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Youth Leadership & Advocacy

Build your leadership identity, master advocacy, run campaigns and use digital tools to create real change.

4.9(154 ratings)
2,210 enrolledUpdated 2026-09
8 weeks 8 modules · 45 lessons ~2 hours of learning English Certificate of completion
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Ms. Thandiwe Mbeki
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What You'll Learn

Define leadership in your own words and distinguish it from authority or position.
Identify your personal values, strengths, and lived experiences as sources of leadership.
Compare common leadership styles and recognize their strengths and limitations.
Draft a personal leadership statement to guide your growth throughout the course.
Define advocacy and distinguish it from related concepts such as charity, service, and awareness-raising.
Identify the main types of advocacy and the situations in which each is most effective.
Explain the policy or decision-making cycle and identify entry points for youth influence.
Select an issue and articulate why it matters, to whom, and what change is being sought.

About This Course

Youth Leadership & Advocacy treats young people as leaders of today, not tomorrow. Eight modules build progressively: grounding a personal leadership identity, understanding what advocacy really is (and how it differs from awareness-raising), core skills of communication, decision-making and teamwork, mapping stakeholders and power, designing a complete advocacy campaign with SMART goals, using digital tools responsibly, leading ethically and inclusively, and sustaining impact through monitoring and well-being. Each module includes real case examples and reflective activities, culminating in a capstone advocacy project.

How it works

  • Enroll free in the Tapi Learn app — no payment, no ads
  • Learn lesson-by-lesson; pass each module quiz (60%) to progress
  • Score 80%+ on the final assessment to earn your certificate

Course Curriculum

8 modules · 45 lessons · ~2h total
What Is Leadership?
2 min
Values, Strengths, and Story as the Foundation of Leadership
2 min
Leadership Styles
2 min
Case Study: From Personal Experience to Public Leadership A recurring pattern amon
2 min
Hands-On Activity
2 min

Your Instructor

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Ms. Thandiwe Mbeki

Youth Development Specialist

ACLA Faculty

Youth development specialist who has trained thousands of young leaders and advocates across Southern Africa.

MA Organizational Psychology, UCTFounder, Youth Voices NetworkACLA Faculty

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