Institute for Disability Studies
Youth Notes
November Special Edition 2009

Welcome to the special edition of IDS Youth Notes, a youth e-newsletter for high school and college age youth with disabilities.  IDS Youth Notes includes information on education, career and job opportunities, recreational activities, health and much, much more.  If you have resources or information that you want to share with others, please respond to this e-mail or contact Jerry R. Alliston at jerry.alliston@usm.edu.

In this issue:

Application for Governing Board and Committee Positions Due this Friday

The National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN) is looking for new leaders to lead our organization. Everything NYLN does is done by young people. They have openings on our Governing Board (GB) and our committees. This year GB applications and Committee applications can be done at the same time!

The GB makes decisions for NYLN. People serving on the GB participate in at least two phone meetings a month and serve approximately 15 hours per month total.

People who serve on our three committees help carry out NYLN's goals. Committee members attend one phone meeting, and they contribute about 5 hours per month.

People who want to be on the Governing Board or a committee must:
1) Be between the ages of 16 and 28,
2) Have a disability, and
3) Have leadership and advocacy skills.

"NYLN is a way for new leaders to be heard, to be respected, and to become self-empowered," said Betsy Valnes, NYLN Executive Director. "We look forward to including new leadership to our team. New leaders are not only important to NYLN but to the whole disability rights movement."

The application can be found via this link: http://www.nyln.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/GBapplication.doc It can also be found at www.nyln.org. It is due by midnight on Friday, November 6th. Please forward to youth you know and other listservs!

The National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN) is a youth-driven, youth-led organization. We are a formal non-profit. NYLN is made up of young leaders with disabilities. We are from throughout the United States and its territories.

NYLN promotes youth leadership and education. They teach young people how to advocate. Their goal is to make sure that young people with disabilities know how to set and reach their own goals.
For more information, visit the National Youth Leadership Network at www.nyln.org. You can also contact Betsy Valnes, NYLN Executive Director, at 1.866.480.6565 or bvalnes@tie.net.
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Training, Resources and Information for the Advancement of Degrees (TRIAD) is a project of the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) at The University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (GR# 90DN0228).  TRIAD focuses on assisting youth with disabilities transitioning from school to adult life in accessing postsecondary training opportunities.  For more information, call 1.888.671.0051 or visit IDS on the Web at www.usm.edu/ids.

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