Are you a Shelby County student looking for new ways to make your voice heard in local government? Applications for the SCYC are OPEN for the 2022-23 school year.
2020-21 SCYC Youth Voice Report
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Who We Are
In early 2019, members of the Bridge Builders CHANGE cohort Memphis Youth Union developed and proposed a vision for a new youth voice platform in Shelby County—a representative body to include high school aged youth in decision-making processes, solve issues that youth have identified in the community, and strengthen youth engagement in the county government.
Thanks to the partnership Bridge Builders CHANGE Fellows have forged with Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and the Shelby County Commission throughout the 2019 budget season, the new 2019-2020 Shelby County Youth Council (SCYC) will ensure that youth serve as key partners in making decisions that affect young people across our community.
Goals Of The SCYC
- Gathering youth input and amplifying youth voice from all parts of Shelby County
- Creating innovative solutions to persistent community challenges identified by both youth and adult county leadership
- Increasing youth engagement across Shelby County
Benefits Of The SCYC
- Providing leadership development opportunities for more young people
- Creating a platform for youth to have the influence they deserve on public policy and community planning
- Engaging the expertise of young people and establishing a process by which adults work to solve problems with youth, not for youth
The SCYC aims to represent all high school age Shelby County youth. Based at the new BRIDGES Youth Action Center in Uptown Memphis, the council will meet once a week while in session.
Meet the 2020-2021 Shelby County Youth Council
