Creating an Empowered Youth Commission

Jessie Wesley, Tashaka Merriweather
Jessie Wesley, Tashaka Merriweather

Year: 2018

Type: PLUS Fellows Policy Brief

Initiatives: PLUS

Region: Richmond

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Description

This report is intended to help understand strategic ways to empower and strengthen the West
Contra Costa Youth Commission. It is broken up into 7 parts:
 Background providing context to the district
 Framing around the imperative of youth voice and local opportunity in West Contra Costa
 A description of methods used for this evaluation
 An evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of the current youth commission
 Key findings
 Recommendations for moving forward
 Appendix including notes from interviews and links to student surveys