What is the STAY Summer Institute?

• Regional gathering hosted by The STAY Project providing creative gathering space for youth with leadership development, cultural sharing, political analysis , and kinship with youth from across the region at the forefront
• Youth designed & facilitated workshops across many topics
• Full­group activities around art, music, storytelling, and political discussion led and facilitated by youth
• Youth of Color caucus and LGBTQIA caucus
  
• SAVE THE DATE! The 9th Annual STAY Summer Institute will be held July 18th-21st at Hungry Mother Retreat Center in Marion, VA.
  

Previous STAY Summer Institute's around Central Appalachia

• 2018: 8th STAY Summer Institute and 10th Anniversary Celebration at the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, TN
• 2017: 7th STAY Summer Institute at the Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestem, WV
• 2016: 6th Stay Summer Institute at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, NC. 
• 2015: Partnered with Appalshop, Appalachian Media Institute, Higher Ground, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth & Southeast Community & Technical College to collaboratively host It’s Good 2 Be Young in the Mountains in Harlan, KY
• 2014: 4th STAY Summer Institute at Camp Bethel in Wise County, Virginia
• 2013: 3rd STAY Summer Institute at the Highlander Center in New Market, Tennessee
• 2012: 2nd STAY Summer Institute at High Rocks in Pocahontas County, West Virginia
• 2011: 1st STAY Summer Institute at Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, KY