City Clerk's Office Promotion of Civic Engagement at the Multicultural Family Center's Teen Career Fair Copyrighted
April 15, 2024
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 07.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: City Clerk's Office Promotion of Civic Engagementatthe Multicultural
Family Center's Teen Career Fair
SUM MARY: City Clerk submitting information on the City Clerk's Office booth at the
Multicultural Family Center's Teen Career Fair that engaged students
about the roles of Mayor and the City Council.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Career Fair Summary Supporting Documentation
Dubuque City Clerk's Office
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On Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13, 2024, the City of Dubuque AmeriCorps
Program hosted a career fair at the Multicultural Family Center. This event was focused on
middle school and high school students, and all City departments were invited to participate.
The City Clerk's Office staffed a booth, promoting "Be the Change", which is the AmeriCorps
motto. We posed questions related to the Mayor and City Council, as well as the City Clerk's
Office role within City Government. We made it into a game, complete with a "Wheel of
Fortune"type spinning wheel. Players would spin and the number it landed on corresponded to
the question they were asked. All answers were available on our "board of knowledge", and
every participant won a prize...candy, of course, and an inspirational bracelet to motivate them
to continue to "be the change".
We (in cooperation with Mayor Cavanagh's picture) also offered a chance to win a "Surprise
Grand Prize" by submitting their idea(s) of what they would change...if they were Mayor!
Everyone who participated was entered into the drawing for the top-secret prize (a pizza
restaurant gift card). The gift card and congratulatory certificate was presented personally by
Mayor Cavanagh to the winner, Logan Glover, a student at Washington Middle School. Thank
you, Mayor!
Below are the responses from the participants. It was amazing to see how these young people
were able to think about their community, put pencil to paper and arrive at some insightful and
meaningful changes. It was quite a treat to read what they had to say!
We hope you enjoy the submissions.
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• Washington Middle School, grade 8:
o The rulings banning transgender people from playing in the gender they identify as only
sport, as well as repealing the ban on gender-affirming healthcare.
• Hempstead High School, grade 9:
o Redo the Mall.
• Washington Middle School, grade 8:
o The economy.
• Dubuque Senior High School, grade 9:
o I would try my best to supply lots of money and food to homeless shelters, and to try
and supply everyone to my fullest capability.
• Dubuque Senior High School, grade 9:
o The involvement of the people. I would include more city-wide activities for the
community to participate in.
• Jefferson Middle School, grade 7:
o To have more swimming pools indoors and outdoors.
• Eisenhower Elementary School, grade 3:
o I will let school be 9:30 — 2:30 and I will make school lunches better.
• Hempstead High School, grade 10:
o More inclusivity for everyone.
• Roosevelt Middle School, grade 6:
o I would make swings at all schools and more kid-friendly things to do here.
• Roosevelt Middle School, grade 6:
o Stairs, I would make new stairs in schools.
• School of Life, 25-year-old teenager (how did this get in there):
o I would make sure that all citizens are at a livable wage or have the means to get
shelter. I would also make the City Council wear hats (crazy, funny, Halloween, any
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