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Students’ ‘child‑friendly La Mesa’ resource map prompts council to form ad hoc committee to study youth engagement
Summary
Student presenters from San Diego State and the La Mesa Hope Alliance showed a youth resource map and urged institutionalizing youth input; council agreed to create an ad hoc committee to study how to sustain and scale the work and to consider placing the resource map on the city website.
Student researchers and local volunteers presented a “child‑friendly La Mesa” initiative and a public resource map at the May 13 La Mesa City Council meeting, and the council voted to form an ad hoc committee to investigate next steps and report back.
What was presented Students from San Diego State University and members of the La Mesa Hope Alliance described the Young People's Environment, Society, and Space Research Center’s semester project: a searchable resource map with nearly 200 community resources, filters by category and service, and user submission and gap surveys. Presenters —…
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