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YCA Retreat

Getting Started

We voted on values, shared leadership qualities that matter to us, and learned each other's names!

Local Leaders

Though we were unable to meet with the chair of the Tompkins County Legislature, we did learn more about who represents each Ambassador on the Legislature and a bit about how meetings are run.

Later in Common Council Chambers, we got to speak with Mayor Laura Lewis about important community issues.

downtown GOOSECHASE

It was a glorious day for a scavenger hunt!

Have 2 people from each team share their favorite mission or another highlight from the goosechase with the group.

Loquatious Lemons

1. Ariel

2. Isaac

3. Banyan

4. Robin

5. Destini

6. DaQuan

“Loquacious” is a way to say that someone is talkative or chatty

GOOSECHASE teams

Apricots Akimbo

1. Jack
2. Charles
3. Noah
4. Ella Monroe
5. Curtis
6. Anayah
7. Elyas

"Akimbo” is the position where your hands are on your hips with your elbows out.

Mellifluous Melons

1. Victor
   
2. Miles
   
3. Leo
   
4. Josie
   
5. Kiara
   
6. Eh Blut
   
7. Derek
   

“Mellifluous” means “sweetly or smoothly flowing” or “sweet-sounding.”

“ What do you think is the most pressing social or political issue in Tompkins county right now?”

YCA-ers Talk to Strangers!

"YCA" with our bodies

DOG shotz

Find a Teen Friendly Event

Here's what y'all found...

A leader that inspires...

Team Handshakes

Two Buffalo's

& a Bird

Voting on Values

Responsibility

Respect

Fun

Communication

Honesty

Preservation of history and nature

lots can be learned from both. Upkeep is vital to preservation, which can keep culture, history and science alive

Continue working on what we did last year

(Community space for teens)

Ideas

Focus on some problems we are going to try to fix.

Maybe 1 issue.

Teen resources

Getting the word out so people can utilize what we have

Mental health safe teen space

Basic life skills=> becoming an adult

• Dealing with pollution
• study groups
• teen community spaces
  

I don't know what issue we should do-- there are so many issues!

Changes we could possibly make that positively effect everyone

• Student transportation (more funding)
  
• Better roads in Ithaca
  
• More mental health education and help for teens
  

Focus on 1-2 issues

Find ways to make people of different backgrounds feel more represented -- I'm not sure how but something along those lines.

Get school to be more hands on. Enfield school revamp - farm oriented activities. More inclusive.

Focus on specific topics and do group activities, discuss opinions.

I feel like we should focus on school bullying and even the school system in general because it effects every teen/kid daily.

ICSD Staff funding

IHS they are 27 bus drivers short because they are not paid enough so buses are often combined with two routes.

• School safety
  
• Youth communities
• Public (youth) safety
  

• Critical race theory education
  
• Advocacy for police reform
• Actual efforts of decolonization
• Tackling transphobia/racism in Ithaca (and getting things done)
  

Teen community space for hanging out

• More icebreakers, name learning games
  
• One project
• Pickup where we left off last year
  

Focus on multiple different problems, continue with safe space

• Safe Space
• Environmental stuff, climate
• Bringing back composting to IHS