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Jupiter per asa. An occasion that is personal to me and close to my heart. For some context why that is, back in 2021 i wrote the initial draft proclamation that designating august as transgender History Month. I was inspired by the cafeteria riots on an august 9 in 1966. We dont know exactly what day it happened but we do know that it happened in august. I asked myself, why is it that we dont know what day it happened . It is monumental history. Why dont we know . The sad reality of it is that this monumental occurrence was so major and unlike anything that had ever occurred before at that scale in the United States , that an effort to eliminate it from records and existence ensued. It persisted. And because of it, watershed moments in the lbgtq Civil Rights Movement followed. Such as the stonewall riots of 1969. So, the idea transgender History Month began to take shape via this train of thought. I thought about black History Month and womens History Month. Now national low recognize
I first stepped into city hall for the first Youth Commission meeting, i knew nothing about government but now it is one of my greatest passions. Little did i know how much we would accomplish as a team and how much the Youth Commission would mean to me. Seriously though, it has got ten to the point where family and friends are concerned how much time i spend in isthe building. Coming back from the pandemic a main goal is bring back the Youth Commissionism we interacted with youth from all over the city through office hours, our budget town halls and our community events. From passing out candy to youth at the greatto teaching third graders about local government and district lines to tabling sunday streetss, we have been able to center youth input and engagement in our work. Another main goal was to have all our work and all our legislation be rooted in empathy and personal experiences. Growing up next to freways my whole life, im so grateful to have gotten there opportunity to explor
I first stepped into city hall for the first Youth Commission meeting, i knew nothing about government but now it is one of my greatest passions. Little did i know how much we would accomplish as a team and how much the Youth Commission would mean to me. Seriously though, it has got ten to the point where family and friends are concerned how much time i spend in isthe building. Coming back from the pandemic a main goal is bring back the Youth Commissionism we interacted with youth from all over the city through office hours, our budget town halls and our community events. From passing out candy to youth at the greatto teaching third graders about local government and district lines to tabling sunday streetss, we have been able to center youth input and engagement in our work. Another main goal was to have all our work and all our legislation be rooted in empathy and personal experiences. Growing up next to freways my whole life, im so grateful to have gotten there opportunity to explor
Commission meeting, i knew nothing about government but now it is one of my greatest passions. Little did i know how much we would accomplish as a team and how much the Youth Commission would mean to me. Seriously though, it has got ten to the point where family and friends are concerned how much time i spend in isthe building. Coming back from the pandemic a main goal is bring back the Youth Commissionism we interacted with youth from all over the city through office hours, our budget town halls and our community events. From passing out candy to youth at the greatto teaching third graders about local government and district lines to tabling sunday streetss, we have been able to center youth input and engagement in our work. Another main goal was to have all our work and all our legislation be rooted in empathy and personal experiences. Growing up next to freways my whole life, im so grateful to have gotten there opportunity to explore the central freeway on the Youth Commission and t