She’s THAT Girl’ Conference
Youth Advisory Board Description
Purpose: The Youth Advisory Board (YAB) aims to empower young individuals to actively participate in decision-making processes for the youth mental health empowerment conference, ‘She’s THAT Girl’. The board serves as a platform for youth voices to be heard and implemented, fostering collaboration with peers and the overall community.
This is a volunteer-based position, in which each member will receive community service hours and a reference letter after the conference. However, a stipend may be available with the availability of sponsorship opportunities afforded to the conference.
Responsibilities:
• Advocacy: Represent the interests and concerns of youth in the community to include these as workshop topics for the conference.
• Collaboration: Work with local organizations, leaders, and peers to plan, organize and facilitate the STG conference.
• Event Planning: Assist in organizing youth-focused events, workshops, and initiatives.
Leadership Positions:
o President
▪ As President, this person will serve as the leader of the YAB by
communicating directly with conference host (Quinandria Lee) before
board meetings about the agenda, keeping attendance of meetings and
holding members accountable to assigned responsibilities. This position
will be chosen by Quinandria Lee!
o Secretary
▪ As Secretary, this person will take notes during each meeting, keep
attendance of meetings and submit notes to the President and Quinandria
Lee after meetings.
o Social Media Engagement Team
▪ This team is responsible for posting content on all social media sites twice a week and keeping up with social media engagement.
- Content Creation Team
▪ This team is responsible for creating social media content via canva to be posted on all platforms.
- IG Live Team
▪ This team is responsible for organizing one IG live event per month, leading the live and engaging with participants.
- Tik Tok Team
▪ This team is responsible for creating and posting Tik Tok content that follows trends while promoting the conference. One post per week.
o Volunteer Coordinator Assistant (1)
▪ As the Volunteer Coordinator Assistant, this person will work closely with the Volunteer Coordinator to help train volunteers for the conference and be a point of contact during the day of the conference.
o Workshop Facilitators (all members)
▪ All YAB members will serve as workshop facilitators (except the
Volunteer Coordinator Assistant) during the conference.
She’s THAT Girl’ Conference
Youth Advisory Board Description
Membership Requirements:
• Open to youth (middle and high school girls) who have attended the ‘She’s THAT Girl’ conference or ‘Night in the Blue’ event with Ms. Lee.
• Members should demonstrate a commitment to community service and an interest in advocacy.
• A diverse representation of backgrounds and experiences is encouraged.
Meetings:
• Members are required to attend all scheduled meetings and the conference. The board will meet virtually bi-weekly during the Fall/Winter months; however, meetings will switch to weekly during the Spring leading up to the conference.
Content Creation Day:
o There will be a scheduled date in the Spring for a social media content creation day! Attendance will be required. (will be a weekend)
Conference Merch Day:
- The team will meet for a merch day that will include creating, organizing and packaging merch for the conference. Dates will be announced once scheduled. (will be a weekend) Attendance will be required.
Benefits:
• Develop leadership and advocacy skills.
• Gain experience in community engagement and public speaking.
• Network with peers and community leaders.
• Contribute to meaningful change in the community.
• Develop event planning skills.
Application Details: (DUE OCTOBER 14, 2024 BY 5 P.M.)
• Application of demographic information
• Short Answer Questions (100 word minimum for each question) *yes we will count!!*
o Tell us a little about yourself!
o Why are you interested in joining the Youth Advisory Board?
o What experiences or skills do you bring to the board?
o What is a workshop topic you think we should include at the conference next year? Tell me about what this workshop session would look like? Why is this an important topic?
• Reference (no relatives!)
o Provide the information (name and email address) of someone who could speak positively about you!