Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO APPROVE sending of a letter to support the Youth Ambassadors Program’s application for grant funding from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. (Mayor Sharief)

(Transferred to the Consent Agenda.)

ACTION: (T-10:23 AM) Approved.

VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Ritter was not present.

ACTION: (T-10:45 AM) The Board reconsidered the Consent Agenda for Item 28. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)

VOTE: 9-0. Commissioner Ritter voted in the affirmative telephonically.

To demonstrate the County’s support for this grant application.

If approved by the Board, Mayor Barbara Sharief can provide a letter of support for a grant to help Caribbean students come to the U.S. to engage in community service and youth leadership activities.

The program includes a three-week exchange for high school youth (ages 15-18) and adult educators focused on these themes and on subthemes such as social inclusion, entrepreneurship (including social entrepreneurship), innovation, and environmental protection. Participants engage in a variety of activities such as workshops on leadership and service, community site visits related to the program themes and subthemes, interactive training, presentations, visits to high schools, local cultural activities, homestays, civic education programming in Washington, D.C., or the capital city of the partner country, and other activities designed to achieve the program’s stated goals. Multiple opportunities for participants to interact meaningfully with their host country peers will be included. Follow-on activities with the participants are an integral part of the program, as the students apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired by planning service projects in their home communities.