The STAY Summer Institute
What is the STAY Summer Institute?
Previous STAY Summer Institute's around Central Appalachi
- 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 TBA!
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