Mayor's Teen Advisory Council
Meetings: 1st Thursday of the month, 7pm
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Teen Transportation
TEENS! Join the Mayor’s Teen Advisory Council (MTAC)
Norma Chacon, Nick Salazar and Melanie Leeson meet
with Mayor Roberts and the Farmington City Council
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Cinco de Mayo skit by ENLACE
Cast of the Cinco de Mayo Skit and the members of MTAC
Mayor Tommy Roberts addressing teens at MTAC
"Helping, Reaching, Speaking Out" Teen Advisory Council Be a representative from your school and encourage your friends (ages 12-18) to join the teen council that meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7pm in the Teen Zone at the Farmington Public Library. The teen councils not only for Farmington teens, it is for San Juan County teens.
The focus of MTAC is Positive Youth Development: Youth contribute to their community; feel safe in their environment; achieve educational success; have marketable skills and develop personal and social skills. Teens who participate in the teen council committees are given responsibilities that positively affect the libraries they service while gaining skills that can help them in school and in the world of work. Teens collaborate in the committees and share information and nurture mutual respect and understanding between the generations.
Here are some of the committees:
- Reader’s Advisory: The committee of teens volunteers to assist the Teen Zone Technician at the library - where the readers are - to address the social aspects of reading and is invited to learn about the library’s organizing and reviewing process.
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Teen Programs: The committee of teens volunteers to define, plan and process effective programs for teens at the library, including summer reading, Teen Tech week and Teen Read Week. This project is an opportunity for teens to earn money through the Teen Enterprise, a service learning project sponsored by the New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community .
- Blended Zine for teens by teens was created to be an artistic outlet for teens in San Juan County. Blended is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of students in middle schools, high schools, alternative schools, home schools and private schools. If you enjoy writing, submit articles for the website: Teen Articles
- Prevention Program(s): Sponsored by San Juan County Partnership, Youth In Action teens help to reduce the social and retail availability of alcohol to minors and support enforcement of underage drinking laws. Youth in Action contacts local alcohol serving establishments and organizes to meet at their location to place stickers on the alcoholic beverages to create awareness in the community about the consequences for providing alcohol to a minor.
Help prevent underage drinking
Youth in Action in Albuquerque NM
with MADD National President
- Mayor Tommy Roberts is interested is getting teens in the community who want to volunteer and be part of the teen voice. Students interested in civic engagement and community service or service learning should come and share their ideas – joining a board as a junior member, being available to speak on teen issues on a panel or on the radio – are a few suggestions. Youth Alliance Projects.
