Illinois YMCA Youth & Government

Illinois delegates were privileged to attend the Conference on National Affairs at Blue Ridge Assembly in North Carolina. 591 students from 34 states attended, debating proposals, sharing opinions and having a great time! Congratulations to our Illinois delegation - you represented ILYAG wonderfully!

My first event at the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce and I meet one the parent of an alumni!

Help us welcome Christopher Dayton to the Board of Directors! Chris is a Research and Development Scientist at Kimberly Clark. As an alumni, Chris brings a strong connection to the organization. We're looking forward to leveraging his strengths in administration, entrepreneurship, problem solving and strategic planning. Welcome Chris!

We are thrilled to have Monica Guillory join our Board of Directors! Monica is the Senior VP of Human Resources, People & Culture at SureStaff. She brings administration, management, entrepreneurship and human resource strengths to the Board. Monica has also experienced serving on boards for the DuPage SHRM, IL Diversity Council and Emerging Life Solutions. Welcome Monica!

Grateful for the time Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch spent discussing Illinois YMCA Youth and Government and our amazing student delegates. We are appreciative to have our funding reappropriated for the next year. And so grateful for his support and encouragement.

Such a great time celebrating the 75th year of Youth & Government and 50th year of the Judicial Program!

What an honor having our Youth Governor Parker Johnson meet the Governor this week!

How has what you've learned from Y&G impacted your community?

What did you learn about democracy from Youth & Government?

How has Y&G impacted your life?

What is your Youth & Government takeaway?

What have you learned from Youth & Government?

Have you asked your state legislators to vote YES and renew $50,000 in funding for Illinois YMCA Youth & Government in the FY 2025 budget? There's still time! Links to find your elected officials in the comments

What challenges has Y&G help you overcome?

What skills have you learned from Y&G?

How has Y&G changed your mindset?

How has Y&G changed your perspective?

Join us for one last celebration of our 75th & 50th Anniversaries!

Youth & Government Virtual Anniversary Celebration Let's celebrate our Anniversary one last time! Join us as we celebrate our 75th General Assembly and 50th Judicial anniversaries one last time as the 2024 program year comes to a close.

Thank you Representative Keicher for your incredible support of Youth & Government! What an honor to present you with the Legislative Hero Award last week at the Y's State Advocacy Days.

We are so very grateful for the support of Representative Janet Yang Rohr. What an honor it was to have members of our Student Executive Leadership team present her with the Legislative Hero Award!

What an honor for out 2025 Youth Lt. Governor, Jordon Gully to be able to meet with Senator Bryant who represents so many of our delegations including our 2025 Youth Governor, Parker Johnson from the Benton Delegation at the Y State Advocacy Day.