* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Mayor’s Youth Council on May 14, 2024.] [00:00:14] OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA START THIS MEETING, UM, FOR THE HYBRID MEETING ON, IT'S ON, YEAH, IT SHOULD BE ON, ON MAY 14TH, 2024. CAN EVERYONE ONLINE HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. I CAN. OKAY. AND IF YOU CAN TURN OFF YOUR TURN ON YOUR CAMERA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT, UM, I'LL BE THE ONE LEADING THIS MEETING JUST BECAUSE MICHAEL WON'T BE ABLE TO SHOW UP OR CHAIR. AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT, UM, 6 21 ON MAY 14TH, 2024. I DON'T HAVE THE GAVEL. MICHAEL HAS IT, BUT WE'LL START WITH ATTENDANCE WITH AUDREY. OKAY. UM, SO MICHAEL'S NOT COMING, BUT JEREMY IS HERE. I'M HERE. J IS HERE. TOFFER. DID HE SAY HE WAS GONNA BE VIRTUAL? HE WAS. I SAW HIM EARLIER. I DUNNO IF HE CLICKED. OH, OKAY. I'LL GIVE HIM A BIT. UM, TAYLOR'S HERE. ALEX HERE. THANK YOU. UM, SAAB IS TAYLOR . BELLA. BELLA SAID SHE WAS ABLE TO. YEAH. LANCE, ANNA HANNAH HERE. MARLEY. YES, I'M HERE. OH, THANK YOU. UM, ARIAN IS PRESENT TO COREY'S PRESIDENT. SUHO. WHO? YEAH. HERE. JOCELYN, ASHA, ASHTON. AVEN SAID, AM I WRONG WHEN I SAID DID SHE SAY SHE WAS VIRTUAL? AND EDRICK HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND COULD WE GET A QUORUM STATUS FROM OUR CHIEF OF STAFF? ALEX XAVIER. OH, SORRY. SORRY, I'M TRYING TO COUNT. YEAH, WE HAVE, UH, QUORUM. GREAT. AND COULD WE ASK AUDREY TO APPROVE THE MEET THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON APRIL 9TH? I APPROVE, UM, THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON APRIL 9TH. OKAY. AND I'LL SECOND, UM, NOW MOVING ON TO EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS. UM, MICHAEL JUST SAID THAT HIS ONLY REPORTS ARE JUST REGARDING THE EVENT THIS SATURDAY, WHICH OUR MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE CHAIR WILL TALK ABOUT. HANNAH, UH, WILL TALK ABOUT MORE, BUT, UH, MICHAEL SAID THAT HE REACHED OUT TO YPAC AND THEY SAID THEY'LL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND SINCE IT'LL BE THE SAME TIME AS THEIR END OF YEAR CELEBRATION AND UNICEF AND CFCI, UM, WILL STILL GET BACK TO HIM ON A RESPONSE. AS FOR ME, I DON'T HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS. ALEX XAVIER? I DON'T HAVE ANY. UH, TAYLOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY. YOU'RE GOOD. AND AUDREY. OKAY. AND THEN JORY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANY. GREAT. GOT IT. UM, AND SINCE TOUGH RAISING HERE, WE'LL JUST SKIP HIS EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS AND THEN ONTO UPDATES FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON. IS THERE ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT? YES, WE HAVE AN UPDATE. WE HAVE MR. HAR JACKSON HERE. EVERYONE GIVE HER A HAND. MS. JACKSON WILL BE YOUR NEW, UH, MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL ADVISOR. THANK GOD FOR Y'ALL. SHE'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. UM, AND SHE'S GONNA DO A, A, AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO HER, UM, AND LET HER INTRODUCE HERSELF IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HER. UM, FIRE AWAY, MS. JACKSON. GET MY MIC. WELL, HELLO. HELLO, HELLO EVERYONE. UH, MY NAME IS JAHARA JACKSON. UH, MY MIDDLE NAME IS JAY. IF JAHARA IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER, UM, I AM SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE AND BE A PART OF THIS AMAZING, AMAZING GROUP, UH, THAT IS DOING SO MUCH TO, UH, ADVANCE, UH, THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY OF HOUSTON, UH, FRANKLY, QUITE FRANKLY. AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE THE NEW, UH, ADVISOR FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. UM, I AM, UH, IN MY BACKGROUND, I HAVE TAUGHT AMERICAN HISTORY AND I'VE TAUGHT AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. AND SO I'M A LOVER OF DEMOCRACY AND SO I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THIS WAY. AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE AND JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO TO ALL OF YOU. I'VE BEEN WATCHING VIDEOS AND I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO CONTINUE AND BE OF SUPPORT, UH, IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO JOIN THE TEAM. UM, ONTO COMMITTEE REPORTS [00:05:01] ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? YEAH. UM, SO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY UPDATES. UH, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT LIKE THE EARTH, THE EARTH DAY, IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. THERE WAS LIKE ABOUT 100 TO 200 PEOPLE, LIKE, ESPECIALLY KIDS THERE. UH, THEY WERE REALLY HAPPY AND STUFF AND WELL, WE AS, I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T COME HERE. I THINK IT WAS JUST JEREMY BELLA AND UH, FER. UH, BUT WE JUST DID, UH, OH YEAH, I WASN'T THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT BELLA TOLD ME. UH, AND THAT THEY HANG GARDENS AND STUFF WITH THE KIDS, WITH THE LITTLE WATER BOTTLES AND STUFF. AND ANOTHER THING, WE ALSO HAVE LIKE AN EVENT THAT WE WERE GONNA PLAN, UH, BUT SINCE OF THE CRUNCH TIME AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE LIKE THE SPONSOR'S HELP REALLY, UH, WE COULDN'T BE ABLE TO LIKE DO THAT EVENT. BUT WE DO HAVE OUR MEETING TOMORROW, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PLAN FOR SOMETHING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AFTER AP EXAMS 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE HECTIC THIS MONTH. SO YOUR CLOTHING DRIVE. UM, I WILL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS TOMORROW AT YOUR MEETING. OKAY. UM, 'CAUSE SO THE CLOTHES THAT YOU DID DONATE, I HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE CLOTHES TO. AND SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO BE A KIND OF PART OF THAT. SO I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU AT THE MEETING. OKAY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I DID JUST WANNA MENTION, UM, ANY LAST REMINDERS TO PLEASE BRING CLOTHES IF YOU CAN, AT LEAST TO LIKE, MAYBE LIKE THE NAMI WALK, IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT. UM, AND THEN MR. GREEN, I'M ASSUMING CAN JUST TAKE IT TO THE OFFICE AND DONATE THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME MORE WORK. I APPRECIATE YOU. NO WORRIES. ABSOLUTELY. UH, MOVING ON TO THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE. IAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES? UH, NO, NOT REALLY. ANY UPDATES. UM, YEAH, THE YOUTH TRIVIA AND I, UH, KIND OF CONCLUDED, UH, EARLIER IN APRIL, ABOUT A MONTH AGO. UM, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T THE EVENT THAT WE ALL LIKE HOPED IT WOULD BE, BUT, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING LIKE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE WHETHER WE WANT TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR IF LIKE, IF WE END UP WANTING TO DO IT, WHAT WE'LL DO NEXT TIME AND, UH, WHAT WE'LL DO NEXT TIME TO IMPROVE, UM, STUFF OF THAT SORT. AND THEN WE'RE OPEN TO HAVING A AN SLP, UH, LIKE AFTER FINAL EXAMS ARE OVER TOWARDS LIKE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, BUT NO UPDATES, NO SPECIFIC UPDATES REGARDING THAT. GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARIANNE. OH YEAH. UM, MOVING ON TO THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, HANNAH. UM, OKAY. SO THE ONLY UPDATE I REALLY HAVE IS ABOUT OUR NAMI WALK, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY. YAY. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. UM, SO I KNOW THAT I DON'T, HE WAS HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE MET, WENT, MR. DEONTE. UM, BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S KIND OF THREE WAYS OR THREE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE WALK. UM, THE WALK TEAM ITSELF AND THEN THE, THE MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION IS ACTUALLY IN SLACK. UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN PULL IT UP AND JUST READ FROM THAT. BUT, UM, SO, UM, THE WALK TEAM WOULD BE TO SUPPORT AND CHEER ON PARTICIPANTS AT CHECKPOINTS, HANDING OUT SNACKS, WATER, UM, AND EVEN PARTICIPATING IN THE WALK. UM, ALONG WITH EVERYONE YOU CAN WALK, RUN, BIKE. UM, AND THEN THE, THE YOUTH BOOTH, THIS IS THE WELCOME SPACE FOR YOUTH AND OTHER INTER AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN DROPPING BY NYC MEMBERS WILL WELCOME PEERS TO PROVIDE SOME INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES AND DISPLAY THE WORK OF NYC. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE AS A, AS A COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, BUT WHAT WE'VE ALSO DONE AS A COUNCIL, UM, IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, AND THEN THE AFTER PARTY, SO THIS IS, THIS PART IS A LITTLE MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TOUCH AND GO, LIKE WHEN, WHEN WE GET THERE WE'LL KIND OF SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL BE DOING FOR THE AFTER PARTY TEAM. BUT REALLY IT'S JUST KINDA ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE THERE, SPECIFICALLY THE YOUTH, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, I PUT THE LINK TO SIGN UP BECAUSE I KNOW NOT EVERYONE HERE IS SIGNED UP FOR THE, UM, LIKE SIGNED UP ON THE ACTUAL WALK TEAM. SO I PUT THAT LINK, IT'S IN SLACK. UM, IT'S ALSO POSTED ON THE, UM, MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL INSTAGRAM. YOU CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE TAYLOR MADE THAT. IT'S REALLY GREAT. AND THEN MR. DEONTAY TODAY, I BELIEVE POSTED LIKE A, A LOT OF GOOD CONTENT ABOUT THE WALK AND STUFF ON, ON THE MYC INSTAGRAM. SO THAT'S THERE AS WELL. UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU'LL BE THERE. THANK YOU. UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU'LL BE THERE, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR LOOKS AND FOR NUMBERS THAT Y'ALL REGISTER FOR THE WALK TEAM. UM, SO OTHER PEOPLE REGISTERING ARE LIKE, OKAY, IT'S THAT JUST FOUR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY JOINING. UM, WE'VE ALREADY RAISED $200, SO WE RAISED OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ANY OF THIS MONEY DOESN'T GO TO US, IT GOES TO NAMI, UM, WHICH IS REALLY NICE. UM, WE SHOULD HAVE SHIRTS QUESTION MARK, BUT I'LL LET MR. DEONTE SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE, UM, ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF THAT. UM, I DO HAVE [00:10:01] THE, UM, ROSTER FOR THE WALK TEAM SINCE NOBODY, UM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY I DIDN'T SEE THE MESSAGE SINCE NOBODY RESPONDED IN SLACK ABOUT WHAT TEAM THEY WANTED TO BE ON. I HAVE THE LIST HERE. SOME, SOME PEOPLE DID. I'M SORRY. OH YEAH, NO, SOME PEOPLE DID ACTUALLY LIKE IT. I DIDN'T SEE IT UNTIL LIKE AN HOUR AGO. OH, OKAY. SOME PEOPLE DID ACTUALLY LIKE IT. . OKAY. BEFORE, BEFORE YOU START SWINGING, SORRY FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO DID LIKE IT. THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE THE, I HAVE THE WATCH TEAM. I, I JUST, I DID A LITTLE OF RANDOMIZING BUT ALSO JUST WHERE I FELT LIKE PEOPLE WOULD KIND OF BE BEST AND BE ABLE TO USE THEIR EXPERTISE THE MOST. UM, AND I KNOW NOT ALL THE PEOPLE ARE HERE, SO I'LL SEND THIS IN. I'LL SEND LIKE A SCREENSHOT OF THIS IN SLACK AS WELL. UM, BUT FOR THE WALK OR FOR THE BOOTH TEAM, IT'S GONNA BE TAYLOR JEWELRY, ALEX, BELLA, AND JEREMY FOR THE WALK TEAM. AND THEN THESE WILL, PEOPLE WILL BE PAIRED UP AT CERTAIN CHECKPOINTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NEVER GO ALONE OR WHATEVER THE SAYING IS. UM, ON THE WALK TEAM, IT'S MICHAEL, AUDREY, AVEN, ARIAN, ASHTON, EDRICK, SAHE, FER AND LANCE. AND THEN THE AFTER PARTY TEAM IS GONNA BE ME, ASHA, ANNA, JOCELYN MARLEY, AND JAKO. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THE AFTER PARTY TEAM IS REALLY EVERYBODY, BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEING OUT THERE WHEN PEOPLE ARE KIND OF FINISHING THE WALK AND WELCOMING UM, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BACK AND WELCOMING TO THEM TO THIS COLLABORATIVE SPACE, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE FOR. BUT LIKE I SAID, WHEN THE WALK IS OVER THE WALK TEAM, EVEN SOME PEOPLE FROM THE BOOTH TEAM ARE FREE TO JOIN THE AFTER PARTY AREA. UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT'S THAT. I WILL SEND THAT IN. UM, I WILL SEND THAT IN SLACK IN CASE YOU GUYS FORGET THE WALK ITSELF STARTS AT EIGHT 30, I BELIEVE. EIGHT 30. MM-HMM . UM, AND IF YOU ARE ON THE BOOTH TEAM, WHAT TIME DO WE SAY TO BE THERE? NOT 6 7, 7 30. SEVEN 30. UM, SO I KNOW THAT SOUNDS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, BUT THE BUT THE BOOTH TEAM IS IN SHIFT SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UM, THE FIVE OF YOU JUST OUT THERE THE ENTIRE LIKE 12 HOURS JUST STANDING THERE. IT'S IN TWO SHIFTS. UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT GONNA HOLD YOUR HOSTAGE. YOU CAN GO TO THE BATHROOM, GET WATER, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE WALK IF YOU'D LIKE. UM, I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE A TENT AND SOME MATERIALS AND THINGS AND ACTIVITIES. UM, SO IT SHOULD BE GOOD. THE WEATHER'S SUPPOSED TO BE NICE, KNOCK ON WOOD. SO, UM, YES. AND THEN MR. DEONTE. OKAY, SORRY. WONDERFUL ADVISOR. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. YES, MARLEY, WHAT'D YOU SAY? SORRY. UM, I HEARD MY NAME WAS CALLED FOR THE BOOTH. I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE. UM, I HAVE FINALS THIS WEEK ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, SO I'M GONNA BE STUDYING ALL WEEKEND. OKAY. MARLEY, YOU'RE ON THE AFTER PARTY TEAM, SO THAT'S FINE. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH OF US. BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW. ANYONE ELSE GONNA BE STUDYING SATURDAY MORNING AT 7:30 AM THEY CANNOT MAKE IT. I'LL BE ABLE TO, I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF INSTEAD OF THE WALK TEAM I COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BOOTH TEAM BETWEEN NINE 30 AND 1130. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO, OKAY, SO YOU WANNA DO THE BOOTH? OKAY, PERFECT. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME. 'CAUSE IT'S PROBABLY EASIER FOR ME TO DO IT IN THE MORNING 'CAUSE I GOT A LOT OF STUFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SO IF POSSIBLE I TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE . YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU, OKAY, SO M WANTS TO BE IN THE SECOND, THE SECOND SLOT FOR THE BOOTH AND THEN SU WHO YOU WANNA BE IN THE FIRST SLOT FOR THE BOOTH, CORRECT? UH, I THINK NINE 30 G 1130 WOULD ACTUALLY BE OH, THE SECOND SLOT. OKAY. YEAH. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? WE GOOD? ALRIGHT, SO FIRST OF ALL, FORMAL. GOOD, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WELL, Y'ALL SOUND HALF DEAD. I'LL, I'LL ACCEPT IT SINCE Y'ALL ARE LIVE. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE, A FEW THINGS, SADLY IS GONNA BE EXCITING. MS. GUSSY, WHO'S THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SHOULD BE HERE MOMENTARILY TO, TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION. IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT, TO HAVE YOUTH AT THE FRONT LINE, UH, LITERALLY AT THE FRONT LINE OF THE RACE AND ALL OF THAT. SO I HOPE YOU ALL, UH, GO TO SLEEP BEFORE 10 FRIDAY NIGHT SO YOU CAN HAVE A BE UP HAHA, BE UP, UH, SUPER EARLY ON SATURDAY. UH, SO A FEW THINGS I DID WANT TO COVER. UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE THREE ROWS, BUT JUST THE THINGS HAPPENING UNDER THERE, UH, UNDER THE THREE, THE, THE ROWS UNDER THOSE THREE TYPE OF PRIORITIES. UH, IF YOU'RE AT THE BOOTH, I THINK HANNAH'S DONE A GREAT JOB COVERING THAT. UH, WE AT THE BOOTH WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UH, JOY HAD THE GREAT IDEA OF US MAKING SIGNS FOR THOSE THAT'LL BE WALKING. UH, SO WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, AT THE CHECKPOINTS ALONG THE WALK, UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE RUNNING, WALKING AND CYCLING. UH, SO LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT SIGNS WILL BE MADE AT THE BOOTH. SO THE BOOTH IS FOR, THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA SEND YOUTH WHEN THEY COME IN. THAT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST PLACE WHERE THEY REGISTER CHECK IN, THEY'RE GONNA SEE ALL YOUR, ALL YOU AND YOUR WONDERFUL YELLOW T-SHIRTS. UH, SO THAT'LL BE THAT. UH, SO INTER UH, WELCOMING PEOPLE AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. AND TAYLOR HAS A POSTER. DID YOU, DID YOU POST A POSTER? YES. OKAY. YEAH. TAYLOR HAS A POSTER WITH, UH, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE THERE FOR [00:15:01] US TO SCAN A QR CODE, UH, FOR THOSE THAT'LL BE ON THE WALK TEAM, WE WANT YOU TO PARTICIPATE. SO IF YOU LIKE WALKING, EXERCISE AND DOING ALL THOSE THINGS, DO THAT AS WELL AS WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE IN PAIRS OR LIKE GROUPS OF THREE AT ALONG THE WALK FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY CHEER PEOPLE ON HAND OFF SNAGS, GIVE THEM ENCOURAGING WORDS, ALL THAT WHO WENT LAST YEAR. OKAY? UH, WE ALSO NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A DOG BOWLER TWO, IF YOU WERE THERE LAST YEAR, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED. UH, SO WE HAVE, WE NEED TO GET A DOG BOWL. UH, LONG STORY SHORT, WE MS. JACKSON. WE HAD SOMEONE THAT BOUGHT A DOG LAST YEAR AND THE DOG ONLY LASTED FOR TWO MINUTES IN THE WALK. AND IT WAS A VERY LONG, IT WAS A VERY LONG WALK FOR THAT DOG. VERY LONG DAY. UH, WE WERE DRAGGING THE DOG LITERALLY NOT WEED THEM. UH, SO GOT THAT. AND THEN AFTER PARTY, I'M TRYING TO THINK, I NEED YOU ALL'S FEEDBACK. UH, WE WANT AFTER PARTY TO BE EXCITING. UM, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT GETTING LIKE THOSE BEACH BALLS TO KINDA LIKE EN EN ENGAGE. WHAT ELSE IS GONNA GET YOU ALL ENGAGED AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU ALL WANT TO BE THERE? I KNOW YOU DO. IT'S GONNA BE EARLY BEACH BALLS. I DON'T THIS. OKAY, SO WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE ENGAGING YOUTH, THIS IS MY THING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE YOUTH THERE, IT'S GONNA, I DON'T WANNA SAY NOT THE ELDERLY, BUT IT'S GONNA BE ADULTS THERE AS WELL. , THERE'S NO, THERE'S GONNA BE ADULTS THERE AS WELL. AND SO I DON'T WANNA, AND LIKE, SO I WANTED TO MAKE IT LIKE WHERE EVEN THE ADULTS COULD BE INTERACTIVE. MM-HMM. LIKE I KNOW WE'RE HERE FOR THE YOUTH. MM-HMM. UM, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE, THE ADULTS ARE LIKE, OKAY, WHY DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CARDI BBA AND THE STALLION PLANT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE STUFF LIKE THAT. SO MAYBE NOT THEM, BUT I'M JUST SAYING LIKE I, THAT'S WHY I WAS KIND OF THINKING OF SOMETHING THAT MAYBE COULD BE UNIVERSAL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO ENGAGE EVERYONE. YEAH. BUT ALSO WILL WORK FOR YOUTH FOR SURE. AND I THINK THE DJ, THE DJ'S PRETTY GOOD. I THINK HE'LL HAVE A GOOD BALANCE ON THAT AS WELL. UH, IN CASE HANNAH WANTS TO MAKE ALL THE MUSIC TOO, SO SHE HAS A, BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S CERTAIN WAYS. UH, BUT BEFORE WE LEAVE HERE, AND JOY, I DID EXPRESS TO MS. JACKSON, UH, THE CONCERNS FOR THE POSTER. SO, BUT BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ALL THE SUPPLIES NECESSARY SO THEY CAN BE ORDERED. UH, MR. PAUL'S GONNA BE AT WALMART AT LIKE 5:00 AM SO YOU GOTTA, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE'S, THAT HE GETS EVERYTHING THAT MORNING. ALL RIGHT. UH, BUT THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, ANY QUESTIONS, ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL AREN'T AWARE OF, PLEASE LET MYSELF HANDLE ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE AN EXCITING TIME. UH, AND WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL A PART AND, AND BE THERE AS WELL. QUICK QUESTION, AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE JUST KIND OF ASKING FOR LIKE THOUGHTS AND INPUT. SO ORIGINALLY WHAT THE PLAN WAS WAS, UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE POSTED ON MY STORY LIKE, LIKE MY OWN PERSONAL INSTAGRAM. IT'S ON THE NYC INSTAGRAM. UM, BUT DO YOU GUYS THINK INSTEAD OF JUST USING THE, BECAUSE REALLY ON THE ROSTER FOR THE WALK RIGHT NOW, NOW IT'S JUST LIKE COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO DO YOU THINK THAT IT'D BE A BETTER, 'CAUSE THE IDEA WAS WITH THE DJ THAT ONCE PEOPLE WERE LIKE REGISTERED ON THE WALK TEAM, WE'D HAVE THEIR INFORMATION. WE'D SEND LIKE A MASS EMAIL BEING LIKE, HEY, YOU REGISTERED FOR THE WALK, UM, FILL LIKE THIS GOOGLE FORM THAT'S YOUR FAVORITE. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG? SO THAT DJ CAN PLAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, HELP PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE REALLY INTERACTING AND A PART OF THIS. DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO JUST DO LIKE ONE OF THOSE STORY NOT POLLS, BUT WHATEVER IT IS ON INSTAGRAM AND, AND HAVE TOFFER POSTS THAT BEING LIKE, UM, OH, YOU KNOW, HEY YOUTH, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG? YOU MIGHT HEAR AT THE NAMI WALK IN AND THAT WAY THAT CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO SIGN UP AS WELL AS THAT'S HOW WE CAN GET THOSE SONGS IN. DOES THAT WORK? DO WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA? OKAY, GREAT. I'LL EVEN, I'LL TEXT TO, I KNOW HE IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, STUDYING OR SOMETHING, BUT, UM, I'LL, HUH, OH, HE'S AT WORK. OH, MAKING THAT BREAD PERIOD. UM, BUT I WILL ASK HIM TO POST THAT WITHIN LIKE, YOU KNOW, AROUND MAYBE THURSDAY, FRIDAY. UM, ALSO JUST TO GIVE THE DJ A HEADS UP SO WE'RE NOT LIKE THROWING 400 SONGS ON HIM AT ONCE. GREAT. THANKS GUYS. I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ADD WHATEVER STORY TOP OR POSTS TO YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SO WE CAN GET MORE, UH, HITS OUT THERE AS WELL. SO. GREAT. AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST WANTED TO ASK JUST LIKE A LAST MINUTE QUESTION IF EVERYONE'S STILL ABLE TO GO, WHO IS CURRENTLY SIGNED UP AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON TIMING AS WELL? THE, OH, SORRY. THE AFTER PART. SO THE WALK WILL PROBABLY, DEPENDING ON HOW FAST PEOPLE WALK, IT'LL PROBABLY PROBABLY BE OVER 10, 10 30. SO LET'S SAY LIKE THAT'S WHEN THE WALK, I MEAN WHEN THE AFTER PARTY WILL START. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, THE AFTER PARTY IS KIND OF SELF-SUFFICIENT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. LIKE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, IT'S 11 15, 11 30, I HAVE TO GO. ABSOLUTELY. BUT, UM, I GUESS UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT YEAH, SO 10 30 OR IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT SUPER EARLY THAT MORNING, A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, WHATEVER, AND YOU CAN'T COME TILL 10 30 THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL WORK AS WELL. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH HANNAH. [00:20:02] AND MOVING ON TO THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. OUR CHAIR, LANCE ISN'T CURRENTLY HERE, BUT I'LL TAKE OVER. THERE AREN'T ANY NEW UPDATES, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO MEET WITH OUR ADVISOR TO DISCUSS POSSIBLY HOSTING ANOTHER VOTER REGISTRATION EVENT OR JUST ANOTHER SERVICEING PROJECT THIS MONTH LEADING INTO THE NEXT MONTH AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY LAST MINUTE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT ANYONE HAS? OKAY, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON AND NOW INTO ADVISOR REPORTS. UM, MR. I'LL JUST MOVE ON TO MR. GREEN JUST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK MS. BAKER IS HERE. UH, MR. GREEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST MINUTE REPORTS? NOT, NOT ANY LAST MINUTE REPORTS, BUT I MAY HAVE A SERVICE LINE PROJECT FOR THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE. UM, I'LL GET WITH MS. JACKSON AND THEN MS. JACKSON AND I WILL GET WITH YOU GUYS TO, TO DISCUSS IT. I GOT, I GOT APPROACHED BY, UH, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO PARTNER WITH US WHEN IT PERTAINS TO VOTER EDUCATION. AND THEN WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ALSO LOOP IN MS. BAKER AS WELL, JUST 'CAUSE SHE OF COURSE, OF COURSE. YES SIR. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'LL, MR. DIONTE, YOU ALREADY SPOKE, BUT I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR BACK TO YOU JUST 'CAUSE I NOTICED THAT SOME GUESTS WALKED IN. YES. IF YOU WANNA GIVE THE FLOOR TO THEM. YES. SO, UH, EX EXCITE. THANK YOU. IS IT CHAIR FOR TODAY? WHAT IS IT? VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR. UH, SO I, AS I SAID A SECOND, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT SATURDAY, SO WE ALL SMILING ABOUT SATURDAY, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. JUST CHECKING. ALL RIGHT. UH, MS. GUNEY, SHE'S THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR NAMI GREATER HOUSTON. UH, SHE'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND, UH, SHE'S BEEN A JOY TO WORK WITH, EXCITED ABOUT YOU ALL BEING THERE. SO CAN WE PLEASE WELCOME HER, MS. FULLER, PLEASE? PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I AM SO IMPRESSED. I JUST NEED A SECOND. OKAY. YOU ALL ARE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE STATUS RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME JUST A FEW MOMENTS OF YOUR TIME. THANK YOU DEONTAY, UM, FOR TAKING MY CALL AND EVEN THE CONSIDERATION. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, NAMI WHOM I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO SERVE AS THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND ALSO THE NAMI ANNUAL WALK MANAGER IS THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS GREATER HOUSTON. WE ARE THE NATION'S OLDEST AND THE NATION'S LARGEST GROUP THAT EDUCATES FROM A GRASSROOTS PERSPECTIVE ON MENTAL HEALTH. MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTS US ALL. I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW A CLASSMATE, A FAMILY MEMBER, A CHURCH MEMBER, A COMMUNITY CENTER GOER, SOMEWHAT MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTS US ALL, ESPECIALLY THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED SINCE, UH, POST WALK. SO OUR NEED, THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND IS THERE, UM, TO ADDRESS YOUNG ADULTS WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ESPECIALLY. SO THIS YEAR WE REALLY WANTED TO PUT A FOCUS AROUND YOU, YOUR AGE GROUP MORE SPECIFICALLY. NOT THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT US ALL, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING TO THE FOREFRONT THE WORK THAT YOU DO, THAT YOU ARE CONSCIOUS AND THAT YOU ARE COGNIZANT OF WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. AND SO WHO BETTER TO DO THAT THAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE YOU OUT FRONT. SO LIKE DEONTAY MENTIONED, ON SATURDAY, WE WILL HAVE OUR 19TH ANNUAL WALK THAT WILL CELEBRATE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2,500 TO 3000 PERSONS WILL BE THERE. UM, MS. SARAH WHITMEYER, WHO IS THE DAUGHTER OF OUR CURRENT, UH, MAYOR JOHN WHITMEYER, IS ON OUR BOARD. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT WE'VE NOW BEEN INFORMED THAT MAYOR WHITMEYER WILL BE THERE WALKING ON HER TEAM AND HELPING US TO RAISE THE CAUSE. I WANT YOU ALL, ESPECIALLY TO WELCOME AS YOU COME TO PARTICIPATE MS. MORGAN PRICE. SOME OF YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE, SHE IS A, A COLLEAGUE OF YOURS. AGE-WISE, I THINK MORGAN WILL BE 19 IN JUNE. IT'S THE YOUNGEST GRAND MARSHALL WALK MARSHALL THAT WE WILL EVER HAVE HAD IN NAMI HISTORY, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING HER FROM NASHVILLE. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE FISK UNIVERSITY GYMNASTICS TEAM, AND IT'S THE FIRST HBCU TO HAVE A GYM, UH, GYMNASTICS TEAM. SHE HAS NOW BECOME THE FIRST USA ALL AROUND GYMNAST CHAMPION NATIONAL CHAMPION, JUST NOT THAT LONG AGO. SO SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE CELEBRATING WITH US. SHE'S GONNA CUT THE RIBBON FOR US ON THE 18TH AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START THE WALK. YOU ARE GONNA SEE EVERY COHORT YOU CAN IMAGINE, EVERY AGE DEMOGRAPHIC. YOU'RE GONNA SEE PUPPIES, YOU'RE GONNA SEE BABIES, YOU'RE GONNA SEE PEOPLE ON ROLLATORS, YOU MAY SEE SOME PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE YOUTH MUCH LIKE YOURSELF. JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA HAS SENT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OUT TO ALL 32 CHAPTERS. SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM WILL BE PARTICIPATING, BUT THEY'VE SENT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OUT. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING HAVING YOU ALL, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN TENT, UM, WE'VE ORDERED SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU, SOTA WILL BE NEXT DOOR TO YOU. THEY ARE SPONSORING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FREE SAMPLES AND WE REALLY WANNA BRING ATTENTION AND AWARENESS TO THE NEEDS OF [00:25:01] OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE TALKING ABOUT IT. WE DON'T WANNA BE YOUR BEST ADVOCATE. WE WANT YOU TO BECOME YOUR BEST ADVOCATE. SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE LEADERS, YOUR STUDENT LEADERS, YOU'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THE CLASSES THAT CAN INFLUENCE AND THAT CAN HELP TO PERSUADE THE MASSES TO LEAD 'EM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WILL BE SENDING OVER TO DEONTAY TOMORROW MORNING, ALL OF THE LOGISTICAL INFORMATION SO YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TIME WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO BE THERE. UM, WE THANK YOU FOR WEARING THE PHENOMENAL SHIRTS THAT ARE BEING DESIGNED RIGHT NOW, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE. YOU ALL ARE OUR FUTURE. WE HAVE A PROGRAM MORE SPECIFICALLY CALLED NAMI ON CAMPUS, WHERE WE HAVE CHART CHARTERED CHAPTERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH. NAMI ON CAMPUS IS COLLEGIATE AND NAMI, UH, WHAT'S IT CALLED? NAMI, OH GOSH, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF IT. PREP. THAT'S IT. NAMI PREP IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTER. SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CHARTING THOSE, I'M HAPPY TO HELP SUPPORT YOU ON THAT. SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M, I'M OPEN TO THAT AND IF NOT, THEN I AM JUST A PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL AWAY. AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE YOU OFF THE FLOOR? BACK TO YOU VICE CHAIR? YES, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING INCREDIBLY THOROUGH. THOROUGH AND I CAN PERSONALLY SAY I'M VERY EXCITED TO ATTEND. UM, AS FOR THAT, WITH THE END OF ADVISOR REPORTS, MOVING ON TO JUST UPCOMING EVENTS. OH, I THINK IT'S JUST, UM, MOVING ON TO UPCOMING EVENTS. WE JUST HAVE THE NAMI WALK, SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND LAST MINUTE. UM, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ATTEND. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF LOVE PUT INTO THIS EVENT, SO PLEASE ATTEND ONTO PROGRAM MANAGER. FINAL REMARKS. MR. GREEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST REMARKS? JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO THE END OF YOU GUYS' TERM AND, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMA YOU BETTER CRY. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB. UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GRADUATING, UM, SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST CLAP FOR YOU SOMETHING. I MEAN SOME OF Y'ALL GRADUATED OR BROTHER DON'T EVEN KNOW, BUT THE DATE RATHER. UM, BUT I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. UM, I'M LEAVING YOU IN VERY CAPABLE HANDS OF MS. JACKSON. UM, OBVIOUSLY I'LL STILL BE HERE, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU MOVING FORWARD. THOSE THAT ARE GOING OFF TO SCHOOL AND THOSE THAT WILL BE COMING BACK. I'LL SEE YOUR LOVELY FACES, UH, VERY SHORTLY. SO, UH, WITH THAT I'LL SEE EVERYONE ON SATURDAY WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE, UH, READY TO WALK AND HYPE IT UP. ALRIGHT, . YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. GREEN. UH, MS. JACKSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANNA MAKE? I DO NOT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY, UH, FOR AN VERY IMPORTANT WALK AND, UH, JUST EXCITED TO BE A PART OF, UH, THE CONVERSATION, UH, FOR MENTAL, UH, ILLNESS IN THIS COUNTRY. SO JUST SUPER EXCITED FOR SATURDAY AND VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AS THE ADVISOR. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE STILL DO HAVE A MEETING NEXT JUNE. UM, THAT CAN EITHER BE JUST A GENERAL BODY MEETING WHERE WE CAN ALSO USE THAT TIME TO DISCUSS ANY LIKE AMENDMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT THE LIKE EDITING SUBCOMMITTEE IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF EDITING BYLAWS FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING, UM, MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL COHORT. UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MEETING SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD JUST BE ANOTHER GENERAL BODY MEETING OR WHETHER IT SHOULD JUST BE AN EDITING DAY? ALEX XAVIER HAS A QUESTION. YEAH, ALEX XAVIER? UH, YES. TWO QUESTIONS. ARE WE GONNA GO, ARE WE GONNA BE ACTIVE THROUGH THE WHOLE MONTH OF JUNE AND THEN CLOSE IT OFF IN JULY? I BELIEVE WE, THAT'S THE WAY WE DID IT LAST YEAR OR ARE WE CLOSING IT OFF IN JUNE? YEAH, I THINK WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AS LIKE AN MYC. UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY LIKE COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? ALEX XAVIER? UH, DO YOU WANNA LEAD IT? YEAH, WELL I JUST KIND OF SEE WHERE EVERYONE IS. I MEAN, IT ALL JUST DEPENDS TOO BECAUSE IF WE DO HAVE THIS REFORMATION MEETING AND, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ATTENDANCE AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IN JULY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE WITH YOUR FAMILIES, UM, ENJOYING YOUR LIFE AS AN ALUMNI. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE KIND OF WHERE EVERYONE IS IN TERMS OF VACATIONS IN JULY. UM, AND IF NOT WE CAN LIKE END IT OFF IN, IN JUNE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. DOES ANYONE WANT TO LIKE MENTION IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT TO [00:30:01] A JULY MEETING OR MAYBE PUT IT IN SLACK? UM, ALEXANDER, WHY DON'T YOU POSE THAT QUESTION AND PUT IT IN SLACK AND WE EVERYONE ANSWER? OKAY, WILL DO. GOT IT. UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY LAST MINUTE COMMENTS OR CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, GOT IT. UM, IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN OH WE DO. I CAN'T SEE THE BOARD, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING ME. YEAH, SUE, WHO? OH YEAH, SO IF YOU WANT TO LIKE, UH, DO THE MYC NEXT YEAR TO BEGIN OUR NEXT TERM, UH, DO WE HAVE TO LIKE DO ANOTHER APPLICATION OR HOW WILL THAT WORD? HMM, I BELIEVE SO. DOES MR. GREEN WANNA TAKE IT? YEAH, THERE WILL BE AN , THERE WILL BE ANOTHER APPLICATION THAT YOU WOULD, IT'S A SEPARATE APPLICATION, SO, UH, BUT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER APPLICATION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO FILL OUT. JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. ALRIGHT, MR. GREEN, COULD YOU ALSO DISCUSS, UM, WHEN APPLICATIONS WILL GO LIVE AS WELL? TYPICALLY APPLICATIONS, UH, GO LIVE THE END OF JULY, FIRST PART OF AUGUST. UM, SO I DON'T SEE WHY THAT WOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. UM, LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, UM, THOSE RETURNING FOLKS THAT LET US KNOW THAT THEY ARE RETURNING, UH, WE WOULD ASK THEM TO HELP US INTERVIEW AND QUESTION SOME OF THE, UH, INTERESTED CANDIDATES OF MYC. UM, SO I THINK THAT PROCESS IS GONNA BE THE SAME AS IT WAS, UH, LAST YEAR AS WELL WITH MS. JACKSON. I'M SPEAKING FOUR, I'M SORRY, BUT WITH MS. JACKSON. I, I CAN SEE IT BEING THE SAME LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR. GOT IT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, ANY LAST MINUTE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? OH, ALEX, XAVIER. OH, UH, ARIAN, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I'M MOST LIKELY NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE, UH, JUNE, UH, LIKE THE JUNE MEETING IF IT'S HELD ON LIKE THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE. BUT I'LL STILL PROBABLY BE, I'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO GO TO ANY EVENTS THAT WE HOLD THAT MONTH, JUST NOT LIKE THAT WEEK. ARE WE OKAY WITH TAKING QUICK QUESTION? YEAH. IS H-I-S-D-H-I-D IS Y'ALL'S GRADUATION THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE? I THINK MOST HISD HIGH SCHOOLS ARE GRADUATING THAT FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. LIKE YOU, LIKE HOW WE GET OUT ON JUNE 5TH? MOST ARE LIKE THE SEVENTH THROUGH THE NINTH, SO THAT LIKE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. SO NO QUESTION MARK. OKAY. UH, 'CAUSE IF NOT, I MEAN, WE CAN ALWAYS SHOOT FOR LIKE THE THIRD WEEKEND OF JUNE BECAUSE I THINK EVERYONE WILL PROBABLY BE OUTTA SCHOOL BY THEN AS WELL. YEAH, THAT SHOULD WORK FOR MOST PEOPLE. BUT I'LL, I'LL SEND A MESSAGE IN THE SLACK CHANNEL. GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, ANY OTHER LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? OKAY, IF THAT'S IT. UH, MY LAST REMARKS ARE JUST PLEASE ATTEND THE NAMI EVENT AND PLEASE RESPOND TO ALEX XAVIER'S MESSAGE ONTO WHETHER OR NOT WHAT THE JUNE AND JULY MEETINGS, IF THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND AS FOR THAT, I MOVED TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 6 53. OKAY. TODAY IS GREAT. GREAT. UM, HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE. GOOD LUCK WITH FINALS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.