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Youth Leadership Camp

Youth Leadership Camp

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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.[1] Youth Leadership Camp activities are conducted in American Sign Language.

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History

From July 27 to August 23, 1969, the first camp was held in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Sixty-four freshmen and sophomore students attended.[2]

From 2005 to the present, the camp has been at Camp Taloali in Stayton, Oregon.[3] Camp Taloali is accredited by the American Camp Association and is associated with the Lions Club in the states of Oregon and Washington.

Past YLC Locations

Location in Polk County and the state of Florida

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Staff (2017-04-22). "NAD Youth Leadership Camp For Deaf/HH". Canyon News. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. [2]
    Staff (2017-04-22). "NAD Youth Leadership Camp for Deaf and H/H". San Francisco News. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. [3]
    "PowWeb". taloali.org.
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