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Santa Barbara Youth Council outlines leadership award and Youth Speak Out event
Summary
Carlos Vasquez, parliamentarian for the Santa Barbara Youth Council, reported the group opened applications for the Harriet Miller Youth Leadership Award (deadline Feb. 5, 2025) and is planning a hybrid Youth Speak Out event for March 2025 covering anti-discrimination, public space, mental wellness and environment/sustainability.
At the Jan. 29 meeting, Carlos Vasquez, parliamentarian of the Santa Barbara Youth Council, presented the council's monthly report. Vasquez said the Youth Council resumed regular meetings on Jan. 6, welcomed two new voting members and a new junior-high nonvoting member, and is working on two main projects.
The first is the Harriet Miller Youth Leadership Award: applications opened Jan. 17 and are due Feb. 5. Eligibility requires Santa Barbara high-school seniors (Santa Barbara Unified School District) with a minimum 2.5 GPA and 45 community-service hours; selected students must be able to attend the awards ceremony on Feb. 19. The Youth Council's ad hoc subcommittee (non-seniors) will review submissions and recommend a recipient with assistance from the council advisor.
The second project is the Youth Speak Out event planned for March 2025 for students in grades 7 through 12. The event will be hybrid and is structured in two parts: a discussion segment for brainstorming and a panel segment where experts will respond to student questions. The event's four topic areas are anti-discrimination, public spaces for teens, mental wellness and environment/sustainability. Vasquez said the Youth Council was pursuing grant funding through a Youth Making Change program to support the event and is coordinating with partner organizations and the school district to publicize the opportunity.
