City Of Brownsville Launches Youth Advisory Board

The City of Brownsville is proud to announce the launch of its newly created Youth Advisory Board, an initiative aimed at empowering high school students to become active voices in shaping the city’s future. This program is designed to cultivate leadership skills and encourage young people to participate in local governance.

The Youth Advisory Board is open to 11th—and 12th-grade students in good standing at any public, private, charter, or study-at-home program in the Brownsville area. By joining, students will have the opportunity to participate in city planning processes, learn how to conduct meetings and collaborate on new and ongoing initiatives within the city.

“We hope to help them learn how to run a meeting and understand what’s happening in the city. We would love for them to come up with initiatives and weigh in on current projects like our Parks Master Plan and Downtown Master Plan,” said Deputy City Manager Alan Guard. “This Board will allow young people to give us their feedback, provide fresh ideas, and learn how to be future leaders in Brownsville.”

This initiative provides high school students a platform to step up, get involved, and contribute to meaningful changes in their community. The city is hopeful that the Youth Advisory Board will become a dynamic group of young leaders eager to make an impact.