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Minnesota Alliance With Youth is pleased to announce that Logan Clarke of Fulda has been selected to serve on the Minnesota Youth Council, representing MN Congressional District 7.
The Minnesota Youth Council (MYC) is a collaboration of youth and adults working together to empower and mobilize young people across the state to exercise their voices, opinions and ideas and take action on issues affecting youth.
In 2013, the MN Legislature formally recognized the work of the MYC, passing into law the Minnesota Youth Council Committee Bill, which establishes the MYC as an official legislative committee, creating a system for youth to provide advice and recommendations to the legislature and the governor.
Logan Clarke, Sophomore at Fulda High School: Logan likes helping out people whenever he gets the chance, and cares very deeply about people’s well beings! As an aspiring psychologist and therapist, Logan researches anything he can about the two fields and does whatever he can to enforce mental health awareness and suicide prevention. He discovered the MYC through a current member from the 2017-2018 year at an FCCLA state conference. Logan is passionate about mental health awareness, suicide prevention, student empowerment and youth leadership.
(To contact Logan directly, please email youthvoice@mnyouth.net, with “Logan Clarke” in the subject line.)
Minnesota Youth Council members focus their impact through two working committees:
• The Education Committee, which strives to ensure equal access to learning opportunities and increase the options available for students in order to create better educational experiences. The Education Committee works in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to advise the Commissioner of Education and other MDE staff on youth issues in education, and strives to advance equity, personalized and holistic education for all young people in Minnesota.
• The Policy Committee, which provides youth with a seat at the legislative table through the MYC Committee, an official committee of the Minnesota state government. Members meet with elected officials, advocate for legislation and policy platforms that support equity and young people and hold legislative committee meetings to hear legislation directly from elected officials.
Learn more about the Minnesota Youth Council and how you can partner with the Youth Member from your district at www.mnyouth.net.
