Sanjida Rashid

Sanjida Rashid (Promi) 1410242
Professor Noora Shamsi Bahar
English 106
12 February 2015 Youth Leadership: The perpetuation and performance in this century
Youth leadership is a distinct and stringent responsibility. Today’s youth still face many attitudinal challenges to self-empowerment. Both the problem and the solution begin at home with their parents. Leadership training must start from an early childhood, as these young adults learn to take gradual responsibility for their own decisions. Only through self-determination, can these youth eventually achieve leadership in their respective communities. In addition to parental guidance, society has responsibility to create opportunities for these young adults to exercise good leadership. This essay is completely about how leadership has become an essential authority and how it is effecting the youth of this century.
This essay will basically contain 3 sections, where in the 1st section I will provide an overview and the history of youth leadership over the centuries and its effectiveness. In the 2nd and 3rd section I will discuss about the perpetuation and the performance of youth leadership in this century
Over centuries many pronounced companies have achieved wondrous victory through youth leadership. CHCI, PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation have partnered since the founding of CHCI in 1978, transforming the lives of more than 500 young Latinos who have gone on to contribute to U.S. society in diverse fields from health and education, to forging public policy on Capitol Hill and serving as elected officials. The new five-year grant from the PepsiCo Foundation extends this long-standing partnership and demonstrates its strong commitment to developing effective and successful leaders who will help shape the future success of America. With this extraordinary grant, PepsiCo and PepsiCo Foundation’s historical investment in CHCI totals more than $4.4 million. (Eresources, 2014)
For over 50 years HOBY has been known as the country’s top youth leadership development organization. Founded in 1958 by veteran actor Hugh O’Brian, HOBY’s mission is to provide lifelong leadership development opportunities that empower individuals to achieve their highest potential. O’Brian set out to help young people make a difference and become positive catalysts for change—in the home, school, workplace, and community. Now, with more than 375,000 alumni leading the way, HOBY is respected worldwide for its youth leadership programs. (Wordpress, 2014) The longevity of youth leadership has vastly kept their existence and has also been successful. It has given immense benefits to everyone who was involved as well as those who aren’t. Making use of the huge technological advancement of the twenty-first century such strategic and innovative collaboration of youths and these interested groups is set to top into the vast human resource potential in young people. The effectiveness of this youth leadership also had astonishing results. Well-designed and well-run youth development programs promote youth leadership by involving youth in needs assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. A growing number of organizations include youth on their boards of directors. Effective programs engage all participating youth in constructive action through activities such as service learning, arts, and athletics; and emphasize common values such as friendship, citizenship, and learning.
Research on factors promoting resilience in youth at risk has shown that the consistent presence of a single caring adult can have a significant positive impact on a young person’s growth and development. Well-designed programs promote positive relationships with both peers and adults.
Youth development is a process that prepares a young person to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood and achieve his or her full potential. Youth development is promoted through activities and experiences that help youth develop social, ethical, emotional, physical, and cognitive competencies. Youth leadership is part of the youth development process and supports the young person in developing: (a) the ability to analyze his or her own strengths and weaknesses, set personal and vocational goals, and have the self-esteem, confidence, motivation, and abilities to carry them out (including the ability to establish support networks in order to fully participate in community life and effect positive social change); and (b) the ability to guide or direct others on a course of action, influence the opinions and behaviors of others, and serve as a role model
Works Cited
Eresources. (2014). Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Inc. Retrieved february 13, 2015, from Developing the ext generation of latino leaders: http://www.chci.org/news/pub/pepsico-foundation-supports-latino-youth-leadership-development-with-historic-gift-to-chci
Wordpress. (2014). HOBY History. Retrieved February 13, 2015, from hobyillinois.org: http://www.hobyillinois.org/about/hoby-history/

Cited: Eresources. (2014). Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Inc. Retrieved february 13, 2015, from Developing the ext generation of latino leaders: http://www.chci.org/news/pub/pepsico-foundation-supports-latino-youth-leadership-development-with-historic-gift-to-chci Wordpress. (2014). HOBY History. Retrieved February 13, 2015, from hobyillinois.org: http://www.hobyillinois.org/about/hoby-history/