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  • About STAY
    • What is STAY?
    • We Know This To Be True
    • Our Work
    • Staff & Steering Committee
    • Central Appalachia
    • Partners
  • Programs
    • STAY Summer Institute >
      • 2020 Virtual STAY Summer Institute
      • What is SSI?
      • Previous Years >
        • SSI 2018: Celebrating 10 Years of STAY
        • SSI 2017
        • SSI 2016 Photos
    • Black Appalachian Young & Rising >
      • What is Black Appalachian Young & Rising?
      • Fund Black Appalachian Futures
    • Appalchian Love Story >
      • About Appalachian Love Stories
      • Appalachian Love Stories Blog
      • Appalachian Love Week
      • Appalachian Love Fest!
  • Get Involved
    • Be a STAY Member
    • Calendar
  • Resources
    • COVID-19 >
      • COVID-19 INFORMATION
      • MUTUAL AID
    • Member Support Fund
  • STAY in the News
    • Newsletter
  • Donate
  • STAY Project Zine

The STAY Summer Institute

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
  • 2020 STAY Summer Institute is virtual this year!

Previous STAY Summer Institute's around Central Appalachi
  • 2019: 9th STAY Summer Institute at Hungry Mother Lutheran Retreat in Marion, VA.
  • 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

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