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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7994
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W To the Mayor and Members of the City Council April 16 , 1996
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1873 ANNUAL FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
In 1993 a Youth Town Hall meeting was held in the Council Chamber
which gave high school government students the opportunity to
apply their classroom learning in the "real world" . Students
were able to interact with an adult panel of government and city
leaders and to raise the issues that were of concern to the
youth. You may recall that Bob Ray Sanders served as the
moderator for the meeting and it was broadcast live over the City
cable channel . The youth were pleased to have this opportunity
for dialogue and action was taken on several concerns raised by
the youth.
The Steering Committee of Our City Our Children has recommended
that the City of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Independent School
District use this model and join together in co-sponsoring an
Annual Forum for High School Seniors . An annual forum would
provide a structured means for our city leaders to listen and
talk with our youth. This forum would be jointly planned and
implemented by City and FWISD staff with input from youth as
well . A projected time frame for the first forum would be the
fall of 1996 . Our City Our Children staff would help coordinate
this project .
For your information a list of the co-sponsoring organizations of
Our City Our Children is attached.
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WICI AL RECORD
MY SECRETARY
FT. WIN, TEX.
ISSLIED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH,TEXAS
1996 SPONSORS OF OUR CITY OUR CHILDREN
• City of Fort Worth
• Fort Worth Independent School District
• Tarrant County Youth Collaboration
• Minority Leaders and Citizens Council
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Radio AAHS
• Fort Worth ISD Council of PTAs
• Fort Worth League of Neighborhood Associations
• United Way of Metropolitan Tarrant County
• American Indian Chamber of Commerce
• Tarrant County Asian American Chamber of Commerce
• Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
• Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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• Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce
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