Work Session Request: Iowa Jobs forAmerica's Graduates (iJAG) City Life Student Presentation to City CouncilCity of Dubuque
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February 5, 2024
ITEM TITLE: Work Session Request: Iowa Jobs forAmerica's Graduates (iJAG) City
Life Student Presentation to City Council
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council schedule a work session on
Monday, May 6, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. for students from Iowa Jobs for
America's Graduates (iJAG) program to give a presentation about their
experience participating in City Life.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Council
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
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MVM Memo City Manager Memo
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates (iJAG) City Life Student Presentation
to City Council
DATE: January 29, 2024
Director Office of Shared Prosperity and Neighborhood Support Anderson Sainci is
requesting City Council schedule a work session on May 6, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. for
students from Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates (iJAG) program to give a presentation
about their experience participating in City Life.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Anderson Sainci, Director Office of Shared Prosperity and Neighborhood Support
Temwa Phiri, Community Engagement Coordinator
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Anderson Sainci, Director, Office of Shared Prosperity and
Neighborhood Support
SUBJECT: Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates (iJAG) City Life Student Presentation
to City Council
DATE: January 17, 2024
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memo is to request a work session for students enrolled in the Iowa
Jobs for America's Graduates (iJAG) program at Stephen Hempstead and Dubuque
Senior High School. The goal is to have these students present to the Mayor and City
Council about their experience participating in City Life.
DICUSSION
City Life is a free program offered by the City of Dubuque Office of Shared Prosperity
and Neighborhood Support (OSPNS) to connect and engage citizens to their local
government. Semi-annually, once in the fall and once in the spring, up to twenty-five
(25) residents share experiences with other residents, visit City facilities and learn about
the various services departments provide. One outcome from City Life is to increase
residents' engagement in the city governance process. From this program, the hope is
that residents would feel empowered to join an open city board and/or commission to
help make Dubuque an equitable community of choice.
In addition to offering the program twice a year for adults, the OSPNS collaborates with
the Dubuque public high schools iJAG program during the spring. The partnership has
existed with the intention to extend City Life to area youth. For the past few years, we
have engaged up to fifty (50) students per program. This year, the focal theme for iJAG
is "Service", reflecting a commitment to fostering a sense of civic responsibility among
participating students. Students will engage and participate in service projects with each
department throughout the program. This experience will be valuable for the students as
they prepare to present what they have learned from City Life at their statewide
conference and, if selected, at the national conference.
ACTION REQUIRED
I am respectfully requesting a work session for students from Iowa Jobs for America's
Graduates (iJAG) program to present to the Mayor and City Council about their
experience participating in City Life on May 6, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Cc. Adrienne Breitfelder, City Clerk
Temwa Phiri Community Engagement Coordinator