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Youth Committee

Youth Committee
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Contact Name: Susan Wilson
Contact: Please fill out the Contact Youth committee form at the bottom of this page.

The Youth Committee reaches out to young people, in and outside of school, to introduce the pleasure as well as the importance of youthful participation in government. In recognition of our League’s outstanding accomplishments in Youth Engagement, the Youth Committee received the 2025 “Shaping Our Future” award from the New York State League of Women Voters.

The committee’s projects are designed to inspire, engage, motivate and  increase student participation in their communities.  Ongoing projects include:

  • Students Inside Albany, a statewide 4-day conference introducing young people to the state level legislative process and increasing their awareness of their responsibility in representative governmeent.
  •  Student Day at the Suffolk County Legislature, an all-day program that gives students the opportunity to learn about the inner-workings of their local government.
  • Running and Winning, a program in which gives high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to explore public service as a career.  Invited public officials discuss how they became interested in public office and what it entails and students explore their own leadership abilities and work together to create and present an issue-driven mock campaign.

The Youth Committee also oversees selection of candidates for the annual Betty Desch Student Leadership Award Scholarship.

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