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so we're here today with the Washington
 

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so we're here today with the Washington
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leadership summit and my work here is to
 

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leadership summit and my work here is to
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really promote kind of a different way
 

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really promote kind of a different way
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to perceive youth leaders as not just
 

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to perceive youth leaders as not just
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being the kids who stand at the front of
 

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being the kids who stand at the front of
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the classroom and lead people in an
 

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the classroom and lead people in an
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obvious and wait kind of traditional way
 

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obvious and wait kind of traditional way
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that they always have but instead to
 

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that they always have but instead to
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identify every young person as a
 

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identify every young person as a
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potential youth leader who has the
 

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potential youth leader who has the
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ability to get engaged and really show
 

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ability to get engaged and really show
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their caring and compassion towards the
 

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their caring and compassion towards the
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world young leaders have so many
 

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world young leaders have so many
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opportunities these days to get involved
 

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opportunities these days to get involved
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they can get involved at their local
 

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they can get involved at their local
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animal shelter they can get involved in
 

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animal shelter they can get involved in
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a new issues at the YMCA or the boys and
 

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a new issues at the YMCA or the boys and
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girls club and they can also get
 

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girls club and they can also get
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involved in local government at the
 

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involved in local government at the
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mayor's Youth Council we have an
 

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mayor's Youth Council we have an
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opportunity to meet twice a month to
 

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opportunity to meet twice a month to
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talk about issues that are happening
 

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talk about issues that are happening
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need to be confident in whatever you do
 

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need to be confident in whatever you do
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whether you know you do schooling or you
 

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whether you know you do schooling or you
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go on and you take on a vocational to
 

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go on and you take on a vocational to
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have a job if you're confident in what
 

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have a job if you're confident in what
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you do you're happy with what you do
 

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you do you're happy with what you do
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that that's really what's most important
 

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that that's really what's most important
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I think the most important thing that
 

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I think the most important thing that
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can be said to any young person is to
 

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can be said to any young person is to
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find your passion and to live it you
 

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find your passion and to live it you
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know to really live that passion and
 

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know to really live that passion and
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live it with purpose and live it with
 

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live it with purpose and live it with
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engagement at the core of all my
 

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engagement at the core of all my
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messaging is this idea that engagement
 

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messaging is this idea that engagement
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is a feeling it's it's the the way that
 

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is a feeling it's it's the the way that
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we connect psychologically the way that
 

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we connect psychologically the way that
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we connect emotionally and the way that
 

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we connect emotionally and the way that
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we connect personally with the world
 

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we connect personally with the world
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around us and so I'd say to young people
 

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around us and so I'd say to young people
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to any young person whether or not they
 

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to any young person whether or not they
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see themselves as a youth leader whether
 

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see themselves as a youth leader whether
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or not adults have called them a youth
 

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or not adults have called them a youth
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leader I would say to them that they
 

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leader I would say to them that they
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need to find something that they can
 

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need to find something that they can
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really engage with in that personal way
 

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really engage with in that personal way
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and then work from that space to create
 

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and then work from that space to create
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change in the whole wide world where's
 

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change in the whole wide world where's
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future and we have little say and what
 

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future and we have little say and what
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