Community Meeting: Participatory Budget Initiative ‘Youth Voice, Youth Choice’

When:
February 10, 2016 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Where:
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106
USA

Youth Voice, Youth Choice, the City of Seattle’s new Participatory Budgeting (PB) Initiative for youth, kicks off this week with the first of seven idea assemblies to be held across the city. This is the first stage of the program which gives youth the opportunity to decide how to spend $700,000 of the City’s budget.

The idea assemblies are where the public can brainstorm ideas for projects they would like to see in their communities. Anyone can attend and participate. The West Seattle event will be on February 10 from 4–6 pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center.

Once the public assemblies are completed, the next stage involves youth volunteers who will turn the ideas into concrete proposals with help from Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and City staff. Seattle youth will then get to vote for the projects they would like to see implemented. Once the projects are decided, City staff and local agencies will implement the projects.

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process where community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. This initiative began here last July when Seattle Mayor Murray and former Councilmember Nick Licata announced the launch of a citywide youth PB process. Youth Voice, Youth Choice is managed by the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods (DON) with the goal of empowering youth to make decisions on how to spend a portion of the budget.

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For more information, contact Rahwa Habte, Youth Engagement Strategic Advisor, at 206.615.2008. For other ways to get involved, visit www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/youth-participatory-budgeting

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