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[Applause]
DELTA SOUTH.
>> Vicki Huntington (IND): THANK
YOU, DURING INTERSECTIONS I
ACKNOWLEDGED -- INTRODUCTIONS I
ACKNOWLEDGED FIVE PEOPLE, AND,
THE ENERGY, PERSPECTIVE, AND
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF OUR
YOUTH.
THE GENESIS OF THE DELTA SOUTH
YOUTH LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY
COUNCIL WAS ACCIDENTAL.
OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, A
NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HAD MADE APPOINTMENTS WITH ME TO
DISCUSS VARIOUS ISSUES AND MANY
WERE DOING SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS,
ONE MAKING A VIDEO FOR HIS
GRADUATION CEREMONY AND ANOTHER
PURSUED A DISCUSSION, STARTED
DURING MY VISIT TO HIS CIVICS
CLASS.
EACH STUDENT WAS A SELF-STARTER,
INTELLIGENT, ARTICULATE AND
ENGAGED.
SOME TIME AGO, MY OFFICE
CONTACTED THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO
ASK IF THEY'D PARTICIPATE IN A
DISCUSSION OF ISSUES NOT ONLY
IMPORTANT TO YOUTH BUT OF OTHERS
FROM PERSPECTIVE OF YOUTH.
SOME OF THESE STUDENTS WERE NOW
IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF
UNIVERSITY.
OTHERS WERE IN GRADE 12.
THEY ALL SAID YES.
AND ALL CAME TO MY OFFICE ON A
FRIDAY EVENING.
AND THEY STAYED LATE AND WE ATE
A LOT OF PIZZA AND WE HAD AN
EXTRAORDINARY CONVERSATION.
AND BY THE END OF THE EVENING,
WE DECIDED TO CREATE A STANDING
COUNCIL OF YOUTH AND I WAS A
PROUD AND VERY IMPRESSED MLA.
THE STUDENTS CREATED A FACEBOOK
PAGE TO EASE COMMUNICATION AND
TOGETHER THEY DECIDED TO NAME --
THE NAME OF THE ADVISORY GROUP
SHOULD BE "THE DELTA SOUTH YOUTH
LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL."
TO WHICH NAME I HAVEN TO ADD THE
CLERK KINDLY CONSENTED.
OUR FIRST DISCUSSION SURROUNDED
THE CRITICAL ISSUES OF
DEMOCRACY, AND EDUCATION.
AND OUT OF THE DISCUSSION CAME
ADVICE ON SCHOOL CURRICULA, THAT
IS TRULY VALUABLE AND WHICH I
HOPE TO SHARE WITH THIS HOUSE.
IT IS AN HONOUR TO THANK MY
YOUTH LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY
COUNCIL, FOR THE CONTRIBUTION
THEY ARE MAKING TO OUR SOCIETY.