MYIG News

Students Participate in Key Leaders Conference

Michigan Youth in Government leadership students participated in this year’s Michigan Key Leaders Conference. Michigan YIG Executive Director, Brent Veysey, chose the students as a result of their outstanding public speaking skills. The students represented schools from many different regions in Michigan. They arrived in the state capitol of Lansing prepared with introductory speeches for each keynote and workshop speaker. In addition, the students acted as guides for the conference’s large number of attendees. The Causeway Bay Hotel Conference Center is akin to being a second home for the students, as it is the same location that is used for all Michigan Youth in Government state conferences.

Daryl Sieplinga, Resource Director for the YMCA of the USA, invited one of the students, Tyler Gross, a 2011 graduate from Beal City High School, to be a speaker at the conference. Tyler had participated in the 2011 Conference On National Affairs in Black Mountain, NC. While at the conference, Tyler demonstrated advanced public speaking and debate skills that earned him the prestigious honor of becoming a presiding officer for the upcoming 2012 Conference on National Affairs. While Tyler is humbled by the honor, his speech at the Key Leader’s Conference was not about himself, but about the integrity and convictions of today’s youth. Tyler is an excellent example of how today’s educated young people are learning to voice their opinions to make a difference in state and national issues.
 

Congratulations to the following students for being elected at their fall conference.