Kenosha County Youth In Governance, a youth empowerment program that offers area teens the chance to directly participate in local government is seeking nominations for motivated young people for the 2015 -2016 year.
The requirements to participate in Youth in Governance are:
- Youth must be a Kenosha County resident
- Youth must be a high school student in 10th or 11th grade
- Youth must have a GPA of 2.5 or greater
- Youth must be able to attend the monthly meetings of their committee
- Youth must attend at least one Kenosha County Board meeting during their term
- Youth must participate in the YIG Bus Tour held last Wednesday in June
- Youth must be able to attend additional committee meetings that are combined with other committees
To nominate a young person, nomination forms are available on our website at http://kenosha.uwex.edu or contact Tedi Winnett, Director, Kenosha County UW-Extension at 262-857-1931. Nominations are due February 6, 2015