Family, Career, Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)

Family, Career, Community

Leaders of America

FCCLA - Family, Career, Community Leaders of America, founded in 1945, is a dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through family and consumer science education.

Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns including teen pregnancy, parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, environment, nutrition and fitness, inter-generational communication and career education.

Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life - planning, goal setting, problem solving,

Our Motto: Toward New Horizons

Colors: 

The colors are red and white. Red symbolizes strength, courage, and determination; personal qualities leading to happiness through a positive self-image. White symbolizes sincerity of purpose and integrity of action; qualities that help individuals build a better tomorrow.

Emblem:

As the millennium turns, so does the version of the FCCLA logo. This futuristic logo may not hold the traditions of the past logo, but it shows that FCCLA is a dynamic, active organization bound for the future. The dominate collegiate lettering articulates a focus on education and student leadership. The logo is red, the color of the rose as a sign of strength. The swooping arrow arch is a common motif in today's designs and definitely embodies an active organization that moves toward new arenas. With it's space-like feel, this logo is sure to last through the next fifty years, but will always be linked to the time when FHA at the turn of the century changed to FCCLA. 

Our Mission: 

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
• career preparation.

Our Purposes:

• To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life.
• To strengthen the function of the family as the basic unit of society.
• To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community.
• To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony.
• To promote greater understanding between youth and adults.
• To provide opportunities for making decision and for assuming responsibilities.
• To provide for the multiple roles of men and women in today's society.
• To promote family and consumer sciences, family and consumer sciences careers and related occupations.

Creed

We are the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America.

We face the future with warm courage

And high hope. 

For we have the clear consciousness of seeking

Old and precious values,

For we are the builders of homes,

Homes for America's future,

Homes where living will be the expression of everything

That is good and fair,

Homes where truth and love and security and faith

Will be realities, not dreams.

We are the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America.

We face the future with warm courage

And high hope.