Newport News Mayor's Youth Commission

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I always enjoy the Newport News Mayor's Youth Commission annual report, covering all of the great things they’ve accomplished over the school year.

They are the future leaders of tomorrow and I’m excited to watch them take our city to new heights! City of Newport News, VA - Government 💫👏🏾

Our Advisor, Mr. Derrick, led a 🔥 session at the RISE Conference! ✨

NN Department of Human Services, Youth Services' Derrick Williams engages a roomful of champtions during an empowerment session.

Today, we support our very own Commissioner, Sevyn, as she CRUSHED her Theater One Act Super Regionals competition! 🎭

On Monday we welcomed our newly inducted members to their first official meeting. We also were surprised with the return of beloved advisor, Mr. Derrick Williams! We took time to get to know each other a little better with some fun activities. No MYCers were hurt during this process lol

We are proud to welcome our new Commissioners—and thrilled about the great work we will do TOGETHER. Check out a few photos from our 2023 Induction Cermony!
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More Day 2 Recap… aka The Play- The pics speak for themselves!

Day 2 (aka The Work) Recap- MYCers got to hear from Laxman Narasimhan, CEO of Starbucks. Then they got down to business during their breakout sessions. They really enjoyed the content creation activity. So much so they each took leadership roles in their respective groups.

How Day 2 started- A quick chat with the President of NLC and Mayor of Tacoma, WA, Mayor Victoria Woodards

Recap of Day 1 of the National League of Cities City Summit in Atlanta. We got to hear very motivational and inspiring words from Chef Jose Andres. In the work session, Youth Delegates had to discuss a given social issue and come up with a solution that was then presented to the entire Youth Delegate collective. Members of MYC that were apart of group 10 were awarded 3rd place out of over 20 groups for their presentation!

Look at who we ran into!! Acting City Manager Alan Archer, Vice Mayor Curtis Bethany III, and Council Members Tina Vick and John Eley . Newport News is representing in Atlanta!!

MYC has arrived to take NLC Atlanta City Summit (National League of Cities) by storm!!

Yesterday, we embarked on our journey to Atlanta and we made it safely! Now, let’s see what this year’s National League of Cities City Summit has in store for these cool kids from Newport News! Stay tuned! 😎🤟

First meeting of the year…in the books! ❤️🤍💙

Our Senior Send-Off at Busch Gardens Williamsburg was SO MUCH FUN!! Now off to the next phase of our lives! ❤️🤍💙

Yesterday our commissioners had wonderful conversations among their subcommittees in preparation for a Social Justice Conference in April. We also got to know each other better through a "Never Have I Ever" style icebreaker.

Enjoy these candids of change in the making 💞

Here are a couple of wonderful shots from our workshop in financial literacy with Bayport Credit Union last week! Our commissioners completed an exercise that gave us all a little taste of adulting.

We want to give a major thanks to Bayport for such an engaging meeting!

Tonight, we enjoyed witnessing Mayor Jones and the phenomenal members of City Council conduct a great meeting.

NNDHS Youth Services

Thank you so much for an amazing City Summit! Our commissioners had a blast, and can't wait to see what the future has in store 💕

This weekend, six of our commissioners got the chance to explore the beautiful Kansas City and participate in the youth section of the National League of Cities. Here are some highlights!

We've engaged in workshops surrounding the importance of youth engagement, mental health, and civil discourse in our communities, and we also had the chance to meet some extraordinary people!

With one day left, our commissioners are excited to bring this knowledge and experience back to Newport News to share with our fellow youth leaders!

YADAPP 2022 Participants, if you are interested in being a Youth Leader for YADAPP at Longwood University next summer the deadline to apply is November 1st! Check your email for a link to the application!

Farewell class of 2022! We closed out the school year with a different Senior Send Off, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg! Plenty of food and fun! 💙🤍❤️

Join us Dec. 18th for the Annual Christmas for the Children Toy Drive from 1-3pm! Share with your family and friends. Free toys, Gifts and Pictures with santa for ages 1-16!

Comissioners spent their Thanksgiving at the Four Oaks Day Center playing games and talking with the residents. They had fun spending valuable time and giving back to their community!

Last night our Executive Board enjoyed a night out to bond after our annual Induction Ceremony!

Tune in tonight on Facebook and NNTV at 6:30pm!!

Tune in tonight at 6:30pm!!

We had the pleasure of having Vice Mayor Cherry join in on our weekly meeting tonight. Commissioners had the opportunity to have an icebreaker to get to know the Vice Mayor as well as introduce themselves to her. Business went on per usual and Vice Mayor Cherry contributed several ideas and jokes to the meeting. Vice Mayor Cherry, it was a pleasure having you at tonight's meeting!

Spooktacular 2021