Youth@Louisburg
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Theme: Generation ____

This event occurred on
May 26, 2016
Louisburg, Kansas
United States

Empowerment in and of today's youth in their quest to define - or redefine - their generation

Louisburg HIgh School auditorium
202 Aquatic Drive
Louisburg, Kansas, 66053
United States
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Speakers

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Abigail Bergman

Abigail Bergman is a people person through and through, but she also enjoy the time spent alone with a good book and a cup of chai tea. Abigail values her family and friends, even if they occasionally quarrel during a competitive game of Settlers of Catan, her favorite board game. As a senior at Louisburg High School, she has had the privilege of participating in a number of activities, such as band, cross country, forensics, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Next year, Abigail plans on attending the University of Kansas and enrolling in the School of Business to study Business Marketing.

Abigail Koesser

Abby Koesser is a sophomore at Louisburg High School. She has lived in Louisburg her entire life. She is a member of LEOs, yearbook, band, and Spanish Club. Abby has a love of reading and photography. She aspires to be a biochemical engineer someday. She has always had a love of science and hopes to use that in her future career.

Aubrey Prettyman

Aubrey is a sophomore at Louisburg High School. She’s involved with many church and school activities, including marching, concert, and jazz bands, photo/video club (PVC). In her free time she enjoys art and video making, and working with digital design. Aubrey has a passion for people, and after high school plans to become a teacher.

Beau Heyen

President/CEO of Episcopal Community Services in Kansas City, MO
Joining Episcopal Community Services (ECS) in August 2015, Beau was instrumental in bringing the “Dining with Dignity” restaurant-service model to the Kansas City Community Kitchen. Now featured on the Kansas City Star, Upworthy, The Huffington Post, NowThis Media and NBC Nightly News, ECS’ mission is Feeding the Hungry – Changing Lives. A graduate of Northwest Missouri State University, earning a bachelor degree in psychology and a master degree in educational guidance and counseling, Beau brings to ECS a record of growth and innovation in anti-poverty services and hunger relief. Prior to joining ECS, Beau led Community Mobilization at the Food Bank For New York City, including leading a national #HungerCliff awareness campaign to protect funding for SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, with strong support from Feeding America, Kevin Bacon, Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain and anti-hunger organizations across the country. Beau also served as COO and Chief Development Officer for Masbia

Bree Christy

Breeana Christy is a sophomore at Louisburg High School. She is involved with the school’s dance and color-guard team, along with dance outside of school. She contributes to the high school’s yearbook, and is also a part of Model UN. Bree is passionate about dogs, donuts, and diamonds. Along with those things, Bree is very interested in politics, puns, pizza, and powerpoint presentations. Her biggest goal in life is to accomplish one of three things: 1.Take over the world 2.Become a Disney Princess at Disney World or 3.Both In addition to dancing, writing, and being a full-fledged sass-master, Bree also enjoys spending time tweeting about corgis, eating, and funny things people say to her. She likes spending time with her friends, reading, and watching movies, typically featuring Audrey Hepburn. Breeana one day hopes to fill her life with traveling and helping people

Carson Tappan

Carson Tappan is a junior attending Louisburg High School. He is actively involved in both the debate and forensics programs, among other activities and clubs at LHS. Carson is most known for his work as an independent filmmaker. In 2015, Carson released his first feature documentary, Where the Buffaloed Roam: An Ode to the Kansas Budget, a satirical, yet critical look on the current Kansas budget crisis. The film received acclaim from audiences and was an official selection and award winner at the 2015 Kansas City Film Festival. The documentary has also been viewed over fifteen thousand times on his YouTube channel. Carson is currently working on a second documentary film that will be released in late 2016 or early 2017. After high school, Carson hopes to pursue a degree in film, preferably in Los Angeles.

Dr. David Carter

Historian, author, educator, specializing in military and social history; Farley Visiting Professor of Ethics and Leadership at Washburn University
Dr. David W. Carter is a historian, best-selling author and educator, specializing in military and social history. Dr. Carter has earned the reputation of a Servant Leader, having served in the United States Air Force as a combat engineer, as a Kansas police officer, and in a variety of higher education institutions to include his current position at Washburn University as the Farley Visiting Professor of Ethics and Leadership. With numerous awards to his credit—the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Real Men, Real Heroes Award, and the Bronze Wreath of Merit, among others—Dr. Carter’s past work reveals the ability to lead and attain results. His previous work has appeared on multiple news and media outlets and, most recently, C-SPAN’s Book TV, which highlighted his best-selling book, Mayday Over Wichita.

Dr. Julie Connor

motivational speaker, educator, award-winning author, goal-setting expert, and social media strategist
As a speaker, author, and educator, I prepare youth to be leaders and adults to be mentors and role models. I have been inspiring and motivating young people (and training their adult leaders and teachers) for more than 30 years. I show youth and adults how to get in touch with their passion, define their purpose, and create attainable goals. I am the author of an award-winning goal-setting book, Dreams to Action Trailblazer's Guide.

Dr. Mark Johnson

Professor of Technology and Workforce Learning at Pittsburg State University;
In addition to his professorial duties at Pittsburg State University, Dr. Johnson is a National Consultant for the Entertainment Industry as well as Apprenticeship Programs across North America. In 2000, he was named the national career and technical educator of the year by the NACTE. In 2014 he was recognized as a Distinguished Toastmaster, the top 1% of all Toastmasters around the world. He was awarded the Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year for 2011 for his creation of the Crawford County Youth Leadership Program that has inspired and motivated more than 8,500 students in the last 13 years. Dr. Johnson also serves as a Kansas Leadership Champion for the Kansas Leadership Center, and is a member of the ACTE and SkillsUSA National Boards of Directors. He holds a B.S.B,A, degree, an M.S, degree in technical teacher education and an Ed.S. degree in industrial education, all from Pittsburg State University, and an Ed.D. degree from the University of Arkansas.

Garrett Mills

Garrett Mills is a student at Louisburg High School, as well as a full-time geek. He is involved in the Band, Scholars' Bowl, and Debate, and has received the President's Award for Academic Excellence. Garrett is an award-winning application developer, and has worked on numerous projects for more than 6 years. He enjoys running, music much older than he is, and, most notably, science-fiction. Armed with this love for sci-fi, Garrett has participated in a number of robotics competitions, and instructed NXT robotics for 3 years. With his love for technology, he hopes to pursue a career in computer science.

Grayson Anderson

Grayson Anderson is a sophomore at Louisburg High school. She is involved in Band, Debate, Volleyball, Track, and FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes). Grayson is a Staff Sergeant in the Civil Air Patrol, an active participant in her church's youth group, and a volunteer at Youthfront camps during the summer. Grayson is passionate about space and she loves to learn about anything space related. She also enjoys reading, traveling, skiing and spending time with friends. After high school she plans to attend college and major in Astronautical sciences and dreams of working for NASA or Boeing.

Jennifer Straub

Jennifer Straub is a senior at LHS. She is very involved in the band program, has been 3rd chair trumpet at state band, and has gotten several one ratings at state for solos. She is also a Kansas State Scholar and a member of the National Honor Society. Jennifer aspires to be a writer and editor, the ultimate goal being to create impactful media. Next year she will attend the University of Kansas Honors College and major in English.

Lexi Shaner

Alexandra Shaner is a senior here at Louisburg high school. She has been involved in concert band for 2 years, jazz band for 1 year, debate for 2 years, forensics for 2 years, and marching band for 2 years. Lexi has also been involved in many church events. SHe love debate and plans to go to Washburn University to study law.

LHS Students

Select Louisburg High School students representing PreAP sophomore English, Culinary, Music, and Senior Slam Poetry

Lily Jorgensen

Lilie Jorgensen is a sophomore at Louisburg High School. She has participated in Band, Jazz Band, Select Choir, and two school musicals. Out of school she volunteers at homeless shelters, animal shelters, and Piccadilly Productions theater camps, puppet shows, and acting classes, she is part of the KCC pet project and sang in Kansas' district choir in 2015. Special talents include speaking fluent Norwegian, singing, acting, and helping people! Lilie is a Methodist and is a member of Louisburg United Methodist Church. Her hobbies include volunteering, singing, drawing, painting, puppetry, acting, white water kayaking, and rock climbing. She loves animals, and has had 9 dogs, 4 cats, 3 snakes, and 4 birds, not including her siblings pets over the years.

Spencer Rogers

Spencer Rogers has lived out in the country south of Louisburg for the last 18 years, and has had the pleasure of going to Louisburg schools for the entirety of his academic career. He's a senior this year, and has been involved in a whole menagerie of somewhat nerdy activities, including band, jazz band, math club, scholar’s bowl, model UN, Spanish club, forensics, and National Honor Society. Spencer has also ran cross country and track for the past 2 years, though his running career has been marred by mediocrity. In his brief and incredibly rare moments of free time, he enjoys music, spending time with friends, and stressing out about all the things he need to do but hasn't done yet. After graduation, he will attend the University of Kansas Honors Program to study molecular biology with a specialization in genetics and the treatment of hereditary diseases.

Taylor Sears

Taylor Sears is a sophomore at Louisburg High School. She plays flute for the high school band. She recently went to the State Music Festival with her flute trio, and received a first division rating. Taylor was on the school's debate team for two years, and went to the state Forensics tournament her freshman year. Taylor is also a contributor to the Louisburg High School yearbook. Taylor enjoys spending her spare time reading, listening to music, and online shopping. She loves pancakes, pasta, and puppies. Taylor's biggest goal in life is to have enough money to buy five dogs. She loves animals, and is very passionate about helping animals, especially elephants, polar bears, and sea turtles. Taylor is also very passionate about Disney and loves any type of adventure. In addition to these things, Taylor would also like to be able to travel the world, eat new foods, and help others.

Organizing team

Kimberly
Payton

Louisburg, KS, United States
Organizer