* 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 November 12, 2024.] [00:00:11] HELLO EVERYONE. CAN WE, UH, CAN WE CALL THIS, UH, MEETING TO ORDER? I DON'T THINK I HAD TO DO THAT. I JUST WANTED TO . . UM, SO FIRST, UH, CAN WE GET OUR SECRETARY TOFFER TO CHECK ATTENDANCE AND MAKE SURE THERE'S QUORUM? OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WHEN I, UM, SAY YOUR NAME, PLEASE JUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE BY SAYING HERE OR PRESENT OR WHATEVER. OKAY. ARIAN SHAW PRESENT. AUDREY HAHN. IS SHE VIRTUAL? SHE'S VIRTUAL. OKAY. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. UH, REAL QUICK, CAN WE GET ALL THE VIR? CAN WE GET, UH, CHECK FOR THE, FROM THE VIRTUAL PEOPLE? CAN THEY HEAR US WORKING ON IT? ARIAN, WE WERE WORKING ON THE LINK TO MAKE SURE IT WORKED. SO GIVE US JUST A SECOND. OKAY, WELL, I'LL JUST CONTINUE THE ATTENDANCE. UM, JAMES GONZALEZ HERE. UM, SUHO NOT HERE. FIFE NOT HERE. SOPHIE? NOT HERE. COLIN. PRESENT. ISABELLA? HERE. JUSTIN? HERE. AARON HERE. OH, WE ACTUALLY ON HERE TWICE. UH, LUCY. HERE. HELEN. HELENE? HERE. IMAN? HERE. IM RUTA. HERE. MARY? HERE. ADELE? HERE. ZAINA. OH, ALEX RAMIA. HERE. GEORGIE TOKO HERE. OKAY. OKAY. AUDREY. OH, SORRY, I ALREADY SAID THAT. OKAY. AND MISHA HERE. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MR. CHAIR, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT SOPHIE CAN HEAR US. UH, SHE'S ONLINE. SOPHIA. SORRY, SOPHIE. WHY DO I KEEP MESSING THAT UP? SOPHIE, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? OKAY. PERFECT. OKAY. WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNIC. JUST A MOMENT. YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE US FOR THIS MEETING. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, QUORUM APPROVED, WE'RE GONNA GET APPROVAL FROM THE, OF THE, OF THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING. HOWEVER, OUR VICE CHAIR, AUDREY ISN'T HERE, SO I'LL JUST APPROVE THEM. UM, AND THE NEXT WE HAVE EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS. I, AS CHAIR, HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. UM, AUDREY SAID SHE'S GOING TO JOIN THE CALL AT AROUND LIKE SEVEN, SO, UH, JUST GIVE HER SOME TIME. UH, , DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOTHING TO REPORT HERE. JAMES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I GUESS THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD HAVE WAS, UM, LOOKING BACK ON THE TRUNK OR TREAT, THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO WENT? UH, LIKE ALEX, COL, COLIN, UH, GEORGIE, SOPHIE, TOFFER, M MISHA, AND, UH, AARON. UH, THANK YOU FOR GOING. AND THEN GREAT WORK GUYS. UH, GLAD YOU ALL, UH, COULD MAKE IT. AND THEN, UM, SUHO. YEAH, NOTHING MUCH ON MY SIDE, BUT SO FAR EVERYBODY'S BEEN FOLLOWING THE RULES SO FAR, SO PRETTY GOOD JOB, GUYS. . OKAY, PERFECT. UM, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO INTO, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS. SO, UH, LET'S TAKE IT AWAY, UH, FOR OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, CHAIR, UH, JUSTIN LEHIGH OR LA THANKS. I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, CORRECTING IT THERE. ANYWAYS, SO, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING, I THINK IT WAS LAST MONDAY. UH, WE WENT OVER OUR SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT FOR THE YEAR, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS GONNA BE SOMETHING KIND OF COMMUNITY BASED, LIKE MAYBE PICKING UP [00:05:01] A PARK OR PLANTING TREES WITH, UH, LIKE A LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I THOUGHT THOSE WERE SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS. WE HAD A BUNCH OF OTHER ONES TOO. AND THEN, UH, FOR OUR, I THINK IT WAS LIKE A PIECE OF LEGISLATION WE WERE GONNA TRY TO BRING TO CITY COUNCIL. WE WERE THINKING OF FOCUSING ON SOMETHING MORE LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RELATED. SO SOMETHING TO DO WITH, UH, LIKE, UH, WHAT'S THE TERM FOR FOOD DESERTS? LIKE MAYBE BUILDING A COMMUNITY GARDEN IN AN AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF LIKE FRESH PRODUCE. UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT. THANK YOU. UH, YEAH. WOW. IT SOUNDED LIKE A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING. UH, CAN WE GO, CAN WE GET, UM, A WORD FROM OUR VOTER EDUCATION CHAIR TO COREY BRADFORD ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH? UH, OUR FIRST WAS HELD, SO AFTER GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, WE WERE JOINED BY DORIS FEARS. SHE'S AN ELECTION JUDGE AND A PRECINCT, UH, CHAIR. SHE SPOKE WITH US, WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH HER. AND BY SEVEN 20, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. WE DID NOT GET TO TALK ABOUT SERVICE OWNER PROJECTS. WE WILL NEXT MEETING, AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. OKAY. UH, SOUNDS GREAT. UM, NOW FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, CAN WE HEAR FROM OUR CHAIR? MISHA? MISHA W ? HI. SO WE J SRA, UM, SO WE HAD THE FIRST MENTAL HEALTH MEETING LAST WEEK, AND IT WENT REALLY WELL. THE MAIN FOCUS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS. WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MAIN IDEA WE HAD IN MIND WAS SOME SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH DAY. WE WERE THINKING MAYBE DISCOVERY GREEN, WHERE WE COULD HAVE A DAY FULL OF LIKE, ACTIVITIES AND MAYBE LIKE BRANCHING OFF OF SOME OTHER EVENTS AT THE TIME, AND JUST HAVING A TIME, OR LIKE A DAY WHEN LIKE THE YOUTH IN HOUSTON COULD COME AND LIKE ENGAGE IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. AND DURING THAT EVENT, WE ALSO HAD THE IDEA OF DOING CARDS AND MAKING CARDS. LIKE BASICALLY SAYING LIKE, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND GIVING THOSE CARDS TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS AT HOSPITALS OR EVEN PATIENTS. YEAH. YEAH. WOW. THAT'S AWESOME. AND THEN, UM, FOR EDUCATION EQUITY, CAN WE HEAR FROM, UH, MARY, UH, AADE BASAN? DAVE BASAN? THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, SO WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY, ACTUALLY, IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GREAT. WE BRAINSTORMED A LOT OF IDEAS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY COMMITTEE, AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, SOME GOALS AND WHAT WE BELIEVE THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE. UM, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS FROM HAVING, UH, COLLEGE READINESS WORKSHOPS TO POSSIBLY HAVING AN MYC SCHOLARSHIP FUND, AND ALSO HAVING LIKE VARIOUS OTHER LIKE, BOOK DRIVES OR RESOURCE DRIVES FOR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. SO I GUESS FROM NOW ON, WE'RE JUST GONNA WORK ON FINALIZING A SET IDEA AND THEN GET STARTED. BUT YEAH, UH, SO NOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HEAR FROM THE ADVISORS OF EACH OF THE COMMITTEES, UM, I GUESS MS. JACKSON . YEAH, YOU'RE , YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE SORT OF THE STAR HERE, SO THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME JUST SAY BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, TO SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING FROM THE ADVISOR'S PERSPECTIVE, LET ME JUST GET ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THE COMMITTEES, UM, THAT MET EVERY LAST COMMITTEE MET AND DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. I WAS BLOWN AWAY, UM, BY THE IDEALS. AND, UM, MANY, MUCH OF WHAT IS, UM, GOING TO COME OUT OF THESE COMMITTEES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. I MEAN, YOU ALL CAME TO THE MEETINGS REALLY PREPARED AND HAD SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, PUT SOME OF THIS INTO FRUITION. THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, YEAH, UH, GREAT JOB FOR ALL THE COMMITTEES. I CAN SAY, LIKE LAST YEAR, BY THIS TIME, BY OUR SECOND MEETING, I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE COMMITTEES HAD EVEN BEEN DECIDED UPON YET. MUCH LESS, LIKE ALL OF THEM MET AND ALREADY LIKE LAID OUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE YEAR. SO THAT'S ALL SUPER IMPRESSIVE. UM, SO YEAH. UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, MS. JACKSON, COULD YOU TELL US, UH, CAN YOU GIVE US ANY ADDITIONAL LIKE, ADVISOR REPORTS FOR, UH, WAIT, SORRY, REAL QUICK. I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM MARY OR FROM, UH, SOPHIE. UH, SHE SAYS THAT SHE CAN'T HEAR US. UH, I DON'T KNOW. SO GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. I THINK THE ONLINE LINK, WE POSSIBLY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS GOING ON, SO THAT'S POSSIBLY WHY SHE CANNOT HEAR, I MEAN, CAN'T SEE. SO SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ONLY HEAR WHEN YOU ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU LOG IN. SO BEAR WITH ME JUST A MOMENT. LET ME TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN RESOLVE. IF NOT, WE CAN CERTAINLY SEND OUT THE RECORDING, UM, OF THIS [00:10:01] MEETING. AND SO THERE'LL BE ABREAST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S TAKEN PLACE FOR SURE. UH, SHE SAID LIKE, UH, SHE CAN'T HEAR YOU EITHER. WE'RE JUST A PROBLEM. OKAY. BEAR WITH ME JUST A MOMENT. LET ME SEE FOR SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING. AND THAT'S SOPHIE, RIGHT? YES. YEAH, I REALLY DON'T THINK ANYONE USING THE LINK WILL BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE MEETING. SO WE'LL NEED TO JUST, IF, IF YOU'RE SENT A TEXT MESSAGE, JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT THE RECORDING AT A LATER DATE, UM, AT THIS POINT. UM, AND THEY'LL GET TO PUT IN ANY VOTES, UH, THAT WE, THAT TAKE PLACE DURING THE MEETING. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE HAVING A TECH ISSUE WITH TEAMS, SO NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT HEARING OR, OR SEEING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S FINE. I'M JUST SENDING, UH, HER A MESSAGE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SENDING THE MESSAGE RIGHT NOW. SHOULD I, SHOULD I SAY SOMETHING OR SHOULD I WAIT FOR, UM, OKAY. YEAH. UM, , UH, YEAH, THAT'S FINE. SO, UM, MS. JACKSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS FOR, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE, VOTER EDUCATION, VOTER ED ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND EDUCATION EQUITY COMMITTEE? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS. UM, I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL THE COMMITTEES. I THINK WE ALREADY RECEIVED A REPORT FROM TAKO ON VOTER ENGAGEMENT. CORRECT. OKAY. SO EVERYONE, ALL THE CHAIRS HAVE REPORTED, UH, FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO SAY, UM, IS THAT I, WHICH I'VE ALREADY SAID, IS THAT THE COMMITTEES HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, UM, IN THEIR FIRST MEETING. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS, SOME CONCRETE IDEAS AND START TO FINALIZE SOME OF OUR PLANS. SO IN YOUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WHAT I'D LIKE MY ASK IS THAT YOU PUT DOWN JUST ONE OR TWO THINGS IN TERMS OF A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE WITH YOUR COMMITTEES. ONE OR TWO. AND IT, DEPENDING ON OUR TIME FOR THE YEAR, UH, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET ONE TO TWO SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS IN PER COMMITTEE. SOME OF THEM MAY BE SMALL, SOME OF THEM MAY BE VIRTUAL. UH, BUT WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET IN, UM, JUST A FEW OF THESE GREAT IDEAS THAT WE'VE HEARD, UH, IN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THAT IS ONE, UH, POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE REGARDING COMMITTEES. UM, AND AGAIN, JUST KUDOS ON COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP. YOU ALL DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN MAKING SURE YOUR COMMITTEE, UH, LOGGED IN AND PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETINGS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. LET ME LET THIS PERSON IN. I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AGAIN, ONCE WE FINALIZE SOME OF THE GREAT IDEAS, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION. UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU CHAIR ONTO THE INITIATIVES FOR OUR UPCOMING INITIATIVES. UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES PROGRAM, HOLIDAY SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT YOU ALL CAN DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. SO OF COURSE WE CAN START, UM, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THIS ONE. OKAY. AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER IDEAS, YOU ALL CAN BRING THEM TO THE TABLE NOW AND YOU CAN TAKE A VOTE ON IT. [00:15:01] UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOLD OFF UNTIL, UH, WE MEET AGAIN IN TERMS OF VIRTUALLY, WE CAN HAVE A VIRTUAL MEETING AND MAKE THE DECISION. BUT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE THAT'S COMING FROM THE VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES PROGRAM. SO LAST YEAR, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. AND RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WERE A PART OF THIS LAST YEAR. SO LAST YEAR, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, UH, CAME TOGETHER AND, UH, HELPED TO BUILD STOCKINGS, HOLIDAY STOCKINGS, UH, FOR, UM, SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT SAME SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT AGAIN THIS YEAR, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO COUPLE IT WITH A HOLIDAY PARTY. OKAY. THE DATE FOR THIS, UM, EVENT WOULD BE ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2024, OUR DECEMBER MEETING. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, IS BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL AND OPEN IT FOR, UH, DISCUSSION. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE POSSIBLY ADD TO, UH, THIS EVENT, OR, UH, JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO DISCUSS. AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE. I KNOW IT'S RIGHT AWAY, BUT I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT FOR DECEMBER 10TH. AND MY APOLOGIES, I DON'T HAVE THE, UH, FLYER JUST YET, BUT I WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL, UH, ONCE IT'S MADE AVAILABLE TO ME. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A DECEMBER 10TH, UH, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT SLASH HOLIDAY PARTY FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. AND WE WOULD BE PUTTING TOGETHER STOCKINGS FOR SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE DISTRICT IS DISTRICT K, AND THERE WILL BE, UM, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHIN DISTRICT K THAT WE WOULD BE PROVIDING THIS SERVICE FOR, UM, VOLUNTEERING FOR. SO ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR. MR. CHAIR. UM, I JUST REAL QUICK, IS THIS GONNA BE WITH THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT WE WERE WITH LAST YEAR? YES, IT WOULD. YEAH. THE VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IS, UH, LED BY MR. ROMAN AGUILAR, UM, THE CHIEF SERVICE OFFICER FOR VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES. SO HE'S HEADING THIS PROJECT. UM, AND THEN MAY I'M SO SORRY. JUST ONE MORE, ONE MORE THING. UM, IF THERE ARE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR A DIFFERENT HOLIDAY SERVICE PROJECT, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT NOW. IF THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE SEEING IN YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF, WE CAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THAT DISCUSSION. UM, LAST YEAR, THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, WENT OUT AND PURCHASED. IS THAT CORRECT? DID WE YEAH, YEAH. PURCHASED ITEMS TO STUFF THE STOCKINGS WITH, UM, WHAT, HOW'S, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT THIS YEAR? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. ER, SO I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU CAN VOLUNTEER AND BRING ITEMS TO DONATE FOR THE STOCKINGS, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERS THAT PROVIDE, UH, THE ITEMS FOR THE STOCKINGS THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO IT WOULDN'T ALL BE COMING FROM THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY DONATE AND BRING ITEMS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN CARDS, UM, PUZZLES, UM, FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS, UM, COLORING BOOKS, THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING FOR THE STOCKINGS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. UM, BUT THE VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES PROGRAM, UH, WILL HAVE PARTNERS THAT WILL BE PROVIDING, UM, AND DONATING SOME OF THESE ITEMS AS WELL. AND THEN, OH, TO COREY, YOU GO, I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN WE, UH, OPEN THE PROJECT UP TO THE PUBLIC, MAYBE PUT SIGNS THAT, THAT THEY CAN VOLUNTEER. I MEAN, I'M NOT VOLUNTEER, UH, DONATE TO NYC. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO COREY. I THINK THAT IF WE, UM, PUT OUT FLYERS, UM, POSSIBLY WE COULD GET DONATIONS, UM, FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL FOR THAT. SO I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. ANY THOUGHTS ANYWHERE ELSE? UM, REALLY QUICK, THERE'S SOMEONE WANTING TO JOIN THE TEAMS MEETING. I MEAN, YEAH, I FEEL LIKE I'M ALMOST LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD WITH DECOR ON THIS. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD ALMOST MAKE IT LIKE A SEPARATE DRIVE INCORPORATED INTO THE SAME PROJECT. LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO LIKE A WHOLE OTHER, LIKE, I GUESS TOY DRIVE OR STOCKING DRIVE, LIKE WHATEVER YOU'D FILL IN IT, LIKE SEPARATELY BEFORE THE DATE OF DECEMBER 10TH, WHICH I, I GUESS HONESTLY BE, WELL, I GUESS WE SOMEWHAT HAVE TIME, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD ONLY JUST BE A BETTER OPTION THAN TO JUST GET EVERYTHING OURSELVES OR KIND OF JUST ADVERTISE IT TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT LIKE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT I, I THINK THAT THIS IS ALMOST MORE RELIABLE. ALMOST. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, JAMES. UM, AND YOU MENTIONED TIME AND UM, I, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOU ALL. I WANTED TO ASK. DO YOU THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR A THANKSGIVING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT [00:20:01] AS WELL AS THIS HOLIDAY SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT IN DECEMBER? MY THOUGHT IS PROBABLY NOT, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU MAKE THAT DECISION. YEAH. OH, SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON TO JAMES' IDEA. MM-HMM . SO NOW MS. JACKSON WAS ASKING ABOUT A THANKSGIVING SER SERVICE PROJECTS AND GUYS, WHAT'S, WHAT HAPPENS THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, BY THE WAY? DO YOU GUYS? BLACK FRIDAY. BLACK FRIDAY. SO MAYBE WE COULD HAVE LIKE A BLACK FRIDAY TOY DRIVE AND HAVE THAT BE OUR THANKSGIVING, UH, SLP AND THEN USE THE TOYS FROM THE BLACK FRIDAY TOY DRIVE TO STUFF THE STOCKINGS WITH WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY COOL IDEA. UH, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S A WAY TO MAKE A LOT MORE PEOPLE, UM, LIKE MORE LIKELY TO, TO DONATE IF IT'S A LITTLE MORE ACCESSIBLE THAT MAN YOU AND BIRDS. BUT YEAH, UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I MEAN, YEAH, LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE, LIKE THE LOGISTICS OF THAT LIKE KIND OF JUST MATCH UP PERFECTLY. BUT LIKE ALSO WE KIND OF LIKE REALLY NEED TO LIKE DO THIS LIKE NOW IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, AGREED. BECAUSE I WAS LIKE LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR, LIKE JUST YESTERDAY I HAD A MEET, UH, A MEETING AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, IT'S LIKE THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK AND THEN LIKE THANKSGIVING BREAK, RIGHT? SO I GUESS FOR AT LEAST ME. UM, SO I GUESS WE REALLY NEED TO DECIDE IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT THANKSGIVING PROJECT TODAY, HOWEVER, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY TABLE THE DECEMBER PROJECT, BUT EVEN THEN, NOT EVEN SO, SO, UH, FOR THIS TOY DRIVE, WHERE WOULD WE ACCEPT DONATIONS TO? LIKE WHERE WOULD PEOPLE DROP THEM OFF OR BRING THEM, UH, LAST YEAR? UH, ALRIGHT, I'LL GO AND THEN YOU CAN GO RIGHT AFTER. I WAS GONNA SAY LAST YEAR WE ATTEMPTED TO LIKE DO SOMETHING SIMILAR. UH, I DON'T THINK THE PROJECT ENDED LIKE WORKING OUT JUST BECAUSE LIKE OTHER THINGS HA OTHER THINGS LIKE OCCURRED. BUT UM, LIKE WE JUST SAID AS LIKE PEOPLE'S, LIKE SCHOOLS IN COMMUNITY CENTERS, SO LIKE GIVE IT TO THE PERSON, LIKE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNCIL AND THEN THEY'D BRING IT TO THE LIKE NEXT MEETING. SO I THINK THAT COULD LIKE, YEAH, SO I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE AN ENTIRELY LIKE, UH, OUTLANDER THING TO DO. UM, AND THEN, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT ARIAN WAS SAYING. I THINK THAT IF WE LIKE TARGET OUR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS AND THEN BRING THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, WHAT IS IT, THANKSGIVING DRIVE, LIKE I KNOW I HAD A COUPLE OF CLUBS, I CAN PROPOSE THAT IDEA TO LIKE SOME CLUBS TOO. AND WE CAN ALSO, UM, PUT FLYERS FOR OUR SCHOOL AND HAVE SOMETHING ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. I FEEL LIKE IF WE ALL TARGET OUR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS, WE COULD GET A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AND GET A LOT OF TOYS THAT WAY. YEAH. I WANT TO FAST FORWARD AND ROBBIE'S IDEA. SO OUR SCHOOL LETS US LIKE REPOST STUFF ON ITS INSTAGRAM WITH LIKE 4,000 FOLLOWERS. LIKE PRETTY MUCH WHENEVER WE WANT TO, TO LIKE ADVERTISE OUR CLUBS OR LIKE WHATEVER WE'RE DOING. SO IF LIKE EACH PERSON'S SCHOOL DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE COULD SAY LIKE, FOR EACH PERSON'S SCHOOL, DONATE TO THE TOY DRIVE FOR CARNEGIE STUDENTS, FOR ST. JOHN'S STUDENTS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO, UH, YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. UM, I'M GONNA BE COMPLETELY HONEST, THIS SCHOOL DIVERSITY AMONGST THIS COUNCIL IS NOT THE BEST , UM, FOR, UH, BUT LIKE, SO LIKE I THINK SCHOOLS ARE, SCHOOLS ARE AMAZING. THAT'S LIKE PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO START. AND THEN, UH, WHATEVER OUTREACH YOU GUYS HAVE WITHIN YOUR ALICE COMMUNITY. SO LIKE CHURCHES, MOSQUES, TEMPLES, UH, OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, STUFF LIKE THAT, UH, TRY TO REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL SO YOU CAN GET LIKE AS LARGE OF A REACH AS POSSIBLE. UM, JAMES, I MEAN I DEFINITELY SEE WHERE LIKE THE SCHOOL IDEA IS COMING FROM AND IT'S NOT LIKE I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, IT, I JUST THINK I'M JUST LOOKING AT LOGISTICS AND LOOKING AT THE LOGISTICS. I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE TIME TO GO BACK TO OUR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS AND GO BACK AND BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK, WHICH IS IN A WEEK, GET THAT DONE. AT LEAST FOR LIKE MY SCHOOL. AND LIKE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PEOPLE IN LIKE COMMUNITY CENTERS, UH, PEOPLE LIKE IN CHURCHES, UH, YEAH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DONATING, BUT OFTENTIMES THERE ARE, THOSE ARE ALSO PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP. UH, SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HONESTLY GO BACK TO THE IDEA OF FOR BLACK FRIDAY, ALMOST HAVING LIKE A CENTRAL LOCATION THAT WE JUST ADVERTISE THE HECK OUT OF. AND LIKE, MAYBE THAT'S LIKE A MALL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. MAYBE THAT'S HERE, BUT, UH, I THINK IF WE HAVE A CENTRAL LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST COME AND DROP OFF STUFF, THEN THAT'S ALMOST BETTER THAN DOING IT AT SCHOOL, GIVEN THE TIMING. UM, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR POINT. WE CAN VOTE ON IT. UH, PERSONALLY I'D SAY THAT I'D PERSONALLY, I'D SAY THAT LIKE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SCHOOL AFTER THE THANKSGIVING BREAK, I'M NOT SURE THAT LIKE TIMING OR LIKE DROPPING OFF IS AN ISSUE. IF ANYTHING, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT TO JUST LET THEM LIKE TAKE IT TO SCHOOL AFTER INSTEAD OF LIKE HAVING TO GO TO A [00:25:01] SEPARATE LOCATION. UM, LIKE EVEN, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IN DOWNTOWN, LIKE AFTER UM, LIKE ON A SUPER TRAFFIC FILLED DAY, LIKE BLACK FRIDAY. BUT UM, I GUESS LIKE, I GUESS WE CAN VOTE ON IT. UH, JUSTIN, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. SO I DO WANT TO ADD OFF JANE'S POINTS. LIKE I KIND OF LIKE AGREE, DISAGREE WITH SOME OF THE STUFF, BUT I REALLY AGREE WITH LIKE THE BRISKNESS WE NEED TO HAVE. SO LIKE WE WOULD NEED LIKE HISTORIANS TO MAKE OR WEB MASTERS LIKE TO MAKE GRAPHICS LIKE TODAY AND WE CAN SHARE 'EM WITH OUR SCHOOLS LIKE TOMORROW. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON UM, JAMES'S POINT, BECAUSE I KNOW MY SCHOOL ALREADY HAS LIKE THREE TOY DRIVES GOING ON, SO I DON'T THINK, LIKE MOST PEOPLE FROM MY SCHOOL AT LEAST, LIKE THEY DONATE FOR POINTS FOR CLUBS TO BE LIKE ACTIVE IN. SO I DON'T THINK THEY'LL NECESSARILY BE INTERESTED IN DONATING HERE. BUT I THINK COMMUNITY CENTERS IS A PRETTY GOOD IDEA. AND I ALSO AGREE WITH LIKE THE POINT WHERE WE CAN ADVERTISE IT TO OUR SCHOOLS, MAYBE HAVE THEM DROP IT OFF AT LIKE A LOCATION CENTER. UM, YEAH, I WANTED TO AGREE WITH THAT, LIKE HAVING THE IDEA OF LIKE HAVING COMMUNITY CENTERS, BUT JUST LIKE, JUST BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT DONATIONS ON BLACK FRIDAY. I THINK IT MAKES IT KIND OF LIKE RESTRICTIVE TIME-WISE FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE LIKE NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA GO SHOP ON BLACK FRIDAY OR LIKE DURING THE THANKSGIVING BREAK BECAUSE THEY'RE SPENDING THANKSGIVING WITH THEIR FAMILIES. SO IF WE START IT SOONER THAN LATER AND LIKE KEEP IT OPEN TO LIKE CLOSER TO DECEMBER, IT CAN BE LIKE A HOLIDAY THING IN TOTAL AND NOT JUST LIKE THANKSGIVING OR LIKE CHRISTMAS. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE EXCLUSIVE TO LIKE ONE TYPE. LIKE I KNOW LIKE US AT CARNEGIE, WE CAN GET A LOT OF LIKE OUTREACH THROUGH OUR INSTAGRAM AND LIKE GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN LIKE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO DO IT THROUGH THEIR SCHOOLS. SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO LIKE WHAT WAY WORKS BEST FOR US. I THINK ONE THING WE ALSO NEED TO LIKE REALLY LOOK INTO IS HOW TO LIKE ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO DONATE. BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST, LIKE WITH TRIVIA NIGHT, UH, AND SOME LIKE OTHER NYC EVENTS AND DRIVES, ET CETERA, LIKE THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH LIKE YOUTH TURNOUT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO LIKE TRULY INCENTIVIZE LIKE RANDOM YOUTH FROM OUR SCHOOLS, FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE. AND DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY LIKE IDEAS FOR THAT? UM, I KNOW TEACHERS AT MY SCHOOL, IF YOU DONATE YOU CAN GET EXTRA CREDIT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS, BUT AT MY SCHOOL THAT INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE. WAIT, I HAVE A FOR, IS THIS HOLIDAY PARTY, IS THIS RESTRICTIVE TO MYC MEMBERS? YES. OKAY. NEVERMIND. AND LET ME ADD TO THAT. UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WHAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD VOTE ON FIRST AND YOU ALL AS A BODY VOTE ON FIRST IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO ONE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, BECAUSE I'M HEARING TIME, UH, IS OF THE ESSENCE AND SO THERE MAY NOT BE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TO HAVE A TOY DRIVE AS WELL AS THEN PUT THE STOCKINGS TOGETHER. MAYBE WE COULD POSSIBLY DONATE OUR TIME, UM, AT EITHER GEORGE OR BROWN CONVENTION CENTER FOR THANKSGIVING. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. AND THEN DO THE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, UH, STOCKING STUFFER, YOU KNOW, PROJECT AS A GROUP, UH, TOGETHER, UM, THAT WAY. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FEASIBLE FOR, AND THIS IS JUST MY IDEA AND YOU ALL CAN TALK ABOUT IT. I THINK TIME MIGHT BE AN ISSUE BEING THAT WE ARE JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM THANKSGIVING. SO I THINK MAYBE IF YOU ALL COULD VOTE ON THE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT THAT WE HAVE FOR DECEMBER 10TH THAT WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO OR COME UP WITH ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, WE'LL WE JUST NEED A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT FOR, UM, THE HOLIDAY SEASON. YEAH, 100%. SO I GUESS LIKE, FIRST OFF, LET'S VOTE ON, UM, THE DECEMBER 10TH SLP, WHETHER WE WANT TO GO ALONG WITH THIS OR COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UM, I GUESS LIKE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU WANNA DO THE DECEMBER 10TH ONE AS IT IS, UH, YEAH, THAT, THAT MOTION CLEARLY PASSES SO WE CAN, UM, YEAH, SO WE CAN LET THAT, WE CAN LET THAT ONE GO THROUGH. AND THEN, UH, NEXT UP, UH, LET'S VOTE ON WHETHER WE WANT TO, UH, WHETHER, WHETHER WE WANT TO LIKE GO FORWARD WITH THIS THANKSGIVING TOUR DRIVE WITH THE TIME WE HAVE AVAILABLE OR WHETHER WE WANT TO, YEAH, LET'S JUST DO THAT FIRST, THEN WE CAN DO A SEPARATE VOTE LATER ON. ALRIGHT. SO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT TO DO THE TOY DRIVE OR NOT THAT THAT MOTION CLEARLY FAILS. SO, UH, SEEING THAT, UM, ONE MORE, ONE MORE THING. UH, UH, LET'S VOTE ON WHETHER WE WANT TO LIKE INSTEAD, LIKE DURING THE THANKSGIVING SEASON, GO TO LIKE GEORGE R. GEORGE R BROWN CONVENTION CENTER OR LIKE ANOTHER PLACE LIKE VOLUNTEER OUR TIME INSTEAD OF COMING UP WITH LIKE SOMETHING COMPLETELY ON OUR OWN. SO, [00:30:01] UH, LET'S RAISE OUR HANDS FOR THAT. SO JUST FOR CLARITY, THIS WOULD TECHNICALLY BE THE SECOND PROJECT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD BE DONATING YOUR TIME. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, FOR SURE. UM, FOR THAT ONE. OKAY. BECAUSE IT CAN BE THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK. IT COULD BE, DOESN'T WE NEED TO, YOU ALL CAN COME UP WITH THE VENUE. I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF GEORGIA BROWN. 'CAUSE AREN'T THEY SERVING THANKSGIVING MEALS? YES, THEY ARE. YES. LIKE I THINK THAT THAT'S LIKE REALLY LIKE IN THE THEME, BUT ALSO LIKE IT WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND THINK ABOUT IT. THINK ABOUT YOUR SCHEDULES. UM, FOR, UH, AND WHILE YOU DO THAT, LET ME GET A BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THANKSGIVING. HUNDRED PERCENT. UM, YEAH, SO I GUESS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE ALL VOTED TO LIKE GO THROUGH WITH THE VOLUNTEERING OUR TIME AT GEORGE R. BROWN. UM, I GUESS LIKE IF YOU CAN'T MAKE ABUSER TRAVELING OR HAVE SOME OTHER COMMITMENTS DURING THIS, LIKE, UH, OBVIOUSLY VERY LIKE, UH, LIKE CHAOTIC AND LIKE BUSY TIME LIKE DURING THANKSGIVING, LIKE I UNDERSTAND. BUT UM, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DID VOTE ON THIS TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS LIKE ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY. SO, UM, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT, UH, MS. JACKSON AND ERIN, YOU CAN GO JUST ONE MORE THING. YOU ALL DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR SCHEDULES, YOUR SCHOOL SCHEDULES, YOUR PARENTS, YOU CAN DO THAT AND THEN WE CAN, YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL AND WE CAN, YOU ALL CAN DECIDE ON THE DEADLINE FOR SENDING THE EMAIL. I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU CHAIR SO THAT YOU SEND THE EMAIL WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. OKAY. AND THEN BASED ON THE NUMBER OF EMAILS I RECEIVED, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER WE'RE NOT OR NOT, WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH IT. JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THE GEORGIA BROWN EVENT, UM, ON THANKSGIVING DAY OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT DAY? UH, LET ME DOUBLE CHECK RIGHT NOW AND GET BACK TO YOU. WE DID IT LAST YEAR AND I KNOW IT WAS NOT OKAY BECAUSE TO ADD ON THE YEAH, BUT IT WAS CLOSE TO IT TO ADD ON AARON'S POINT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE LIKE REALLY HARD TO MAKE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IF THAT WAS ON THANKSGIVING. SO I WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION SO YOU ALL HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT DECISION. OKAY. YEAH, I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THOUGH. UH, TO COREY, I WAS GONNA ALSO SAY THAT ON THANKSGIVING DAY, EARLY IN THE MORNING, THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, VOLUNTEER AND SO MAYBE WE COULD, UH, I DON'T KNOW. THAT CAN ALSO BE A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT THAT WE GO AND HOLD A BALLOON FOR THE HOURS, YOU KNOW. SO QUY, I DID LOOK INTO THIS ALREADY AND I KNOW THE TIME WOULD BE 6:00 AM TO 11:00 AM ON THANKSGIVING DAY. AND UH, I DID EMAIL TO ASK IF THEY'RE, LOOK, I KNOW THEY WERE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO HOLD BALLOONS, UH, FLOATS. UH, NOT FLOATS, I'M SORRY, HOLD BALLOONS. AND ALSO TO USHER, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SPECIAL SEATING DURING THE, UH, PARADE, SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR USHERS AS WELL. UM, I DID SEND AN EMAIL, SO I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON WHAT'S NEEDED IN TERMS OF VOLUNTEERS. OKAY, YEAH. I'LL KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED ON THAT. OKAY. UM, OKAY. YEAH, FOR SURE. UM, YOU GOT IT. WHO JUST LEARNED THAT HOUSTON HAD A THANKSGIVING PARADE? . UM, OKAY. SO I GUESS AS WE FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LIKE WAYS WE CAN VOLUNTEER OUR TIME, UH, DURING THE THANKSGIVING SEASON, UM, MS. JACKSON IS CORRECT. WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, LIKE PLAN IT RIGHT NOW OR VOTE ON IT RIGHT NOW. UM, I GUESS LIKE EMAIL VOTES ARE FINE. CAN WE, DO YOU THINK THE END OF THE WEEK, SO LIKE SUNDAY THE 17TH IS AN OKAY DATE FOR Y'ALL TO CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES AND MAKE SURE WE CAN GET EVERYTHING DONE, MS. JACKSON, IS THAT LIKE AN OKAY DATE? THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE VOTED ON. THAT'S THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER AND FOR MY PART, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAVE THE INFORMATION, UH, TOMORROW IN FACT ON, UH, WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE. FOR SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I GUESS ALL IN FAVOR OF SUNDAY, THE 17TH BEING THE DATE TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR THE ONE OF THE THANKSGIVING, UH, LIKE THE THANKSGIVING VOLUNTEERING RAISE YOUR HAND. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? SORRY. FOR SURE. UH, JUST, UH, LIKE WE'RE JUST VOTING ON WHETHER LIKE, UH, SUNDAY THE 17TH IS GOING TO BE THE DEADLINE TO LIKE CONFIRM OR DENY YOUR, LIKE CONFIRMING FOR THE, UH, THANKSGIVING VOLUNTEERING. SO I WILL SEND OUT TO YOU ALL, UM, A GOOGLE FORM AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SAY YES OR NO TO THE, UM, THE GOOGLE FORM. OKAY? YEAH. AND THEN FEEL FREE TO LIKE TEXT ME AS WELL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING. OKAY. SO LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. UM, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS FOR, UH, THE HOLIDAY SEASON. [00:35:01] UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE VERY FIRST MEETING FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. AND THAT WAS YOU ALL BECOMING MORE INVOLVED WITH THE DISTRICTS, YOUR, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICTS. UM, SO WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DO, UH, PER DISTRICT AND AT LARGE, IT REALLY, THIS IS DIFFERENT FOR AT LARGE BECAUSE AT LARGE DISTRICTS SERVE, UH, CITYWIDE. UM, SO WHAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DO FOR YOUR DISTRICTS IS I WANT YOU TO START THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE PROFILE OF YOUR DISTRICT AND PUT TOGETHER, UH, SOME NEEDS FOR THE DISTRICT, UM, IN WHICH YOU SERVE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN PUTTING AN INTRODUCTION, UH, TOGETHER, UH, FOR YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND GET YOU INTRODUCED TO YOUR, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT. OKAY? AND SO EACH PERSON, THAT MEANS THE TASK IS THAT YOU SEND ME, UM, SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE COMPILED AND VERY SHORT, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY BUSY. THIS IS NOTHING, UM, THAT I VERY, IT'S NOT A HUGE TASK. I JUST NEED YOU TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TELL ME IN AN EMAIL, UH, REGARDING YOUR DISTRICT, HOW YOU MIGHT BEST SERVE THE DISTRICT, OKAY? UH, SO THAT WAY WHEN I SEND THIS INFORMATION, I'LL COMPILE AN EMAIL AND SEND THIS INFORMATION, UH, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET AN INTRODUCTION, AN INTRODUCTION MEETING, HOPEFULLY, UM, GET YOU INTO THE OFFICE AT SOME POINT, UH, TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT. OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS? AND, UH, WHEN DO YOU WANT THOSE BY MS. JACKSON? SO RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL GOING ON, I THINK THAT, UH, THE SECOND WEEK BEFORE YOU ALL GO TO THE HOLIDAY BREAK, UM, THE SECOND WEEK IN DECEMBER WILL BE A GREAT, UH, DEADLINE FOR, FOR THIS AND I'LL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT, BUT IT WON'T BE ANYTHING THAT'S NEEDED ASAP, BUT WE'LL HAVE A FEW WEEKS TO GET THAT SUBMITTED AND I'LL SEND THIS OUT TO YOU, UM, VIA EMAIL AS WELL. OKAY? A HUNDRED PERCENT. UH, EVERYONE, LIKE, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE NOTE OF THAT. UH, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A SUPER LARGE TASK, BUT IT'LL BE REALLY COOL TO GET MORE INVOLVED WITH LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL AND STUFF LIKE THAT THIS YEAR. YES, ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE MYC, SO THAT'D BE AWESOME. THE LAST TWO ITEMS THAT I HAVE, UM, ARE REGARDING THE COUNCIL LIAISON POSITIONS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GROUP IS GOING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED OR ELECTED RATHER FOR THOSE POSITIONS. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT YOU SEND AN EMAIL TO JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU PLAN TO MEET, UH, FOR THAT GROUP. AND I'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT MEETING AS WELL. SO JUST THE COUNCIL LIAISON MEETING AND THEN FINALLY THE, UM, THE STUDENT ID MAKE SURE THAT YOU SUBMIT YOUR STUDENT ID IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO FOR YOUR BADGE. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. AND SO, UH, I HAD TWO THINGS, BUT THERE WAS AN AN ADDITIONAL POINT, UM, THAT I HAD INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA AND THAT'S ATTENDANCE. BUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING, UM, THE BYLAWS, THE PREVIOUS BYLAWS ON ATTENDANCE, I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR THAT SERVED LAST YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THAT POINT UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING, THE MEETING IN DECEMBER. OKAY. AND SO THAT WAY I'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOU BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE DECISIONS ON, UM, HOW MANY ABSENCES YOU CAN HAVE IN TERMS OF SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, IN PERSON MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS, OKAY? BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, UM, AND VOTE ON IT. AND SO I'LL MAKE SURE I BRING, UH, INFORMATION THAT I HAVE ON THE CURRENT BYLAWS FOR THE DECEMBER MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT? JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 10TH AND IT'S, IT DOUBLES AS A PARTY AND OUR, UH, STALKING MEGAN? YES, IT DOES. AND THAT WILL BE YOU? YES, IT WILL. OH YEAH. YEAH. MM-HMM . AND ALSO VERY IMPORTANT, LIKE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT DO WE, LIKE, SHOULD I BRING SOME LIKE HOLIDAY FOOD, LIKE COOKIES OR SOMETHING? THAT'S GREAT. AND I WILL, WE CAN, I'LL SEND AN EMAIL OKAY. AND A GOOGLE FORM FOR ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO BRING SOMETHING TO THAT PARTY. OKAY? SO WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT A LATER DATE. WILL DO. UM, CAN WE WEAR HOLIDAY CLOTHES TO THE, UH, MEETING ON THIS IN DECEMBER? SO IT'S UP TO YOU ALL. UH, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? I BELIEVE WE SHOULD VOTE. I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE. CAN WE TAKE A, CAN WE TAKE A VOTE? I'M FESTIVE. SO IT'S A YES FOR ME. UH, CAN WE TAKE A VOTE? UH, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT TO SHOW UP IN, UH, HOLIDAY CLUBS FOR THE . THAT WAS, THAT WAS EASIER THAN LAST YEAR. NO PRESSURE . SHOULD WE ALSO WATCH LIKE ELF , LIKE ON THE TVS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT MIGHT WORK. ARE WE GETTING THE MYC UH, SANTA CAP SPEC ? YES. AND, AND ADDITIONAL ONES FOR NEW MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR [00:40:01] THAT. UM, MAKE A NOTE TO COREY. THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF THAT, SO, UH, MS. JACKSON MM-HMM . LAST YEAR ON THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE, WE DID THIS THING LIKE, IT WAS, I FORGOT THE, THE NAME OF THE LOCATION. DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER? IT WAS LIKE THE TREE LIGHTING. THE TREE LIGHTING. YEAH. AND LIKE THAT'S LIKE WE ALL GOT TO WEAR THE HATS. ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING SIMILAR THIS YEAR? SO I AM GETTING, I'VE ASKED ABOUT THAT AND I'M GETTING INFORMATION ON THAT EVENT AND I WILL KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED BECAUSE LAST YEAR, LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY WEIRD HOW IT WAS A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT BECAUSE WE JUST WALKED AROUND THE TREE LIGHTING INSTEAD OF LIKE, WE, WE DIDN'T PARTAKE IN THE EVENT AT ALL, SO MM-HMM . LIKE IF WE DID THAT, I FEEL THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A SEPARATE HOLIDAY SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT THIS YEAR. UM, THE TREE LIGHTING, IF WE ARE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT WILL BE, UM, AN EVENT THAT WILL BE A SOCIAL TYPE OF NYC EVENT. SO YES, I AGREE WITH YOU. AND THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE HAVING THE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT IN ADDITION THIS YEAR. UM, YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT THOUGH. COULD EVERYONE MAKE SURE YOU SEND YOUR SWEATER SIZES TO ME ONE MORE TIME IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN, IN FACT, UM, MY WEB MASTERS WHO, WHO'S GOOD WITH GOOGLE FORMS ON MY WEB MASTERS, CAN WE GET A GOOGLE FORM SENT TO EVERYONE? THAT MAKES IT EASIER BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH THE EMAIL CHAINS AND FIND THE SIZES. SO IF WE COULD TO A GOOGLE FORM THAT, THAT MIGHT MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. JACKSON. YES. DO YOU HAVE A DEADLINE FOR THAT? OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. UM, IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION THAT WAY I CAN, UM, GET THE SWEATERS OUT TO EVERYONE. OKAY. THAT GOT THE WRONG SIZE AT INAUGURATION. AND SHOULD I JUST EMAIL YOU THE FORM OR THE INCORRECT SIZE AND SHOULD I JUST EMAIL YOU THE FORM? YES. OKAY. EMAIL THE FORM AND I'LL SEND IT OUT. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO THAT CONCLUDES UPDATES FROM, FROM ME RIGHT NOW. UM, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. UM, ARIAN, UH, THANK YOU MS. JACKSON. UM, YEAH, I DON'T NECESSARILY, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER MAJOR FINAL REMARKS, UM, TO MAKE, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. UH, GREAT JOB ON ALL THE COMMITTEES, UH, COMMITTEE EXECUTIVES. UM, AGAIN, NEXT MEETING IS ON, UH, NEXT MEETING'S GONNA BE DECEMBER 10TH. UH, SAME TIME. COME IN, COME IN LIKE HOLIDAY FESTIVE WAY IF YOU HAVE IT. UH, 'CAUSE IT'LL BE THE MEETING. AND THEN THE PARTY PLUS LIKE STOCK STALKING, MAKING, UM, SUNDAY, MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN, UM, MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN LIKE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE, UM, FOR THE THANKSGIVING VOLUNTEERING. AND THEN, UH, WHAT ELSE? OH YEAH, UH, MAKE SURE YOU RESEARCH YOUR, UM, MAKE SURE YOU, MAKE SURE YOU RESEARCH THE DISTRICT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE REPRESENTING ON THE COUNCIL AND EMAIL THAT INFORMATION TO, UH, MS. JACKSON BY THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. GREAT JOB, EVERYONE. UH, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS SOON. SO, YEAH, AT SEVEN 17, UH, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024, THE SECOND OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE, UH, HOUSTON MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * 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.