The Youth Leadership Camp (YLC) is an annual four-week leadership program for deaf high school students which has been operating in the United States as a non-profit organization since the late 1960s.
Youth Leadership Camp activities are conducted in American Sign Language. YLC programs stress personal responsibility and accountability, organizational skills, team building, higher education and employment in its mission of scholarship, leadership and citizenship among deaf youth.
The YLC is accredited by the American Camp Association and is associated with the Lions Club in the states of Oregon and Washington.
Youth Leadership Camp applicants are evaluated for academic standing, character, leadership potential, and involvement in school and community. Applicants must submit an essay and letters of recommendation in a process similar to selective college admission procedures.
From 2005 to the present the camp has been at Camp Taloali in Stayton, Oregon.
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Past YLC Locations
- 1969: Pine Lake Camp in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in The Poconos
- 1970-1989: Swan Lake Lodge in Pengilly, Minnesota
- 1990-2002: Camp Taloali in Stayton, Oregon
- 2003: Camp Lakodia in Madison, South Dakota
- 2004: Sertoma Camp Endeavor in Dundee, Florida near Winter Haven
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Sponsors
Sponsors of deaf youth leadership programs such as the YLC include:
- California State University, Northridge and its National Center on Deafness
- Communication Service for the Deaf
- Gallaudet University and its Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
- Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
- National Association of the Deaf (United States)
- Rochester Institute of Technology and its National Technical Institute for the Deaf
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