FOCUS
Questions
1. What is leadership? What does being a leader mean?
2. What are the examples of leaders and leadership in our society that you admire the most?
3. What are the ways in which teens can fulfill their leadership potential?
4. How can teens lead to help Long Island to preserve its environment, to grow its economy, and to be a socially vibrant place to live?
5. Are you and/or your friends teen leaders? What are the examples of things that you do as a teen leader?
6. How can teens prepare to be leaders in workplace in the future?
7. How can teens be leaders in their community?
8. What can adults (school teachers/ parents/ politicians/ employers) do to better help teens to prepare to be future leaders?
2025 SPECIAL tOPICS
For the 2025 Leadership topic submission you can choose to write about one of the topics or about all three:
(1) What can we do as leaders in our schools and our communities to support young peoples mental health?
(2) We know that July 2023 was the warmest month on record and the previous decade has been the warmest on record as well. Long Island was listed as one of the most vulnerable places to be impacted by climate change by U.S. News and World Report. The Earth’s climate is changing due to industrial pollution and the human use of finite fossil fuels. As leaders, what can we do to work with our government and communities to slow down the effects of climate change?
(3) There has been a lot of conflict both in our own society and in the world in recent years. Some people who hold opposing political views threaten each other with violence, and outside of the country we have more wars and violent conflicts than before. As young leaders, what can we do to promote a better, less violent future for ourselves and others?
We are looking forward to reading about you leadership solutions to these challenging issues that impact Long Island and our nation.