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Lacey honors Youth Council members for regional engagement and DEIB work
Summary
The council recognized the Lacey Youth Council for a year of firsts — interagency youth summit planning, DEIB summit participation, veteran services visits and joint meetings with the school district — and senior members shared post‑high‑school plans.
The Lacey City Council on June 2 recognized the city’s Youth Council as members wrapped up their term. Council leaders and staff praised the group for regional collaboration, diversity/equity/inclusion work and public engagement.
Multiple youth council members described highlights from the year: joint planning with Olympia youth leaders on a DEIB summit, participation in a regional DEIB summit, visits to the Lacey Veteran Services Hub, advising at a student achievement meeting, and speaking at a joint council meeting with the North Thurston School District. Senior members—Arian, Matthew Mandic, Michaela Pennington, Eve Kumar and others—shared their college and career plans, and the council presented stoles and took photos.
The recognition was brief and ceremonial; no policy action followed directly from the presentation.
What happens next: The Youth Council’s outgoing members move on to their post‑high‑school plans and the city will continue youth engagement programs that council members described as successful.
