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2013 Youth Leadership Academy
By Bash Brown
Day 1
• The morning of the first day of the Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) consisted of introductions and the issuing of equipment for the week.
• Each Ambassador received booklets, t-shirts and water bottles for field excursions, and a camera to capture their experience.
• Following lunch, we piled into the vans and proceeded to the Cairo Museum to meet with retired General Parker Hills, where he spoke to us about the aspects of a great leader: P.R.I.D.E.
• P.R.I.D.E: Perspective, Responsibility, Intuition, Daring, Endurance.
Day 2: Interpreter Day
• Now that we were no longer strangers and were well equipped for the week, we were able to devote our whole day to our learning experience.
• However, nature disagreed with us. The cannon firing we were scheduled to see was rained out. As a result, we proceeded onward to Natchez to view the antebellum home Melrose.
• On our way along the Natchez Trace, we stopped at Mount Locust, a historic inn.
Day 3: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• This day was my personal favorite. The YLA traveled to Tensas National Wildlife Refuge to meet with biologist John Dickson and his crew in the field as they tagged birds.
• We worked side by side with them, even holding and releasing the birds once they were properly tagged.
• As we toured the Refuge throughout the day, we learned how to age trees, irrigate fields, and identify snakes (a lesson originally not intended to be included!)
Day 4: Archeology
• On the fourth day, archeologist Chris Koeppel presented a powerpoint on headstones, cemeteries, and grave ethics. We then traveled to the Hebrew Cemetery within the park, where we performed our own headstone rubbings.
• Later that same day, we traveled to the Winterville Mound in Greenville, Mississippi. Once there, we worked alongside an archeological dig program from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Day 5:Natural Resources
• On Friday, we spent the morning with Virginia DuBowy, the Natural Resources Manager.
• She discussed the different animals and plants that proliferate the park and even simulated an experiment on animal habitats.
• The following afternoon, Patty Montague, a Law
Enforcement Officer in the park, gave us a lesson on
crime scene investigation.
• The morning was spent applying wax to monumental busts on Pemberton Avenue using paintbrushes and blowtorches alongside Bendel White and Michael Bercume.
• We then traveled to Dr. Sessums’ art studio in Brookhaven, where we received a tour of the facilities and his house.
Day 7: Artifact Storage
• Sadly, our experience had to come to an end. It did, however, end on a VERY high note.
• The Sunday following the YLA, all of the ambassadors gathered together by the Cairo to eat, proceeding from there to the artifact storage facilities.
• We were able to see, first-hand, objects which had previously been hidden for 150 years.
Thank you so much for this opportunity!
YLA