Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, Inc

The Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, Inc. (CLYLP) was founded in 1982 with the primary purpose of preparing students to participate in Californias economic, social and political development. CLYLP is guided by the overall theme Californias Future Leaders, and its programs emphasize the importance of culture, community, college and careers. To date, more than 5,000 students have gone through the program. Since the inception of CLYLP, high school students from throughout the state of California have participated in a week-long, intensive leadership training program in Sacramento known as the Sacramento Leadership Conference each year. Regional leadership institutes have also developed and held in the San Joaquin Valley and Los Angeles, the San Joaquin Valley Institute, the Los Angeles Institute, and the Bay Area Institute, beginning in 1999, 2005, and 2014 respectively. Since its inception, the CLYLP has held a weeklong, intensive leadership training conference for high sch...