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    Volume N01 Issue N04

    Interactive Version

    September 2013

    Youth

    Voices

    EMPOWE

    RED

    Youth For Change1

    What If No One Talks About It?2

    Im Too Young For This!4

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    [Youthprise]Newsfash: Youth Voices Empowered. Volume NO1 Issue NO4September 2013

    Youthprise originally designed ourNewsash to share our work, and the stories oour grantees, community members and the youththat work with us. But at Youthprise, just gettingyou all o this inormation isnt enough - we dontjust want to tell you what we do, we want to showyou. We dont want to just talk about authenticyouth engagement strategies, we want to modelthese strategies. The publication in your hands isone example o this modeling.

    We are thrilled to present a unique Youthprise Newsash publication co-createdwith youth and adults. Modeling authenticyouth/adult partnerships, we strategized,developed content and designed the publicationtogether. The process provided an opportunityor youth to engage in authentic, transerableproessional experience, while making a meaningulcontribution to the work we do here at Youthprise.It also gave adult sta insight into the words, wisdomand hopes o the young people at Youthprise.

    The team o young people involved inthe creation o this Newsash is composed o ourlatest cohort o Youth Innovators. The Innovatorprogram, piloted last summer, was designed incollaboration with one o our ounding youthboard members. This past spring we welcomedour second cohort to the oce. The YouthInnovators program is a way to integrate youngpeople into all aspects o our work and actualizeour mission and vision to help all Minnesotayouth succeed.

    The Innovators eatured in the Newdelve into topics like youth-led research,legislative advocacy driven by youth voicespersonal experiences with employment aneven creative writing that reects on themeaning o being a young woman in MinneOur communications team provided editorguidance that was not intended to transormInnovators writing, but to provide the suppthey needed to tell their stories.

    At Youthprise we understand thatstorytelling is a powerul and intentional wlit up the voices o young people, to underour diverse communities, and to create real

    meaningul change. In addition to the writtcontent, Youthprise teamed up with a graphdesign student to create the new layout thaenvisioned in collaboration withthe Innovators on sta.

    It is evident that this yearscohortYouth Innovators have provided a proounddiversity o voices, experiences, outlooks anvisions or the uture. Moving orward we wcontinue to work with our Innovators to deveditorial content and design our NewsashThrough this youth/adult partnership we hshare just a glimpse o the innovations thathappening at Youthprise.

    Article Author:

    Libby RauDirector o Youth Eng

    Youth or Change:A New Look and Vision orYouthprises Newsash

    A special issue o theYouthprise Newslash

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    Article Author:

    Alexandria RiceLEAD YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST

    come rom--however that day we were exploring this

    idea through the specifc lens o race and ethnicity.

    We were learning about the drastically dierent

    experiences o each o us who have come to work

    together rom such drastically dierent worlds.

    While we were sharing our dierences o experience,

    we were also fnding a common thread which many

    o us shared: We are mixed.

    Mixed, Bi-racial, Multi-racial: Being borno two parents o dissimilar races or ethnicities,

    consequently creating a child/children o multiple

    races, cultures and stories. I have ound that there

    are a number o youth who work or Youthprise

    who come rom multiple stories, multiple cultures,

    and thereore, seem to be more willing to have a

    conversation about their double consciousness, their

    multiple worlds. It is not always the case that people

    are more than willing to talk about the inuences

    o race, and so this was a unique experience. As this

    is also my reality--having been raised by a white

    mother and a ather o color--this environment that

    embraced the willingness to talk about race was a

    surprise to me, and it became a haven!

    The discomort surrounding discussionso race is ound, in my experience, with people o allraces, o all levels o social status, and I sometimes

    wonder i this discomort has existed or long, or i

    it is just a modern illness. Whether or not we are

    willing to admit it, or willing to try to change it, race

    has been a long-standing protagonist in the story o

    our country, and in the story o Minnesota. Today we

    ace issues, statistics, and disparities o wealth and

    poverty, o health, and o education that are more

    extreme, and yet more subtle, than ever beore. We

    may not call racism by its name anymore, but what

    i we take the time to realize that today we call it

    by the name o justice, by the natural selection o

    capitalistic competition, or even that we c

    inherent level o intelligence in a person,

    school system seems to believe?

    These are the questions that must banswered. Our community HAS to become

    environment where these questions are exa

    where we have the courage to ask these que

    where we have the relationships with each o

    to explore these questions together, rom m

    viewpoints, with respect and sincerity. I am

    grateul to work in a place where the people

    am around are willing and eager to have th

    conversations, where that eagerness aects

    willingness o those around us who may no

    amiliar with looking at the eects o race i

    own lives. But it also saddens me to know th

    is a unique experience, and that this is not t

    that most o the spaces I live in operate. Ho

    our communities ever change, heal, and gr

    reuse to see the injustices that we ourselve

    perpetuating by not addressing them?

    It may discomort people to ask mthe man that I encountered at Hennepin an

    what our race is, what our story is, or why w

    way we look. Some people may eel that welive in a world where that does not even hav

    be addressed; where we all just accept who

    without having to inquire why one looks d

    But my hope or the world is to live in a com

    where we can openly ask each other o our

    o our stories, without assumptions and jud

    but rather with sincere curiosity and intere

    dierent the world would be i our coloring

    texture had nothing to do with the value o

    and instead brought us together in convers

    about who we are, and where we come rom

    honoring o our stories.

    2 [Youthprise]Newsfash: Youth Voices Empowered. Volume NO1 Issue NO4September 2013

    Im walking down the s treet,on Hennepinand 5th, and my sandals slip on the sand thats

    scattered on the sidewalk. In the hot sun, my tank top

    shows of my tanned white skin, and my light scar

    accents my blue eyes. In this moment a young man

    is walking down the street and notices me as I alter.

    While he is walking with his bright green eyes, and

    natural blond hair, our eyes meet, just or a moment,

    and in crossing one anothers path, we nod.

    Looking back, what most onlookers saw that daywas probably two white people walking past eachother on a Minneapolis street corner. Maybe they

    noticed the individuals check one another out, but

    all in all, most people would think nothing o this

    inconsequential encounter.

    For these two people involved, however,this was a moment o Seeing and being Seen. I youd

    looked a little closer, you may have noticed a ew

    oddities about each o us. You may have noticed

    that this mans hair was a little thicker than most

    white peoples hair, and though blond, it curled

    true. That his nose, though white, had a wide at

    nature, under those little brown reckles. You may

    have noticed my ull lips that came rom my black

    grandmother, and my dark eyelashes that were

    supposedly given to me by my native grandmother.

    You may have Seen, i you had looked a little closer,

    two people with a rich history o inter-racial love,

    and hundreds o years o struggle, who happen to

    have received the white skin chromosome this time

    around. These two perceivably white individuals

    were in act two people o color, and the nod which

    they exchanged had nothing to do with attraction,

    and had everything to do with a recognition o lived

    and historical experience.

    I have not ound many places (though Ihave actively sought them out) where people are

    comortable talking about the inuences o race on

    our lives; a place where we are able to ask conusing

    questions without blame and begrudging contention.

    It seems to be a very common thing in Minnesota orpeople to not eel comortable when I bring up race,

    when I start to talk about how societal issues are

    inuenced by race, or how people are inuenced by

    institutionalized racism. I people are uncomortable

    talking about a specifc topic, they probably do not

    have much practice with it. And i people do not

    have practice talking about such an inuential and

    integral piece o our social well-being, then how are

    we ever going to be able to talk about growing out o

    the insidious racial oppression that holds our entire

    community in its grip?

    The other day a ew o us were sitting aroundat the Minneapolis oce o Youthprise. As most

    o us were Youth Innovators around the table stillgetting to know each other, we began to have a

    discussion. It was a conversation involving where

    we come rom, and our experiences in the world.

    Generally this is a common theme o people who

    are becoming acquainted--describing where you

    What I NoOne TalksAbout It?Critically questioning

    the quietly accepted

    mentalities regarding

    race and racism

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    youth:Childish, naive, make mistakes, troublemakers

    the list can go on and onstereotypes ll our heads

    o what we should bewho we should be

    what we should think

    cute we are calledsweet we are called

    we want to be strong, not cutewe want to be harsh, not sweet

    about our worlds realitywe have lived in the world too

    have seen the struggleshave gone through the hardships

    by any means we are not naivewe are trailblazers

    showing the world we can make a diferencewe can demand change

    we can scream our anger and criticismo this world

    this communitythat our voice should be recognized

    not shadowed by the clouds o stereotypesthe eclipse taking over our light

    Poem Written By,

    Bella LarsoFocus Group Faci

    youth:Childish, naive, make mistakes, troublemakers

    we may be young but we are strongwe can be childish but we are harsh

    we make mistakes, but we are trailblazersand believe that we will always make trouble

    in the places we fnd need

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    The title or this reportis more than just a clever play

    on words, its a direct quote

    rom my mind this morning as I

    woke up at 2 AM to go to work.

    Now as I sit at my desk with a

    dwindling glass o water and

    burning eyes I think it may be a good time to reect on

    why I eel this way.

    Ive oten wondered how Ill respond ten ortwenty years rom now when someone asks me, How

    did you make it through the recession?Good question.

    As a general rule I learn things the hard way.Id love to say that I regularly reach out to people or

    wisdom but the honest truth is that I tend to skip over

    the vast majority o advice I get in avor o experimenting.

    Some o my mothers gems over the years:things rarely work out according to plan; worry about

    what you can control; mom is always right. I laughtoday when I consider how arrogant I was in response

    to these obvious revelations. But I cant deny the

    power o blind confdence. Some would even say its

    endearing. My mother probably wouldnt though.

    I ended up taking jobs as a late night janitorand as an early morning stocker in a convenience

    store. Working overnight at least three days a week

    while taking classes took its toll but like any revolutionary

    I attacked my days with enthusiasm and passion.

    #ThestruggleIn addition I had private school tuitionto worry about. While on the one hand I want to

    advance my business skill-set through various

    internships (several unpaid) oered through my

    school, I consider it irresponsible to put that ahead o

    my own fnancial independence.

    This is how I ound mysel applying orone o the Youth Innovator positions at Youthprise

    in late February. Originally I saw it as an easy way to

    build my resume while making extra cash working

    with youth in and out like clockwork. I laugh now

    when I think about my reaction to the people I worked

    with, the space I worked in and my frst week. The our

    other innovators I came in with were just as conused

    as I was. Not as much about what we were doing or

    why we were doing it, but why us? While we do oer a

    valuable point o view as mostly minority youth, that

    was overshadowed by Youthprise central mission,

    which is to help youth thrive.

    I still remember meetingwith Libby Rau,the Director o Youth Engagement here when she

    asked me, What is your dream career, and what can

    we do to help you get there?

    Goosebumps The Youth Innovator program is ar

    rom a fnished product; it is constantly evolving and

    changing according to the needs o dierent youth

    who participate. Its hard not to compare it with

    internships in the or-proft sector and see the stark

    dierences. At Youthprise, we as Innovators are reliedupon to not only ask questions but provide solutions

    and work towards implementing them. Seeing how

    excited sta members get when we tell them about

    our ongoing and potential projects is as encouraging

    today as it was my frst day here.

    I theres one thing I can take rom mytime here to pass on to others, its that valuing your

    younger employees and interns thoughts is not only

    benefcial to them, but it can actually be benefcial

    or your organization. This is something that both

    leadership and sta need to think about strategically.

    Is the age o gopher internships over? Probably not.

    But training a new generation o proessionals to be

    creative and supportive o each other isnt just useulproessionally; its an innovation that can change the world.

    Im TooYoungFor This!

    Article Author:

    Jorge RivasFocus Group Facilitator

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    One important piece o legislationthat puts youth at the center o policy discussion

    is HF 630 the Minnesota Youth Council bill.

    The Minnesota Youth Council Committee was

    established to provide advice and recommendations

    to the legislature and the governor on issues

    aecting youth and serve as a liaison or youth

    around the state to the legislature and the governor.

    Fewer than a dozen states have adopted a bridge-

    building measure similar to this. On March 13,

    334 young people gathered at the Capitol to hold

    91 meetings with legislators on the importance o

    the youth council, among other issues that aect

    young people. Evidently, these young advocates

    made an impression. The Minnesota Youth Council

    Committee will meet at least twice a year during

    the regular session o the legislature to select

    bills in the House o Representatives and Senate

    or consideration or a public hearing beore the

    committee; propose youth legislation; provide

    advisory opinions to the legislature on bills heard

    beore the committee; and prepare a youth omnibus

    bill. As Sarah Dixon, the President and CEO o the

    Minnesota Alliance With Youth, said,

    Youth voice is now the law!

    Another momentous act o progresswas enacted in Minnesota in the orm o the

    Prosperity Act, otherwise known as the Dream

    Act. The Prosperity Act provides that children o

    immigrants who came to Minnesota without legal

    status qualiy or both in-state tuition and state

    fnancial aid programs provided they attended a

    Minnesota high school or at least three years and

    graduated. Minnesota is now one o 16 states to oer

    in-state tuition to undocumented students and one o

    just our to oer them fnancial aid. This achievement

    would not have been possible without the h

    o citizen lobbyists across the state. Tuesda

    2nd, marked Latino Legislative Day at the C

    day in which groups around the state made

    or legislation such as the Prosperity Act. Y

    grantee Tamales y Bicicletas established T

    Leadership Council to organize with amilie

    youth to build a sustainable immigration re

    and urther engage DREAMERS. Their dedic

    proved to be ruitul, as now all Minnesotan

    have opportunities to pursue a college educ

    Getting involved politicallygreat way or youth to develop leadership s

    advocate or their passions, and challenge t

    preconceived notion about power dynamic

    I was 15, my high school geography teacher

    U.S. Congress. Volunteering on Tim Walzs

    defnitely changed the course o my passio

    guided me towards my uture area o study

    as the underdog, a public school teacher wi

    name recognition beyond Mankato. Throug

    work o many dedicated volunteers, Walz e

    overcame and deeated his opponent, a Rep

    who had been in oce or twelve years. Thi

    experience made me eel empowered in a waelt beore, and inspired a love o civic enga

    The successes o 2013 can laattributed to the determination o young pe

    pushed or the passage o these bills. In my

    experience, getting involved politically at a

    age encouraged me to educate mysel on cu

    events, and inspired me to engage civically

    I would not have previously done. As this l

    session concludes, it is apparent youth voic

    orces to be reckoned with.

    Article Author:

    Alyssa RoachDevelopment Innovator

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    As a young person whohas worked in politics, I see how relevantlegislation and advocacy is in the lives o young

    people. Minnesota made history in the 2013 legislative

    session with accomplishments made in the areas o

    human rights, health care, and youth services. Youth

    in Minnesota will now see opportunities to ensure the

    saety o their peers, voice their opinions in uture

    policy, and be universally eligible to receive fnancial

    aid or higher education. These victories, however, did

    not come about organically. Behind every successul

    bill exists hours o hard work driven by the passions o

    citizens, especially young people.

    The Medical Amnesty Bill was an entirely youth-driven piece o legislation that promotes saety or

    those under legal drinking age. HF946/SF744, provides

    that underage possession or consumption o alcohol

    immunity would be provided or a person contacting

    911 to seek assistance or another. Previously, state

    laws discouraged intoxicated minors rom seeking help

    in the case o medical assistance or to report a sexual

    assault, or ear o state prosecution. The University o

    Minnesota Student Association largely spearheaded the

    push or this legislation, encouraging other students

    around the state to contact their l egislators, write

    letters to the editor in their local papers, and circulate

    a petition via social media. This youth-led, grassrootsmovement proved to be a success. The bill passed with

    an overwhelming 124-8 majority in the House, and went

    on to secure a 51-10 approval in the Senate.

    Youth VoicesAre Forces To Be

    Reckoned With

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    December, so we expect we will put out a good amount

    o solid work beore then. Research topics include the

    prison-industrial complex, mixed-race experience, a grantee

    evaluation index, and the Minnesota Student Survey.

    Linda Tuhiwai Smith, an indigenous scholarrom New Zealand, has pointed out that or many

    Indigenous peoples, research is a dirty word. Many

    youth, particularly youth o Color, eel similarly.

    Too oten, we have attended sterilized ocus groups

    organized by a White adult researcher who proceeds

    to extract as much inormation as possible while

    giving no commitment to reciprocity or relationship.

    Oten, we leave with two things: a cheap git card

    and the unsettling eeling that comes when someone,

    or something when speaking o the very large

    organizations that generally do this work,

    attempts to take our stories.

    This is not to say that all researchorganizations do this, or that their results do

    not sometimes lead to positive change or the

    participating groups. But this is about power, and

    how the mainstream research feld uses its power to

    impose certain processes on young people without

    our consent. Thus whatever the outcomes, the processitsel violates our sel-determination.

    All o these realities point to theimportance o our youth-led research team. Leading

    this team has been lie-giving. We have practiced how

    to do un ocus groups, reviewed literature, and held

    many intense conversations. We have met adults with

    years o experience in the research feld and youth who

    hate research. Going orward, we expect to continue

    doing these while also doing serious work, so that both

    our communities and the youth engagement felds get

    to see and engage with our work.

    Article Author:

    David S. KimYouth Media Researcher and Community Builder

    8 [Youthprise]Newsfash: Youth Voices Empowered. Volume NO1 Issue NO4September 2013

    In April, a group o our Youth Innovatorsand I began the process o imagining and designing

    what a relationship-based, youth-led research teamlooks like. We spent

    the frst two months

    identiying our values,

    sharing experiences,

    getting to know the

    research feld, and

    laying out our strategy

    or developing and

    practicing a youth-centric

    research methodology.

    All o us agreed that we

    must bring our whole

    selves to this work;

    we reject the myth o

    objectivity. Furthermore,we agreed that we bring

    a distinct and critical

    perspective that, paired with practice, has real

    potential to shit the out-o-school time feld

    and impact our communities.

    In all o our work, we begin with relationship;that is, we seek to build authentic relationships with the

    youth we are engaging. Thus in the ocus groups wehave organized, we have eaten together,

    played games, and held lively peer-to-

    peer conversations on issues that we

    care about. Because we do not expect

    others to share what we will not, we

    share parts o our own experiences in

    every session; reciprocity is primary.

    As we move orward, we areworking out the balance o working

    within the ramework o a nonproft

    while also holding strong ties to our

    communities. We assist Youthprise

    in its internal evaluation, collaborate

    with other organizations in theyouth engagement feld, and do our

    own research on areas o personal

    interest. It is a struggle to keep up with all o these

    responsibilities, so going orward we are seeking

    advice on task management and a team inrastructure.

    This cohort o Innovators will be together through

    Youth Research,Stories and Power:An Innovator-Turned-Staf Members

    Experience with Youth-Led Research

    In all o ourwork, we beginwith relationship;that is, we seek tobuild authenticr e l a t i o n s h i p swith the youth we

    are engaging.

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    Article Author:

    Paris Gabrielle CaruthersResearch and Evaluation AmeriCorps Promise Fellow

    10 [Youthprise]Newsfash: Youth Voices Empowered. Volume NO1 Issue NO4September 2013

    This article is developed from testimony that Neesegave in support of the Minnesota Youth Councils billthat was passed in 2013.

    As a young woman in Minnesota, I didnt havethe best experience at school. When I was in elementary

    school, teachers told my mom that I should be in

    Special Ed and that I had a very bad case o ADHD. It

    even got to the point where one o my teachers told me

    personally that I would not make it past junior high.

    Those experiences weighed heavily on me, even ater

    graduating rom junior high. I think it is mostly because

    I wasnt doing anything else with my time other than

    ocusing on school that was my main activity.

    When I joined the Minnesota YouthCouncil (MYC), a statewide network o youthand adult partners led by the Minnesota Alliance withYouth, my participation gave me a boost o confdence.At MYC I was a part o the youth philanthropycommittee where we surveyed youth and developedsolutions to three issues that they identifed: bullying,gang violence and drug and alcohol abuse. One solutionis the development o a documentary on drug and alcoholabuse and the other is the disbursement o grants toorganizations nominated by members on the MYC.

    Being a part o MYC made me realize that I cando a lot more with my lie than just getting good grades

    or volunteering I can be a part o the change I want

    to see in the world. And now,

    instead o being in Special Ed,

    Im in a growing percentage

    o Minnesota youth that are

    making an impact within

    Minnesota communities.

    Ater completing myfrst year on MYC I was

    oered a position on the

    Youthprise Youth Innovators team. I gladly

    and was immediately welcomed onto the te

    open arms. This opportunity was crucially i

    to me because it meant I would be able to c

    and fnish my work I started on the Minnes

    Council. Youthprise unded the youth phila

    initiative at MYC and since beginning at Yo

    am continuing my work with the grants MY

    and continuing to work on the documentar

    to be completed in September 2013.

    Being involved with MYC and the MAlliance with Youth was a chance not only t

    my lie but also the ones around me. Its a c

    break down barriers between youth and govIt gives youth the voice we all crave, and th

    practice we all need to make a dierence. J

    has been one o the strongest decisions Ive

    and its a decision that I recommend to all y

    Minnesota.

    MYCs connection to Youthprisechance to view the world rom all types o p

    It gave me the skills I needed to take inorm

    experience rom MYC and put them to even

    productive use while being able to eed my

    Without MYC I wouldnt have Youthprise. W

    Youthprise I wouldnt have change.

    Article Author:

    Neese ParkeYouth Innovator

    Youth ResearchFrom theInside Out

    From the MinnesotaYouth Council toYouthprise: YouthVoice and Change

    Working at Youthprise as a researcher hasbeen an incredible experience in the months I have

    been here. The bonds we have created with the rest

    o the Youth Innovators and sta have been amazing.

    Sharing visions, goals, and morals with people who

    only have age range in common has been beautiul and

    organic. We come rom dierent walks o lie, dierent

    backgrounds and liestyles. But working together and

    individually to learn and grow our skills as young

    people is something I will take with me and will use in

    experiences yet to come.

    One o the challenges we have aced as a youth-led research team is the lack o training or adults to

    meaningully partner with youth. There were times

    when we ventured out into the community, seekingelders in the research feld and were let eeling

    demeaned, used, and patronized. It seemed that our

    research elders do not have all the tools they need to

    encourage youth innovation. There is an enthusiasm

    around incorporating youth voice, but a lack o tools to

    help build youth/adult partnerships.

    It doesnt surprise me that when we wereintroduced to the board o an organization, I and two

    other youth didnt get taken seriously. Hi my name

    is DeArreon,one o us says. The reply? Hi Gary, its

    nice to meet you. Beore the board member could

    be corrected, the conversation moved on. When

    asked about our roles at the

    organization, my team members

    responded leaving me to speak

    last. But beore opening my

    mouth, I am spoken or by an

    adult, Youre just pretty,the

    man says to me with a smile

    and then the conversation was

    over with handshakes and nice

    to meet yous. Inside I wasnt comortable with what

    happened. It was clear to me that it wasnt as simple

    as getting another persons name wrong. It wasnt a

    meaningless joke about my looks. These werent small

    miscommunications. They are representative o the

    paradigm that young people constantly ace: we are not

    taken seriously, we are judged. The assumption is made

    that we are just another group o youth that dont know

    enough or arent experienced enough to do things that

    matter, to be leaders. At Youthprise we are deying these

    assumptions by conducting research that produces valuable

    inormation. As Youth Innovators we are leaders.

    The eel in the Youthprise ofce and the eelout in the real world are very dierent. In the oce

    our new ways o conducting research are accepted,and encouraged. We are the Youth Innovators, not just

    interns. We have the reedom to try new things, and

    explore new possibilities. And not surprisingly, we have

    created new ways o doing research that are successul.

    We have created energy among other youth that still

    hasnt died. An energy that has carried on to those same

    young people and gotten them excited to continue

    helping us in our journey. We are not a team that gives

    up, we continue to move orward and change the ways

    research is done. We will lead the way or other young

    people who ace similar challenges and keep sharing

    our work with the elders. Respect is something to be

    earned, not given. And we are earning ours day by day.

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    Karen KingsleyDirector o Public Policy

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