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Statesboro highlights youth leadership programs after mayor cites past youth hardship
Summary
City leaders and young participants outlined multiple youth programs — Youth Connect, Youth Council, Village Builders and Youth Leadership Bullock — and credited them with job placements, mentoring and recognition from state organizations.
Statesboro officials and youth leaders described a suite of youth-centered programs that the city says provide leadership training, job placements and mentorship for young residents.
The programs matter because city presenters tied them to broader goals of lowering youth poverty and building local pathways to education and work. The mayor said these efforts follow a period of high youth need and framed youth-led programs as central to community renewal.
Mayor Jonathan McCullough said, “When I was elected mayor in 02/2018, 14474…
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