Two Chattanooga Christian School students have been selected to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum. They are 12th graders Emily Featherston and Erik Floden. Click to enlarge.
This fall, outstanding high school students from across the United States will take part in a career development program in the nation’s capital. During the six-day program, the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security: Exploring American Diplomacy, Intelligence and Defense will introduce student to the challenging careers in national security, intelligence, the diplomatic corps and more.
Two Chattanooga Christian School students have been selected to attend the forum in October, Emily Featherston and Erik Floden, both in the 12th grade.
“Imagine being 17-years-old and the responsibility of securing the United States at home and abroad rests on your shoulders," said Dr. Marguerite Regan, Dean of Academic Affairs for NYLF. "Through specialized simulations, the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security strives to put students in the driver’s seat of building a strategy that will uphold our national security. The combination of interacting with professionals and with other students in this setting ensures that leaders are being developed so the future of our country will remain very bright.”
The curriculum for the Forum on National Security is based on actual world events. Throughout the program, students use critical thinking, leadership and public speaking skills to tackle the complexity of national decision-making process similar to that employed by the nation’s top policy makers.
Students also participate in thought-provoking question and answer sessions with respected, internationally recognized civilian policy makers and senior military personnel. In addition, leading institutions open their doors to Forum on National Security students, where they are educated in diplomacy, international affairs and military strategy. In the past, students have explored several government institutions and military installations, including the Pentagon, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development command at Quantico, the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Naval Academy, a variety of embassies and many others.
Founded in 1992, the National Youth Leadership Forum is an educational organization established to help prepare extraordinary young people for their professional careers. Forums are offered in 14 cities across the United States in a wide variety of career fields, such as national security, law and medicine. Over 50,000 young people have attended NYFL programs.
For additional information, visit www.nyfl.org.