Youth Conferences
The goals of this program are to:
- Motivate participants to think about themselves and their goals and values, and stimulate and commit them to serious participation in American society.
- Develop leadership skills and build self-reliance and self-esteem.
- Challenge participants to develop an understanding of what good citizenship means and what it takes to achieve it.
- Explore the concept of an American hero and define heroism.
- Develop a deeper appreciation and understanding of the sacrifices made by individuals in defense of liberty and the democratic way of life.
Read more about this topic: Freedoms Foundation At Valley Forge
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“Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
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