Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) Mission:

To foster, develop and support youth initiative, and a strong representational youth voice in the service and decision-making life of our community, and to engage youth as resources on a county, state-wide, national and international basis.

April 2009: New video from the Youth Senate! (6 mins.)

Please watch our new 6-minute video introduction to the Youth Empowerment Project and the Youth Senate!

CREDITS: Jamie Berger, Oliver Kendall, Rebecca Mandell, Abraham Liddel, Keo Robin.

In other news... 

Fight Poverty in Africa Annual Walkathon!  Sunday May 31, 2-5PM  then Join us for Kickball game & picnic & Awards! See Walkathon flyer for details   1. Walkathon 2. Big Wigs vs.Youth Senate Kickball Game - join a team! (email us)  3. Potluck Picnic! Eat and be merry! 4. Awards & Recognition!  Enjoy the limelight! Downloads:   [Walkathon Flyer]  [Walker Sponsor Form]  [Picnic & Game Flyer] Read "Youth Senate Voices," our new quarterly publication Read Issues: #1  #2   Leap the GAP! Recommendations for Action (PDF) Submitted to AAPS School Board 6.27.2007     Click here for the 2007-2008 Teen Yellow Pages!

Shouldn’t we as young people have a voice in issues that directly concern us?

And, shouldn’t adults recognize that the tradition of making decisions for youth without youth has failed and that our ideas and solutions need to be taken seriously?

	What we forget is that some of the greatest minds in the world were teens when they came up with their great ideas.
	- Herb David, Herb David Guitar Studio

	We will not mysteriously learn how to fulfill our civic duties the day we turn 18. We are a large presence in our community and accordingly, we should have a voice in its decision-making.
	- Raphaëlle Monty, YEP Lead Team member, YEP-YOB Student Advocacy Center Board Member, Senate Forum Coordinator, Huron High School, 2003