Worus

Last night we explained to the youth that we wouldn’t allow events to be held at the bars (or just outside of them), regardless of how much the bars have been there to support us, and regardless of the status of the bars being open or not. It went better than I expected in some ways. I only got called one bad name, at least. I spent the next three hours talking with people, getting bitched at for pretty much everything. It didn’t have to be the bars or even events, just everything. Still, there’s no one else there to listen, so just stayed, long beyond when group was over.

It sounds like youth issues aren’t getting heard like they should. I’m going to do my best to fix that. I’m planning to start meeting with youth once or twice a month and just discuss what’s going on and how they’re feeling about Youth Alliance. Hopefully, I can clear up some issues instead of let them perpetuate, as well as give them the feeling that we really do care what they have to say, because that’s the truth: we do care.

I want to get Safe Space set so that I don’t have to help with it anymore. I shouldn’t be there, but it can’t slip, either. I’ve really enjoyed getting to talk with some of the youth the last few weeks, though. It kind of lets me know that all of the struggle that this organization has seen in the last year is worth it, and it shows me that we need to prevail in order to preserve a positive place for our youth to continue to go to and to grown in.

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