Youth Advisory Council
Second Story highly values the input of local youth in Fairfax County. Their unique perspective is incredibly powerful to us as we structure our programs and procedures. We have youth members on our Board of Directors and an active Youth Advisory Council.
Second Story’s Youth Advisory Council helps extend the reach of our programs and services, serves as a forum during which members share challenges they and their peers face, and gives input so Second Story can be as effective and responsive as possible to the evolving needs of young people in our community. Youth Council members learn advocacy and leadership skills and attend varied trainings so they feel confident and prepared to use their voices to better educate our community.
Youth Advisory Council Responsibilities and Expectations:
- Ideally, live in the Bailey’s Crossroads area of Northern Virginia as an enrolled member of Second Story’s Culmore Teen Center. Second Story is the lead agency for Fairfax County’s Opportunity Neighborhoods initiative in the Bailey’s Crossroads region. Much of the Youth Council’s work and services take place in and around that region.
- Attend Council meetings regularly. We meet every Monday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM ET, except for holidays, at Second Story’s Culmore Teen Center.
- Participate on the Youth Council for a minimum of one entire academic school year.
- Actively participate in the Council’s community service activities, fundraisers, trainings, summer camps, leadership conferences, and other special events.
- Provide constructive views on issues involving Second Story and youth experiencing homelessness, another crisis, or at risk of experiencing a crisis.
- Represent Second Story in your school, your extracurricular activities, and amongst your friends and greater community.
- Respect others, including their race, gender, culture, ideas, opinions, and differences.
If you would like to become a Youth Advisory Council member for the upcoming school year, please complete the interest form below. If you are eligible, Second Story, will contact you for an interview sometime before the next school year begins.
