People For's YEO Convening is the topic of this local Edhat, Santa Barbara article and President Svante Myrick is quoted in the coverage.
Goleta School Board Member Ethan Bertrand and Isla Vista Community Services District Director Spencer Brandt attended the national convening of the Young Elected Officials (YEO) network, “Navigating the Crossroads of Change,” in Washington, DC from June 27-June 30.
YEO, a program of the People for the American Way Foundation, is a nonpartisan organization of nearly 1,300 elected officials at all levels of government. Current and former YEOs have served in offices from local school boards and municipal government bodies to state leadership, Congress, and the President’s Cabinet.
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“Young elected officials are facing huge challenges today,” said People For the American Way Foundation President Svante Myrick, who served as the youngest mayor in New York State history. “In addition to racial and economic inequities, the loss of reproductive freedoms, and attacks on education, there are real threats to the future of our democracy. At the same time, there are tremendous opportunities presented by new technologies and innovative thinking. YEOs are ideally positioned to lead in this environment and this convening helps give them the tools to do so.”
Read the full article at Edhat, Santa Barbara.
