How we are Improving Tomorrow’s Community
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The Pike County Youth Coalition is organized within seven difference committees, which tackle a variety of issues and projects. Below are descriptions of each committee, and across the top of this page are the various initiatives that have been launched so far by the PCYC.
Civic Engagement
Community Service
Economic Opportunity
Schools and Education
Social Opportunity
Youth Interests
Chair: Ryan Jameson
Co-chair: Zach Hubbard
Co-chair: Zach Hubbard
Goals:
- Increase youth civic participation
- Facilitate dialogue and interaction between young people and their elected officials
- Increase youth civic participation
- Facilitate dialogue and interaction between young people and their elected officials
Chair: Kaitlin Paul
Co-chair: Jake Williams
Co-chair: Jake Williams
Goals:
- Encourage youth volunteerism
- Create opportunities for young people to give back to the community
- Encourage youth volunteerism
- Create opportunities for young people to give back to the community
Chair: Sam Dutkus
Goals:
- Counteract the regional brain drain
- Establish a network of young professionals in Pike County
- Counteract the regional brain drain
- Establish a network of young professionals in Pike County
Chair: Eric Neumann
Co-chair: Rachel McKean
Co-chair: Rachel McKean
Goals:
- Bring knowledge and history of Pike County to the youth community in an engaging way
- Work on issues within area schools
- Bring knowledge and history of Pike County to the youth community in an engaging way
- Work on issues within area schools
Chair: Brian Mattos
Goals:
- Raise awareness about the many things to do in pike County that young people might not know about
- Hold fun events for young people to attend, especially to foster an alumni network
- Raise awareness about the many things to do in pike County that young people might not know about
- Hold fun events for young people to attend, especially to foster an alumni network
Chair: Erin Morrison
Co-chair: Emily Dorko
Co-chair: Emily Dorko
Goals:
- Raise awareness on an issue by issue basis
- Further youth interests through education and outreach
- Raise awareness on an issue by issue basis
- Further youth interests through education and outreach
Research and Policy
Chair: Gina Abbadessa
Goals:
- Educate community on youth issues through research-based advocacy
- Evaluate long-term policies affecting the youth community
- Educate community on youth issues through research-based advocacy
- Evaluate long-term policies affecting the youth community
