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Upper Darby teen advisory board recounts Harrisburg advocacy visit, cites funding barrier
Summary
Members of the Upper Darby Municipal Library Teen Advisory Board described a March visit to Harrisburg to advocate for sustained library funding and youth services, saying state lawmakers helped cover travel costs and that the trip strengthened ties between teens and their representatives.
Jean Kocher, program coordinator at the Upper Darby Municipal Branch of the Sellers Memorial Free Public Library, presented the Upper Darby Teen Advisory Board’s recent advocacy trip to Harrisburg and described how the program has grown since its 2018 start.
Kocher told the Delaware County Library Board that the Teen Advisory Board, known as TAB, began as a group of summer volunteers who wanted year-round involvement and has since expanded to about 35 members from grades seven through 12. "We started TAB in 2018 with a group of teens who are really interested in continuing to volunteer," Kocher said.
The teens said their annual leadership forum — a local event that brings municipal…
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