CITYWIDE TEEN COUNCIL

The Citywide Teen Council is a group of local high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors elected to represent the interests of Dayton’s teenagers. The City-Wide Teen Council was founded on November 9, 2005 in order to prepare Dayton’s youth for life and leadership by allowing their voices to be heard. The Council was formed under the direction of the City Commission and is governed by the Department of Recreation and Youth Services. The mission of the Citywide Teen Council is to: provide a fun, yet structured forum that allows a diverse group of Dayton teens to have a voice in and serve their community, while developing strong leadership and citizenship skills.

The CWTC will accomplish this mission by:

A.                 Working together to address important issues;

B.                 Providing input into city governmental policies, decisions, and programs that affect or serve young people;

C.                 Developing working relationships with city elected officials, city administration, other youth organizations, schools, service groups and other nonprofit agencies in planning and implementing social, educational, cultural and recreational activities/programs for teens;

D.                 Communicating issues and activities to other teens in their neighborhoods, schools and priority board areas;

E.                  Identifying and recommending possible solutions for existing and emerging youth needs and issues; and

F.                  Providing volunteer, service and leadership development opportunities for Dayton teens.

The teen council meets monthly. For more information, please contact the Bomberger Teen Center at 333-8336.

Click Here to Download a 2008-09 City-Wide Teen Council Application