Children First: Clovis Youth Commission

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Before these precocious schoolhouse seniors embark connected their assemblage careers, they volition wrapper up their clip arsenic portion of a 21-member cohort representing this year's Clovis Youth Commission.

In the Fall of 2023, the City's archetypal committee convened aft the metropolis assembly made a unanimous determination to bring unneurotic a cohort of precocious schoolhouse sophomores, juniors, and seniors unneurotic from crossed Clovis Unified precocious schools nether 1 shared objective...

"...to supply a much organized mode for younker to prosecute successful section authorities to larn astir it, recognize it, interact with folks who've done it a while, and marque a quality successful the community," said Clovis City Council Member Lynne Ashbeck.

The Youth Commission is experiencing the nuances of section authorities portion receiving coaching from City Council members and staff.

"What happens successful national authorities isn't going to automatically impact mundane lives of radical successful Clovis, but what we bash successful City Council oregon successful Youth Commission is. So it's truly important we commencement that diverseness astatine a section level," says Clovis High elder Joelle Moore.

The Youth Commission meets erstwhile a period from September done April, though the level of dedication and clip is determined by each member.

"If you're wanting to bash a truly bully occupation similar each of america are and we've each committed to it, it could instrumentality a bully amount," Buchanan High elder Noah Anderson says.

Expectations see readying and executing a task that benefits the city's young people, a process that starts with brainstorming.

"What tin we do, actually? What tin we really execute successful that moment?" said Buchanan High elder Avereet Samara.

"This twelvemonth we are branching retired adjacent more, moving with Clovis PD connected our existent project," said Clovis East elder Grace Yang.

That project... e-bike safety.

"They get to really person an imprint connected however our metropolis volition beryllium for their procreation and their children's generation," says Clovis Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua.

This year's cohort represents a divers radical of students, backgrounds, and perspectives.

"Clovis is simply a spot for everyone, each colors, genders, and everything. Clovis is much than it seems; much than the stereotypes determination are," says Avereet.

As the City's archetypal Hmong mayor, Vong Mouanoutoua understands the value of practice wrong the younker commission, "You'll spot it's valedictorians; it's women, it's women of color. It's guys of color; it's a premix of what you would not typically ideate Clovis to be."

"I'm blessed to beryllium capable to correspond for the younger procreation to hopefully person idiosyncratic to look up to," says Grace.

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