{"id":23659,"date":"2020-10-28T20:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/?p=23659"},"modified":"2020-10-28T20:05:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:05:36","slug":"from-the-archives-national-leadership-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/from-the-archives-national-leadership-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives: National Leadership Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by Karen Reimer and Jan Strube<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The origins of the National Leadership Conference are rooted in the earliest days of the American Youth Foundation. 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