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Youth Empowerment Program
Youth Empowerment Program

Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) is a cohort for teens in high school that focuses on learning leadership skills, public speaking, and community engagement.

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Neighborhood Leadership Fellows

The mission of Neighborhood Leadership Fellows (NLF) is to increase and amplify the voices of North St. Louis City and County residents at the civic decision-making tables in order to produce more equitable regional policies for neighborhoods.

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Neighborhood Leadership Academy

The Neighborhood Leadership Academy (NLA) provides in-depth and multifaceted leadership training that emphasizes community building principles and strategies, project planning, organizational leadership and management practices, and personal leadership skills.

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Events

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Two neighbors visiting

January 16, 2025 - December 18, 2025

Neighboring 101 - 2025
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A man speaking on a stage into a microphone with two women standing by him.

September 6, 2025

Neighborhood Leadership Fellows 2025 Graduation
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News

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Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference, Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Excelsior Springs
CEC invites community builders to recharge, reconnect and reimagine local impact

May 28, 2025

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Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities
MU Extension calls for speakers for Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference

January 16, 2025

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Wilson Majee with Claire Rippel working with a group in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Mizzou professor makes a global impact through MU Extension partnership

August 27, 2024

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Resources

Eight Principles for Rural Governance (PDF)

Effective governance, particularly at the local and regional levels, is one of the many challenges facing rural America today. Happily, effective governance is one of the best opportunities to shape a vibrant future for rural communities.

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