Youth Council Leadership Committee 2025-2026 School Year

Deadlines: 

• Friday, February  13th - Let Maggie 619-577-9066 know you will be running for a chair & which one (ex: Paloma Cuautenango for Welcome Chair) 
• Wednesday, February 18th - Send Maggie your bio and photo 
• Friday, September 20thth - Election Speeches during Youth Council 

Commitments: From February to June 2025, attend bi-weekly meetings. 

• Need to be able to commit to meetings and follow through on assignments given by Maggie. 
  • Willing to hold 1-on-1s with Maggie when not able to attend a meeting/ complete an assignment. 
• Give feedback to peers to Maggie about position. 
• Must be able to represent Youth Council at field trips, budget hearings, and weekly youth council meetings. 
• Must be able to work as a team in the leadership committee to follow through on assignments. 
• Able to foster creativity within the team/self to build own assignments. We want you to have a say in your position! 

Positions: Each position has a 4-6 (may be more or less) hr monthly commitment. 

• Youth Welcome Chair: Work with staff to welcome new youth to YC and help find their place.
• Youth Outreach Chair: Work with staff to reach out to schools and build relationships with teachers and students to give presentations. 

• Social Media Chair: Create a weekly post on YC social media to keep the community updated. Could be videos, blog posts, photos etc.

• Youth Event Chair: Help create community between peers and learn about event planning by supporting events like Friendsgiving, Ice Skating etc. 

• Youth Advisory Co-Chair: Work with staff to prepare youth peers for the campaign advocacy. 

• Other: Interested in something different? Let us know and submit the chair proposal. 

What will the selection process be? We will have a mock campaign  

• Candidates will present themselves and give a speech
• Youth will have time to ask questions   

• The Youth Council body will vote on the ballot provided 

Timing:

4:00-4:30 - Settle in, grab food, icebreaker, opening announcements

4:30-4:40 - Election Introduction - Explain process and roles

4:40-5:30 - Candidate Panel

• Intros + Speech - 2 minutes each
• Moderator Questions: Read first, give ~30 seconds to formulate answer, then 1 minute per candidate to answer the question
• At each position, we’ll call for last-minute nominees AFTER questions - Let nominees give speech but won’t ask them the questions for sake of time

5:30-5:45 - Vote

5:45-6:00 - Closing announcements

Youth Council Sweater Design: Make a design and have Youth Council Vote how our next sweater looks!!

Email Canva File to Maggie : Canva.com

Email you need to send it to: [email protected]

A LITTLE ABOUT OUR YOUTH COUNCIL 

Youth Council is a space for 12-18 year-old Black, Indigenous, and Youth of Color in City Heights, Southeast San Diego, and surrounding areas to build community, have fun and create change in their communities. We believe that young people deserve opportunities to thrive and be a part of decision making spaces, and we work on campaigns that make this happen. We meet weekly on Fridays from 4:00-6:00pm and always provide food and snacks during our meetings.

Please RSVP to make sure we count you for the food!