PAL WORKS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO AMPLIFY YOUTH VOICES.

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Back in August of 2020 the Police Activities League of SW Washington (PAL) began a collaboration with Clark County Latino Youth Leadership (CCLYL), The Underdog Mentality (TUM), and the Boys & Girls Clubs of SW Washington (BGSW) to provide a platform for our young people to share their stories and ask questions around the current climate. With the generous support of the Community Foundation of SW Washington, Amplify Youth Voices (AYV) was born. It began as a four-part conversation series between 10-12 young people and two local law enforcement professionals. Those conversation were filmed and we've been sharing those chats via PAL's YouTube channel.

The young people who participated in the first sessions though wanted to see them continue and thus AYV 2.0 was born! AYV 2.0 is completely led by a group of five local young leaders and this Friday, April 23rd is their next panel conversation. These young leaders are going to ask law enforcement and first responders questions about the current climate, how we can create change, and what we as a community are currently doing to create the change we need.

We (PAL, CCLYL, TUM, & BGCSW) invite you to tune in and listen in on the conversation. We will be live streaming the panel on the PAL of SW WA - YouTube page starting at 6pm on Friday, April 23rd. We will have ASL interpretation occurring in real time and then we will be adding captions in Spanish after the session.

We hope you to see you Friday and a huge thanks again to the Community Foundation of SW Washington for making this project possible.

Feel free to email Jenny at jenny.thompson@cityofvancouver.us to learn more the Amplifying Youth Voice project or visit their website at palofswwa.org/the-power-of-youth-voice/

Learn more about PAL by visiting https://palofswwa.org