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Council member Stevens responds to youth testimonies
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Council Member Althea V. Stevens expresses appreciation for the young people who testified and interacts briefly with them. She emphasizes the importance of youth participation in community boards.
- Stevens praises the courage of young people coming to speak at the hearing
- She mentions her efforts to encourage youth participation in community boards
- The council member expresses joy at a young person's interest in joining a community board
Althea V. Stevens
5:49:09
You did great.
5:49:10
I wasn't gonna cut you off but thank you.
5:49:12
Thank you.
5:49:13
I will never cut young people off who have the courage to come and tell us what we need, So I appreciate all of you powerful young people to be here today.
5:49:22
I know we have some more young people in the audience.
5:49:24
We are definitely gonna give it up to them.
5:49:26
They had I'm sure some of you guys are coming from school.
5:49:28
So thank you for being here and we really appreciate it and I have no questions for this
Silas Dupimi
5:49:32
panel.
5:49:32
You
Althea V. Stevens
5:49:41
did?
5:49:46
I love that.
5:49:47
She just made my heart sing, so I've been trying to get young people to join community boards because that is a definite necessity, and she heard me.
5:49:54
Look at that.
5:49:55
I don't have to harass her, so she remembered.
5:49:58
I appreciate that.
5:49:58
That just made my heart sing.