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Openings for teen leadership program

Know a local teen whom you think would make a good leader?

The Rural Community Leadership Program is offering a local program to train leaders. The program is designed to give young people opportunities to connect and learn skills necessary to tackle local rural challenges and opportunities. RDI’s mission is to connect rural residents to one another and to their communities in ways that promote vitality in rural regions.

Typical classes consist of 25 to 35 youths who are in seventh through ninth grade. Each class selects a community project to work...