Welcome to the YG Blog
Our Youth and Government Blog is a space for our Media delegates to write and publish their work throughout the program year. Keep yourself updated and in the loop by reading topics written by our youths from across Texas.
The Addison Hobbs Interview
Today, on February 3 2024, there was an amazing county trial. The defense team from First Baptist Christian Academy were defending Alex Greene, a police officer for the city of Mustang. The case is about a police officer who shot a woman in her home because he thought she [...]
What is Mock Trial? An Overview of Trial Court
By: Benjamin Cisneros Veterans Memorial/Austin Delegation February 3rd, 2024 Austin, TX - The trial court section of the YMCA Youth and Government program can be considered a quite complex endeavor to most. However, the Youth and Government delegates who participate in the mock trial section make it seem as [...]
The Synergy of Speech & Debate and Youth & Government
So . . . why do so many YG kids do debate? Written by: Medha Rapuri On the seventh floor of the Kalahari resort, the Greenhill delegation's girls inhabit a room where two are currently active in Speech & Debate, and the other three bring past experience to this [...]
Police Officer’s Tragic Mistake
In the world of good and evil where one second can mean life or death the line between maintain public safety and tragic mistakes can become apparent. Recently, an incident occurred when a police officer mistakenly shot a woman during a burglary. This event has been raising attention about [...]
Information for YG Veterans: Life After YMCA
As the 2023-2024 Youth and Government State Conference comes to an end, for some of the delegates it will be their last time ever doing Youth and Government, in which they will become Alumni of this program. The YMCA has a mission “to help teenagers become responsible citizens and [...]
Should High Schools Provide Contraceptives?
The Youth and Government program’s legislative branch requires students to address issues within their community and propose a bill that will communicate their concerns. In order to ensure that each delegate is able to argue and defend their own bill within their respective committee rooms, which consists of a [...]
State Affairs: Climate Change and Pollution
State Affairs: Climate Change and PollutionClimate Change has been an ongoing problem and has increasingly been being an alarming threat. Pollution is of the leading factors of this issue. In state affairs, they have proposed a couple of plans to stop this issue. For example, tiles that help create [...]
Empowering Voices: Media Overview
In the dynamic landscape of the Youth and Government, one section stands out as an empowering platform for students to use their voices to inform others: the Media section. With a mission to engage, inform, and inspire their peers, participants in this section harness the power of media to [...]
Chat in the App: How Good is Your Communication?
Austin, TX - For the longest time, people have been trying to figure out the fastest and easiest way to connect with each other. Now there is an app called GroupMe! This is a communication app, where you can create “groups” / group chats with the topic of anything. [...]
Preston Lee Governor Candidate
By Rigoberto Frausto MartinezMay include opinions and biases. What are the duties and responsibilities of a Governor? With this question in mind, this quote says "There is a need for governors with skills and knowledge inaddition to these qualities, but first and foremost governors need a moral compass and [...]
State Affairs: Should Refugees be Limited?
State Affairs involves a procedure in which delegates propose solutions to current issues nation-wide. Today, one of the bills proposed was over immigration and refugee control in the United States. Delegate Herrera, who proposed this bill, discussed the United State’s past issues with their immigration crisis, which originated from [...]
Building Bonds and Futures: The Impact of YG Friendships
By: Amarys RodriguezIt’s noon on the third day of state conference, and delegates are packed in a line ready to devour their well-deserved lunches. However, if you look around you may notice two delegates, Davina Padron and Natalie Naranjo, sitting off to the side giggling in a corner of [...]