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Solano youth describe prevention, civic engagement work through Friday Night Live
Summary
Student leaders from the Solano Youth Coalition and Friday Night Live told the board they launched prevention, civic engagement and peer-mentoring projects serving nearly 200 students across the county, highlighting mental-health supports, anti-vaping materials and community service activities.
Student leaders from the Solano Youth Coalition (SYC) and Friday Night Live (FNL) presented their county programs to trustees on April 9, describing prevention work, peer mentoring and civic engagement.
"Friday Night Live programs were established in 1984 with the goal of reducing underage impaired drinking," Leonardo Lopez told the board, adding local chapters have expanded to address broader youth-identified issues through evidence-based youth-development practices. The students said Solano County has nearly 200 students participating across chapters and two cross-age mentoring sites.
Natalie Salinas said FNL is organized around four core components — chapters, opportunities, outreach and skill development — and that survey results for the year showed over 90% of participants reported forming new relationships, increasing school involvement and learning leadership skills. Students described volunteer events, town halls, prevention campaigns (vaping, cannabis, fentanyl and alcohol) and civic activities such as presenting to local school boards and city councils.
Trustees praised the youth presentations and thanked staff program leads for supporting student leadership. The board noted upcoming events including a mock county board-of-supervisors meeting and ongoing campus activities. "They're busy all of the time, and they're wonderful youth," the superintendent said in response.
