In about three weeks from today, I will be heading up to Salt Lake City, Utah for a very important training indicating the details/expectations that I'll need to know before hand in working at our 5th annual NINJA Youth Leadership Conference. I am super thrilled to take on this new role of what is truly expected from me on becoming the best staff that I can be to everyone involved. I am not sure what else to take in from this experience other than just knowing how to handle certain situations as best as I can possible.
What I've learned from participating in this conference is...
Being able to take back the skills and lessons I learned from the conference, back to my independent living center so I can help my friends there to reach their full potential in the things that they do each day.
How I've grown as a leader/self advocate from attending this NINJA Conference:
About a year later after I graduated from this conference, I had the privlege of attending the Quality Of Life Conference with the People First organization up Provo Canyon. One of the main staff who was there with us mentioned to me and a group of people about this Advocates As Leaders - Self Advocacy Speakers Network. It's basically a committee of people like ourselves who get trained in various topics of what individuals such as ourselves believe in, feel, cherish and value. They have a contract through USU (Utah State University) and even though they are not on the actual payroll, I get paid $50 dollars to write and present a topic that we feel is really important for the public to hear, know and understand. I truly feel like even though this organization has nothing in relations to this specific youth leadership conference, I definitely have a feeling that our NINJA Program really in some ways helped to prepare me for it. I am so grateful for the experiences that I hope to have at one point down the road in learning more skills and what is expected of me as a self advocate.
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