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4 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 15, 2001 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. ~~ C. <br />SUBJECT: Resolution -~ Youth Voices <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S); INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Resolution Sharron Hinton, ext. 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-0501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To provide the Board of County Commissioners with an update on the status of <br />Youth Voices. <br />BACKGROUND: Created in 1996, Youth Voices is a group designed to represent youth from <br />Orange High School, Chapel Hill High School and East Chapel Hill High School. Through <br />Youth Voices, students from the three high schools have an opportunity to interact and work <br />collectively on ideas or projects of interest in the community. All initiatives implemented by <br />Youth Voices are youth-run and youth-driven. The students determine their goals and projects <br />for each year. <br />The group consistently strives to promote awareness and increase its membership. Due to <br />graduations and other demands, the membership fluctuates. This year, with a core group of <br />five dedicated students, Youth Voices participated in the following activities: <br />1. Participating in the 2001 Youth Summit (sponsored by Orange County Human Rights and <br />Relations Department). Members engaged in the daylong dialogue focusing on youth <br />issues of discrimination and intolerance. They discussed the problems of racism and <br />intolerance and helped to identify possible solutions. <br />2. Making (50) Easter Baskets for children at UNC Hospital <br />3. Coordinating aFood/Supplies Drive for the Homeless Shelter <br />4. Coordinating aFood/Supplies Drive for the Animal Shelter <br />5. Participating in Carrboro's Make-a-Difference Day <br />6. Assisting with (6) Parents' Night Out Activities (sponsored by Orange County Recreation 8~ <br />Parks Department) <br />7. Participating in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Teen Coalition -Youth in A.C.T.I.O.N. <br />8. Tutoring for Sewell Elementary School students <br />