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[Jurisdiction Name] Youth Commission

[Your Name]

[Name of Jurisdiction] City Council/Board of Supervisors Meeting

[Date]

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Template created by Rohan Dalal, California Association of Youth Commissions

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Why?

  • A Youth Commission is long overdue!
  • Fosters communications and engagement between teens and the greater community
  • Addresses issues pertaining to teens and youth in [Jurisdiction Name]
  • Promotes civic engagement for teens to improve the community
  • Surrounding Towns have one: [Here, Name some surrounding jurisdictions with youth commissions]

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What is the [Name of Jurisdiction] Youth Commission?

  • Team of [Name of Jurisdiction] Youth that are passionate about improving their community that advises the City Council on issues pertaining to youth
    • 8-12 Students, Grades 9-12
      • Resides in [Name of Jurisdiction]
      • Represents various schools
    • Adult advisor from City Council [The more specific you can be about this, better]

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Goals [You can change these goals as you see fit]

Learn

  • What do [Name of Jurisdiction] youth need?
  • What do [Name of Jurisdiction] youth want?

Advise

  • Youth perspective on housing element
  • Adolescent mental health challenges

Organize

  • [Name of Jurisdiction] movie night
  • Musical events at Town Hall
  • Youth social
  • Veterans Day programming
  • Holiday drive

Create

  • Summer job/internship database

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Meetings

  • When: Monthly
  • Where: Town Hall
  • How:
    • Agendas (Chair)
    • Minutes (Secretary)
  • Requires a council liaison to be present at the [Name of Jurisdiction] Youth Commission Meetings

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Minimal time burden for

[Name of Jurisdiction] City Council and staff!

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Summary

  • Civic engagement and community service is our collective goal
  • A youth commission can and will contribute meaningfully to this mission
  • We don’t need a lot to do a lot!

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Thank you for your consideration!

[Name]

[School], Class of ___

Cell: ____

[Email]