Hey everyone,

I want to emphasize how important I think it is that Environmental Learning voices are heard as part of the community process for framing the mayor’s agenda around youth and families. Here is a quick summary of the initiative from the mayor’s website:

“The Youth and Families Initiative is a major initiative announced by Mayor Mike McGinn during his inaugural address. The Initiative will help shape the Mayor’s agenda on issues affecting youth and families from a child’s birth to their successful career track. We are committed to eliminating racial disparities in education, child care, children’s health and the criminal justice system. This is not a problem solely within communities of color; it is our problem, and the responsibility for ending this systemic inequity rests with all of us.”

See:
http://youthandfamilies.seattle.gov/process/ to find out about the meetings.

http://youthandfamilies.seattle.gov/getinvolved/ to find online forms for individual input and more.

Please spread the word and do what you can to give input to this process, for the health and well-being of our citizens and for the future generations’ care and understanding of the environment we depend on for life.

“In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.” Baba Dioum (Senegal)

Sheila Brown
Education Program Supervisor - Public Programs Coordinator
Environmental Learning Centers, Seattle Parks and Recreation
206-684-7086 Discovery Park Office Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm