The Perspective of the New and the Vets
Youth and Government has people of all grades and experience levels. In State Affairs, we have a couple of new and experienced perspectives. On the bottom, we have two first-year delegates, Delegate Castillo and Delegate Lopez. Delegate Castillo’s proposal is about discrimination in the army against women, mainly women who are facing harassment/sexual harassment. Delegate Lopez proposes increasing the janitor’s wages to 15 per hour. Castillo is interested in YAG because she likes the idea of picking a topic you feel strongly about. Delegate Lopez was interested because she attended a law camp and gained a strong interest in mock trials. Both of their experiences have been meeting new people, and they both want to learn more details about different SAF topics.
The top left corner is Delegate Tran, a first-year YAG member. Her proposal is about increasing the minimum wage in Texas. Her experience so far has been great, and she doesn’t feel stage fright, but debating is where she finds challenges. Delegate Tran wants to learn how to motion and yield time to others more effectively to understand the debating process more. Finally, we have Delegate Wiltz, a 3-year veteran, in the top right corner. His proposal is about deep fake regulation affecting social media sites and users. Over the years, Delegate Wiltz said that his favorite experiences are debating new topics because he loves discussing new things. Delegate Wiltz says that YAG helped him develop his future because he is considering majoring in public affairs in college. One thing he says he wished he would’ve known his first year is how hectic competing and experiencing the conference could get! From these many perspectives and viewpoints, we see what the state is like for many different levels of delegates. One thing they all have in common is that they all enjoy and love going through this experience and making new memories.
Written By: Naomi Alexander, Duncanville High school/Oak Cliff Delegation