Admission to the Katrina Leadership Project

Who is Eligible?

• Current High School students in grades 9-12— as of Fall 2007— impacted by Hurricane Katrina. 
• Students applying should have a strong commitment to leadership, teamwork, high academic aspirations, and eagerness to engage in long term community projects and new challenges.  KLP is looking for Katrina students who envision making a difference in their communities, and the world!

KLP Purpose:
Create an opportunity to motivate, teach and create measurable leadership skills for New Orleans HS Students to help reconstruct and restore the Gulf region and prepare for national and international leadership.

KLP seeks to: 

1. Empower Katrina youth through educational leadership tours to Washington & New York. Global awareness and educational travel are indispensable dimensions of the leadership visioning process.
2. To prepare and influence college under-graduates to explore careers in leadership and policy development, especially on a national level.
3. To introduce and acclimate Katrina student leaders to institutions of power such as Congress, International Embassies, Universities, the World Bank, NBA, Lincoln Center, Supreme Court and national leaders and speakers. 

What is KLP?
A leadership program for socially talented and academically gifted students impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Students will be selected in February-March 2008, and commit to participating in the program through summer 2009. There will be a spring orientation in New Orleans for students and their families. 

The summer program is five weeks, and begins in June. The program will consist of leadership training, academically enriching classes, team activities, social events, and the United Nation Leadership Tour of New York City. The major outcome for Katrina students will consist of designing team leadership projects to be implemented during the 2008-2009 school year.   
 
What is the purpose of the Katrina Leadership Project?
The KLP’s mission is to help rebuild the Gulf Region and America by constructing a new approach to leadership opportunities for students impacted by Hurricane Katrina. This approach includes teaching leadership through direct action projects, global awareness, technical skill development, media exposure, and intergenerational teamwork. 

KLP believes young people of all communities must be prepared for national leadership, and become future shapers of world impacting organizations such as the United Nations, U.S Congress, Supreme Court, and Major Corporations. KLP’s vision is best summarized in an essay by our seventeen year-old Honor Student-Leader, Ms. Ayanna Cash-Clements: “Good leaders are made, not born.”
 
Who is Eligible?
Students that are interested in participating in KLP must meet the following criteria: 

• Current High School students in grades 9-12— as of Fall 2007— impacted by Hurricane Katrina. 
• Students applying should have a strong commitment to leadership, teamwork, high academic aspirations, and eagerness to engage in long term community projects and new challenges.  KLP is looking for Katrina students who envision making a difference in their communities, and the world!