Miami Youth Council Students Tackle Important Public Policy Issues at
Miami City
Hall
-Mayor Tomas
Regalado Hosts 6th Annual Youth Council Presentations-
(Miami,
Florida May 18, 2011)—City
of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado will host the 6th Annual
Miami Youth Council Presentations, Tuesday, May 19th,
2011, from 9:00am – 11:30am, at Miami City Hall, Commission
Chambers, 3500 Pan American Drive.
City Commissioners, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
representatives, and members of The Children’s Trust will be present
to watch the students in action as they identify issues and
formulate public policies to deal with these issues.
The City of
Miami Office of the Mayor established the Miami Youth Council in
2005 – 2006 with funding from
The Children’s Trust.
The Miami Youth Council combines community service, civic engagement
and leadership development for high school students in the City of
Miami. A Youth Council
has been established at each of the City of Miami senior high
schools. Each one of
these councils have received training through the school based
“Project Citizen” curriculum which provides guidance as they
identify and study a public policy issue, propose a solution and
develop an action plan to carry out their policy.
The
participating Youth Councils will be addressing
public policy issues and
presenting their action plans:
Miami Jackson Senior High School
Miami Senior High School
Miami Edison Senior High School
Booker T.
Washington Senior High School
WHO:
Mayor Tomas Regalado, students from the Miami Youth Council,
City Commissioners, members of the Miami Dade School Board, members
of The Children’s Trust
WHAT:
Miami Youth Council Presentations
WHEN:
Tuesday,
May 19th, 2011 @ 9:00 am
WHERE:
Miami City Hall, Commission Chambers, 3500 Pan American Drive