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CDC Of Tampa To Host Youth Leadership Event In Partnership With Middleton High School
The Corporation to Develop Com- munities (CDC) of Tampa, in partner- ship with Middleton High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), is proud to host a virtual workshop, “Youth and You: Leading in Times of Change.” The event seeks to encourage young people to develop leadership skills by setting personal goals to become upstanding citizens in their communities. The event will be held on Thursday, Febru- ary 11, 2021, at 9AM via Zoom.
Keynote Speaker Jameis Win- ston, NFL quarterback and CDC Su- perSponsor, donated $50,000 to CDC of Tampa 2021. The event is spon- sored in part by Hillsborough Com- munity College Foundation, which awarded their 2021 Social Justice Community Project Award to CDC of Tampa.
JAMEIS WINSTON ...Keynote Speaker
Event speakers will discuss topics
ERNEST CONEY ...President, CDC of Tampa
including personal finance, non-tra-
ditional education, goal setting tech- niques, self-awareness, as well as the barriers to education during a pan- demic. 150 youth have been invited, but any others interested may sign up at www.middletonfbla.com/youth.
Ernest Coney, President of CDC of Tampa, says of the event, “Our youth are facing unprecedented chal- lenges, in the face of this pandemic. This virtual conference will help them to continue to develop leadership skills in the face of uncertainty and provide examples of success that they can adopt to thrive.”
Sponsors of the event are: Jameis Winston, Suncoast Federal Credit Union, Ross Dress for Less, Nielsen, Wells Fargo, Hillsborough Commu- nity College, Hillsborough Commu- nity College Foundation, and. Tampa Chamber Leadership Class of 2018.
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