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1Berkshire Welcomes Youth Leadership Program Class
02:15PM / Monday, August 14, 2023
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 1Berkshire welcomes its 13th class into the Berkshire Youth Leadership Program.
 
This group of 27 rising high school juniors from across the Berkshires was selected through a competitive application process to begin a year-long leadership development program that kicked off in June with a three-day, two-night retreat held at Camp Becket.
 
The 1Berkshire Youth Leadership Program is focused on helping students in the region develop and grow through career opportunity awareness, leadership skill development, and the design and completion of a 9-month-long collective-impact project focused on positively impacting the Berkshires. Selected students have shown a significant capacity to grow their leadership skills and a strong desire to have a positive impact on their communities.
 
Over the next 9 months, these 27 students will convene at locations all around the region to participate in workshops, engage in group dialogues, learn from speakers and one another, and to develop and execute their selected collective-impact project.
 
With a renewed focus on sustainability and diversity, equity, and inclusion, this year's program will also aim to engage students in meaningful discussions that create critical reflection and new levels of self awareness as we seek to support qualities associated with global citizenry and cultural humility. 
 
"We are beyond thrilled to begin this year's Youth Leadership Program. During the retreat, our students began building connections and thinking about how their personal learning and communication styles interact," Ben Lamb, Vice President of Economic Development at 1Berkshire, and co-director of the Youth Leadership Program said. "We look forward to an excellent year in which our students will learn about career opportunities and resources available to them here in the Berkshires, as well as devising and executing a plan to make a positive impact here in the Berkshires and out in the world." 
 
Made possible through the financial and resource support of sponsors including Berkshire Bank, Greylock Federal Credit Union, NBT Bank, and Berkshire Agricultural Ventures, the 1Berkshire Youth Leadership Program is coordinated by 1Berkshire with the dynamic support of the volunteer Youth Leadership Program Steering Committee. Chaired by Matthew Martin of Mildred Elley, this committee is composed of professionals across the region who commit their time and expertise to develop and facilitate the monthly sessions for the class, while also offering advice to them as they look to their own futures. 
 
The 2023-2024 Youth Leadership Class participants are:
 
Emily Alvarez - Mount Greylock Regional School
 
Maryn Cappiello - Hoosac Valley High School
 
Bradley Chapman - Drury High School
 
Persephone Clark - BART Charter Public School
 
Natalie Cunningham - Wahconah Regional High School
 
Vera de Jong - Mount Greylock Regional School
 
Madison Digrigoli - Lenox Memorial Middle and High School
 
Mary Haight - Wahconah Regional High School
 
Will Hakes - Hoosac Valley High School
 
Kaeleigh Heath - Lenox Memorial Middle and High School
 
Shaffer Kropke - Lenox Memorial Middle and High School
 
Eleanor Kropke - Lenox Memorial Middle and High School
 
Catherine Makuc - Mount Everett Regional School
 
Mia McCluskey - Pittsfield High School
 
Molly McLear - Hoosac Valley High School
 
Emma Meczywor - Hoosac Valley High School
 
Micah Miles - Lenox Memorial Middle and High School
 
Arthur Millet - Mount Greylock Regional School
 
Griffin Mucci - Hoosac Valley High School
 
Cassius Osinga - Monument Mountain Regional High School
 
Leandra Quintero - Wahconah Regional High School
 
Madeline Rundle - Monument Mountain Regional High School
 
Daniel Sargent - Wahconah Regional High School
 
Etta Schnackenberg - Lenox Memorial Middle and High School
 
Jared Senzel - Lenox Memorial Middle and High School
 
Knowl Stroud - Mount Greylock Regional School
 
Elizabeth Wheeler - Wahconah Regional High School
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