakers, mentors, and all who made the J.H. Pendleton & J.P. Holland Youth Leadership Conference a great experiences.

I think that everyone there really appreciates what you all have done to make this conference a success. I want to thank you all for everything. Thank you. I cannot express my gratitude in how thankful I am to have attended this conference.

Thank you once again, and God Bless America!"

ylc '05 | Flickr Photoblog

You can now view pictures from the 2005 Youth Leadership Conference on our Flickr group page.

Thanks to all our volunteers and participants! It was a great event and we hope to see you next year!

Many thanks to the University of San Diego for being great hosts!