Youth Leadership DeKalb Alabama

Youth Leadership DeKalb Alabama Preparing and building leadership resources within our entire county.

Youth Leadership DeKalb held its graduation celebration for the current 2024-2025 class today at the The Warehouse in Fo...
04/13/2025

Youth Leadership DeKalb held its graduation celebration for the current 2024-2025 class today at the The Warehouse in Fort Payne. It has been a very successful year and the future looks bright for these young leaders. Each student received a medallion to be worn at their high school graduation next year and a certificate of completion. Two students received full scholarships to Northeast Alabama Community College: Cassie Burns and Yadira Hernandez. Congratulations to everyone! Thank you to all our sponsors/donors, the DeKalb County BOE, the Fort Payne City BOE, Cornerstone Christian Academy, and Northeast Alabama Community College. Without their continued support none of this would be possible. Again, congratulations to all and we look forward to a fantastic 2025-2026 year!

A few more pictures from YLD (3-19-25). Exploring the endless “Tourism” possibilities throught DeKalb County.
03/20/2025

A few more pictures from YLD (3-19-25). Exploring the endless “Tourism” possibilities throught DeKalb County.

The Youth Leadership Class met today and the topic of today was “Tourism”. The day started off at the Reed House with pr...
03/20/2025

The Youth Leadership Class met today and the topic of today was “Tourism”. The day started off at the Reed House with presentations by John Dersham, and Mary Reed. Mary was also gracious enough to provide breakfast to our students as well. Next, they loaded the bus and headed to Orbix Glass, where each student got to blow their own ornament, and hear from Brittany Hughes (Desota State Park Naturalist) on non-venomous snakes. They even got to hold a few of them! Zaxby’s provided a great lunch for the students before they headed back to Fort Payne to the Depot Museum. Cindy Hill gave great overview of the history of the Depot And all the memorabilia inside. Students made their way to the Alabama Statues and Pete the Cat mural for pictures before being dismissed. Today’s class was very informative about not only tourism in Fort Payne and DeKalb County But the state as well. Thank you to all our sponsors, we couldn’t do this without you.

On Wednesday, November 20, Youth Leadership Dekalb had their 3rd class event of the year. They learned about State and L...
11/24/2024

On Wednesday, November 20, Youth Leadership Dekalb had their 3rd class event of the year. They learned about State and Local Government. They began the day with breakfast and hearing from Senate Majority Leader Steve Livingston. After a short walk to the courthouse, students heard from Summer Summerford, District Attorney, as well as Andrew Hairston, presiding Circuit Judge, Jeremy Taylor, Circuit Judge, Shaunathan Bell, Circuit Judge and Jeff McCurdy, District Judge-Elect. They gave the students a little insight into their positions, and what it takes to become a lawyer or Judge. A mock trial was held and each student had a role. That is always such a fun and educational activity. At the conclusion of the trial, students traveled back to the Fort Payne City Hall for lunch and heard from Baker Allen, Director of Governemt Affairs (AL league of Municipalities). Several mayors from through the county and council members concluded the day with a great presentation.

YLD had their second class meeting today and theme for the day was Agriculture. They met at Kelly’s Kitchen for breakfas...
10/23/2024

YLD had their second class meeting today and theme for the day was Agriculture. They met at Kelly’s Kitchen for breakfast and heard from Angie Jones (USDA) before loading the bus and heading to the Auburn Research Center in Crossville. Clint McLemore was the Guest Speaker there. The class then traveled to KP FARMS in Geraldine and had a speaker from the Cattleman’s Association. YLD finished out the day with a tour of LOVE FARMS in Fort Payne, where they also provided lunch to the class. It was another packed day for the class and we look forward to November.

YLD (class of ‘24-‘25) met for their “Get Aquainted Day” today! They heard from two wonderful speakers, Laura Braswell a...
09/18/2024

YLD (class of ‘24-‘25) met for their “Get Aquainted Day” today! They heard from two wonderful speakers, Laura Braswell and David Jones. They shared knowledge of leadership skills, personal branding and table etiquette to the class. Several fun activities including a personality test and snow cones filled their day. This looks to be a great year with outstanding students from all across Dekalb County, Fort Payne and Cornerstone.

The 2023-2024 Youth Leadership DeKalb class graduated recently. We are so proud of these young leaders and look forward ...
04/30/2024

The 2023-2024 Youth Leadership DeKalb class graduated recently.

We are so proud of these young leaders and look forward to seeing what they’ll achieve in the future.

Congratulations to each of you!

Youth Leadership had a great class in February. The class was able to tour several businesses in Dekalb County and learn...
03/07/2024

Youth Leadership had a great class in February. The class was able to tour several businesses in Dekalb County and learn what they do. They also had a great campus tour of Northeast Alabama Community College and heard from several college officials.

Agriculture Day
12/06/2023

Agriculture Day

Tourism Day
12/06/2023

Tourism Day

Orientation Day
12/06/2023

Orientation Day

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Fort Payne, AL
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