Celebrating 25 Years of MDYLF: Calling All Alumni to Inspire the Next Generation!
This is an opportunity to share your journey, reflect on your MDYLF experience, and inspire the next generation of leaders!
Now Accepting Applications! 2022 Maryland Youth Leadership Forum
The Maryland Youth Leadership Forum is now accepting applications for our 2022 event happening from Thursday, June 23rd to Saturday, June 25th, 2022. This exciting and educational training program includes the opportunity to meet with Maryland leaders with or without disabilities, participate in a legislative activity via zoom, build new skills for the future, and[…]
Congrats to 2021 Rising Star Award Recipient, Montel Medley!
It is with great joy that we present this award in Deborah Jackson’s honor and memory to Montel Medley who carries on her commitment to an independent life.
Focus on Transition Services
Montel went from Maryland Youth Leadership Forum Delegate to College Graduate! He says he’s made a lot of friends along the way.
Nurse Betsy on the Maryland Youth Leadership Forum
“By meeting other students with a variety of disabilities, each delegate comes to realize that they are not alone in this world. It is amazing the positive transformation that students undergo within a short time period.”
Top 5! Transitioning Youth Services
We’re counting down the top 5 ways in which youth ages 16-30 can engage with Independence Now!
Spotlight on Maryland Youth Leadership Forum
MDYLF is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for students with disabilities in their final years of high school who attend a four-day event with training on leadership, disability history and culture, advocacy, and careers.
Maryland Youth Leadership Forum, the Lessons of History
During MDYLF youth learn the history of the Disability Movement and lesser-known facts about people with disabilities in history.
Maryland Youth Leadership Forum 2021 – A New Look!
The 2021 Maryland Youth Leadership Forum will take place via Zoom from August 4th thru 7th. The deadline to apply is March 21, 2021.
Maryland Youth Leadership Forum | Noah’s Experience
Maryland Youth Leadership Forum alumnus Noah, Class of 2020, shared his thoughts on his experience with Independence Now. “I learned how to write a poem. Maryland Youth Leadership Forum impacted me by showing me how to live independently and showing that I am a leader for my rights. My experience with the Youth Leadership Forum[…]