Friends of SSI | Student Statesmanship Institute

Now is your chance to LEAD: Apply to Serve on the Citizen’s Redistricting Commission

Now is your chance to LEAD: Apply to Serve on the Citizen’s Redistricting Commission By Josiah Jaster, LEAD Alumni This is a great opportunity to become active in our state and have a long-term, positive influence. In November 2018, the people of Michigan...

My 2018-2019 Ambassador League Experience Report: A Yearlong Journey of Learning and Growing

By Pamela Guillen It was July of 2018. I was at Friday’s closing session for LEAD’s third week campers. Excitement was high as the campers entered their final session and as anxious parents waited to hear all about what their little darlings had experienced while away...

From Michigan to Minnesota

Guest post by Christiana Nuñez Let me preface this by saying, I love this program which God has been radical enough to allow me to run, and I have never felt so blessed as I am to be in God’s country, otherwise known as Minnesota. If someone would have told me...

A Word From Iowa: “Excellence”

By Nathan Oppman, Chief of Staff for The FAMiLY LEADER in Iowa As I am in the middle of preparing for LEAD, one word comes to mind that communicates my experience so far: excellence. When I attended my first LEAD summer camp, I saw a well-executed camp that was...

Empowering Teens to Change Their World: Ambassadors for Christ

By Emma Holtvluwer, LEAD Alumna & Ambassador League Student What is SSI? SSI stands for Student Statesmanship Institute. This program founded by James Muffet is stated by their website to be, “a dynamic hands-on leadership and biblical worldview training program...

LEAD: A Parent’s Perspective

I can’t say enough about LEAD, the summer program for Student Statesmanship Institute. If I gain the ear of a parent with a child in high school, they will walk away knowing about this unique opportunity for their kids. I’m a person who tends not to talk that much,...