Sounds like they're looking for youth like you! Contact the YAC office for the application! hannah [at] youthactioncoalition.org
To: Massachusetts Youth and Young Adults, Ages 14-20
In response to a 2008 outbreak of youth-related violence in the Greater Boston area and in order to incorporate youth voices into the policy-making process, Governor Patrick created the Governor’s Statewide Youth Council. Since that time, the Youth Council’s mission has been to advise the Governor in making decisions and setting policy to improve the lives of young people throughout the Commonwealth.
Current Youth Council members are now serving their second and final term. They will be selecting 28 new Youth Council members to represent Massachusetts’ fourteen counties, two Council members per county. They are now aggressively seeking to contact and recruit potential candidates throughout the state to apply for membership in the Youth Council.
Youth Council applicants should be passionate, motivated, emerging leaders between the ages of 14 and 20 who are able to make a two-year service commitment. Their responsibilities will include: attending monthly meetings and conference calls, advocating for youth issues and incorporating the ideas of other youth and young adults into the creation of effective policy.
The Youth Council has advocated on various issues in the Patrick administration; most recently, the historic anti-bullying legislation that Governor Patrick just signed. To learn more about activities, initiatives and trainings that the Youth Council has participated in please visit www.mass.gov/governor/youthcouncil or contact Anny Jean-Jacques at the Governor’s Office of Community Affairs (617-725-4020).
Sincerely,
Governor’s Statewide Youth Council
