"Creating Positive Change with a Touch of Excellence!"
Sacramento Leadership Experience
An amazing conference that broadens your mind by forcing you to completely evaluate your entire way of thinking.This was the best experience of my life and I highly recommend attending and putting as much effort as possible into this experience because it will pay off in the future!
Matt Johnson -- Westwood HS Former SLE Participant
It was the most amazing, eye opening experience I have ever encountered.It allowed participants to reach beyond their everyday leadership roles in a fun, positive, and inspiring environment!" Alyssa Leoni,Hanford HS Former SLE Participant
SLE is a great way to truly understand not only California government, but national government as well.It is informational, fun, exciting, and definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Megan Matteucci, Madera HS Former SLE Participant
A very interesting conference.Its like a whole semester of government class crammed into one week! Clay Boschi -- Turlock HS Former SLE Participant
Through an extremely interactive format, participants at this conference actually "live the life" of a California State Legislator as they engage in an extraordinary leadership development laboratory. The four-day experience includes an overview of California state government, visits to State Legislators' offices, caucus and committee meetings, guest speakers, and sessions to inform the students on current issues. The objectives of the experience are designed to: increase the understanding of government functions and policies, create awareness of major issues facing the state, and stimulate interest in becoming active, concerned, and participatory citizens.
The climax of the event is a mock debate, at the State Capitol Building, where participants take positions and argue their points on pieces of mock legislation. Through this experience, each student leaves with one paramount idea: It is extremely important that all citizens become involved in their community and in government, in some way, at some level ... everyone does not need to run for public office, but everyone does need to be involved in the system! Students learn that citizens have a responsibility to government in a democracy and that decisions are made by "those who show up!"
