Article: Local Youth to Join National Learning Tour to South Africa; Boston Educational Leader's Program Stimulates Inner-City Students

BOSTON, June 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- What happens when a kid who's never strayed far from the inner city spends several weeks in South Africa? Next week, Billie Andre, Christina Tilgman, Jason Jones, and Lamar Baker of Boston will find out. These four young people will embark on the trip of their lives, spending a month in South Africa as part of the International Youth Leadership Institute. "I want to go to South Africa to gain experience about what is happening in the world," wrote Tilgman in her application.

For 20 years, Dr. Michael Webb has organized trips like this one through the International Youth Leadership Program he developed. Now

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