Youth In Action's "Leading with..."

Youth In Action (YIA) describes "leading with" in one simple sentence from their vision statement, "YIA serves as an open and safe space where youth can voice their opinions and experiences..." Just by giving youth a space where they can feel safe to open up and have a voice is incredibly powerful and strengthening to youth. This organization also demonstrates "leading with" by building youth's skills in facilitation, listening to others stories, and digging deeper into their own personalities and all the different aspects of who they are as individuals. By having youth do this, they are opening up and discovering that they are much more than a box on a paper. When youth discover who they are, they automatically feel empowered and are willing to learn the skills to have a voice that YIA gives them through their various models of program learning.