The LeaderSpark Program is for ALL youth. Program participants have come from a range of social and economic backgrounds; from large urban high schools to small private schools; from having diverse leadership experiences to having no leadership experience. This program provides the skills necessary to participate successfully in groups and to lead school organizations, the workplace and society. We want to connect with youth and young adults (ages 14 to 24) who can be leaders today as well as developing leadership skills for tomorrow. Inter-generational programs, with two youth to every adult (over 18 years) are also very successful.

Kimeta Dover works with the Mentoring Center of Central Ohio. She was recommended to Karen Dawson as an excellent trainer and Karen invited her to attend a LeaderSpark Facilitator Training in 2006. According to Kimeta, “I fell in love with the curriculum right away. It’s really awesome. I thought that it was a great, great, great course. I first worked as a small group facilitator during a LeaderSpark session for Southside Settlement. Now I have done about nine or ten sessions as a lead facilitator.”