National Youth Leadership Training

Imagine if you were an athletic trainer covering a youth football game and you watch an athlete collapse to floor lying motionless after going in for a tackle. Early on, I observed the previous situation unfold before my eyes while working alongside an athletic trainer. Seeing how an athletic trainer must be able to handle such a situation, while communicating to parents and coaches in a calm demeanor, made me realize this profession has something to offer few others entail. Throughout my time…

Raising Women’s Voices-NY  New York, NY  09/2015-Present A national initiative working to ensure that the health care needs of women, LGBT individuals and their families are addressed as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is implemented. Policy Intern Assist senior staff in conducting research and analysis on model federal and state health policies implementing the ACA. Support the organization’s health literacy initiative, which is helping newly-enrolled women learn how to effectively use…

orientation, national origin, age, disability, and status. The company also accommodates employees with disabilities that follow the American with disabilities act with state and local law. Organization polices had five principal areas which included management leadership, education and training, performance and accountability, work life balance, and career development and planning. Through leadership they did research and tests before creating and the diversity program. For the education and…

Siaka Stevens' oppressive rule between 1968 to 1985 created a strong grievance which is argued to be the root cause of the rebel war in Sierra Leone (1). The All People's Congress used violence through the Internal Security Unit or poor youths who were given drugs and false promises of employment to suppress political opposition which formed a one-party dictatorship between the years 1978 to 1992 (1). This resulted in an increasing army of jobless, disillusioned group of young adults addicted to…

aware of the services available to them in their communities. A goal of Healthy People 2020 (United States Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], Healthy People 2020, 2016a) is to improve healthy development, safety, and well-being in the youth population by increasing the percentage of children with mental health problems who receive early screening, preventive services, and treatment. The purposes of this paper are to examine the issues of disparities in childhood and adolescent mental…

assessor, through familiarity within her job role, had become flippant in terms of the interpretation of the standards. Nevertheless I had to stand my ground and tactfully point out the inadequacies and errors in the assessment process. I relied on the national standards to support my disagreements with the assessor’s judgments. I was able to persuade the assessor to rethink and re-examine the evidence. As an experienced assessor and verifier I know that there are no short cuts to satisfying…

Before fervently throwing our caps into the air, we cannot overlook or forget the true significance of being the graduates of the Class of 2017. The Oxford Dictionary defines a graduate as “a person who has successfully completed a course of study or training”. Well, in our case, this certainly holds truth...but this only touches the surface…

period between termed the ‘six year peace’ 1954 and 1960 as during this time there was no outright military campaign between the communist Vietnam Workers Party (VWP) under Ho Chi Minh and the Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN), under the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem. During the three-hundred-day movement period, nearly one million Vietnamese migrated across the 17th parallel; however, there were many government agents that remained in enemy territory in both the North and South for both…

speaker who motivated the German people and gave them a reason to unify. Before Hitler took power, Germany was weakened greatly by the reparations they were forced to pay after World War I. With slight spirits, the German people looked to Hitler for leadership and a boost in esteem. He had an overwhelming charisma that made the citizens of Germany believe in his ability to lead. Hitler’s character traits gave the German people, a leader that could help them bring the German nation back into a…

educational sessions and workshops. Kappa Leadership Conference is held in non-convention years and focuses on officer-specific training as well as adviser training. The presented programming aligns with our Pillars of Education. For example, this year, subject-matter experts will conduct education and training on topics concerning well-being—specifically mental health and diversity. The key: Every Member Education is one way we prepare our members for leadership opportunities. It is designed…