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Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences Education (FACS) in public and private schools through grade 12.

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History

FCCLA started out on June 11, 1945 as Future Homemakers of America (FHA). The name of the organization was changed to Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, FCCLA, in July 1999 at the National Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

FCCLA now has over 220,000 members in nearly 7,000 chapters in the 50 states as well as in the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Mission Statement

To promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner and community leader, members develop skills for life through character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge and vocational preparation.

Programs

FCCLA has a variety of programs serving families, careers, and communities.

  1. Family
  2. #Families First
  3. #Japanese Exchange
  4. #FACTS
  5. #Financial Fitness
  6. #Power of One
  7. #STAR Events
  8. #Student Body
  9. #Dynamic Leadership
  10. Career
  11. #Career Connection
Leaders at Work
  1. #STAR Events
  2. #Japanese Exchange
  3. #Power of One
  4. #Dynamic Leadership
  5. Community
  6. #Community Service
  7. #Community Service Opportunities
  8. #FACTS
  9. #Japanese Exchange
  10. #Power of One
  11. #STAR Events
  12. #Dynamic Leadership
  13. #STOP the Violence
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STAR Events Logo

STAR Events

STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition) are a very popular, if not the most popular, program to be involved with.

Governance

Ten national officers (students) are elected by the voting delegates at the annual National Leadership Meeting and together make up the National Executive Council. The National Board of Directors is composed of adult representatives from education and business and four youth representatives. State associations and local chapters elect their own youth officers. State programs come under the direction of family and consumer sciences education staff. Chapter advisers are family and consumer sciences teachers.

The 2005-2006 National Executive Council includes these 10 officer positions, their holders, and their holder's home state:

President
Billy Plastine, New Jersey
1st Vice President
Alex White, Texas
Vice President of Community Service
Margo Farnsworth, Utah
Vice President of Finance
Brittany Kerr, South Dakota
Vice President of Individual Programs
Kent Butler, Arkansas
Vice President of Membership
Jake Wilkinson, Texas
Vice President of Parliamentary Law
Robert Salazar, New Mexico
Vice President of Peer Education
Katie Grimley, Virginia
Vice President of Public Relations
Aura Lee Lunde, North Dakota
Vice President of STAR Events
The level of officers go as follows: National Officer = The top raking postions. Officers make and create programs for members to use. Officers in each region will also plan a cluster meeting. The greatest responsibility a National officer is to plan their National Meeting.

State Officers = The key the membership of each state. Officers plan a State meeting, and Attend National Meeting where they bring back information to the state.

Regional/District Officers = Membership a certain area, plan a meeting to discuss Star Events and any other related information

Chapter officers = Officers work in their communities, to put in place programs that National, State and Regional officer put in place. This is the lowest ranking position.

Meetings

Chapter Meetings

Chapter Meetings include all the members of a certain chapter in the USA. There, they discuss current issues within the chapter. These usually take place within a school building.

Regional Meetings

Regional Meetings may also be called District Meetings. These are meetings where students within a geographical area may compete in STAR events and conduct business related to chapters in that area. District or regional STAR competition will result in the group or individual with the highest score in each category advancing to the state STAR competition.

State Meetings

State Meetings are held in a large city within a state and they are where students present their projects and STAR Events for the chance to go onto the National Leadership Meeting. The only way to win the trip to the National Meeting is to be the best in your category (Such as Focus on Children, or Illustrated Talks) at state. These are usually held at the same city each year in your state.

National Leadership Meeting

Each year a National is held in a different city. National meeting is where thousands of FCCLA Members gather to compete with STAR events to get a Gold, Silver, Bronze metal. Members also go to bring back new and important information towards their state. National Officer are also picked during this and introduced during the final night of the meeting.

The National Leadership Meeting is held in a different US city each year. Some past and future National Leadership Meetings are:

National Cluster Meetings

National Cluster Meetings are similar to the National Leadership Meetings, without the STAR competitions. The meetings begin on a Friday night and last through Saturday night. Several motivational-type speakers are featured. There are four of these held every year in November, taking place in different regions of the USA. Anyone can attend these meetings.

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