A youth-led movement fighting for a tobacco-free generation in Massachusetts.
Mayor's Youth Council
The New Bedford Mayor's Youth Council is an advisory group to the mayor and city government. The council assists city officials in the development of community projects from youth's perspective.
Welcome back, Mayor's Youth Council!
The 84 warmly welcomes back Mayor's Youth Council for another year of fighting against tobacco as a Chapter AND as a movement! 2012-2013 proves to be an exciting year full of opportunities to expose the tobacco industry, get more teens pumped about The 84, and take on The 84 Chapter Challenge. The 84 challenges you to reach 84 points this year! Good luck and welcome back!Letter to The Editor
The New York Times published a letter to the editor on May 6th about banning tobacco in pharmacies.
The Mayor's Youth Council was very...
Posted May 20, 2013
June Jump-Off
The Mayor's Youth Council has been invited to an event at the local vocational school to present and recruit new members.
We plan on showing...
Posted May 15, 2013
Photovoice: Oh the Places you'll go
At our May 15th meeting we spoke about where we would like to display our Photovoice project.
On the 16th we plan on taking our Photovoice...
Posted May 15, 2013
Operation Clean Sweep
We have registered for the May 18th Operation Clean Sweep. With our registration we also sent in our request to have a separate bag to collect...
Posted May 15, 2013
Smoking on the Europe Trip
Over April vacation four of our council members were given the opportunity to travel to Europe with New Bedford High School. They travelled...
Posted May 15, 2013
New York votes on tobacco age
At our April 24th meeting we discussed the proposal in New York to raise the tobacco age. We as a group agreed with the proposal but acknowledged...
Posted May 15, 2013
Photovoice: If you like it we should probably put a rope on it
At our April 24th meeting we further discussed our Photovoice project. We decided our way to display it is going to be to attach them to a rope by...
Posted May 15, 2013
MYC Welcomes two new members!
The Mayor's Youth Council is proud to announce that we have inducted in two new members!
This is crucial because we will lose many of our...
Posted Mar 25, 2013
Meeting March 20
At tonight's meeting we discussed Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to hide all cigarettes from view.
We decided that we all agreed and talked...
Posted Mar 25, 2013
Kick Butts Day
On March 20 four members of our youth council piled into a car and headed for Boston.
While there the two first time attendees of KBD learned...
Posted Mar 25, 2013
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Meeting with the Mayor of New Bedford
On November 14, 2012 The Mayor's Youth Council had a special meeting with none other than the Mayor of New Bedford, Jon Mitchell.
We discussed...
Posted Mar 2, 2013
Photovoice Progress February
Tonight we looked through our 31 photos and gave them all titles. We decided we would like to post them on cardstock or posterboard and blow the...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Meeting February 6 2013
Kick butts day is March 20th in Boston. 4 members of our chapter showed interest in attending. Kick butts day will be further discussed at our next...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Meeting January 16 2013
We started our photovoice project at this meeting. We will take pictures around the city with a tobacco theme.
With luck we will get photos...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Smoke Out 2012
The Great American Smoke Out will be November 13-15. We plan to take photos with the signs. We would like to present this activity at our meeting...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Meeting November 7
We received the grant our advisor applied for so we don't have to fundraise! As part of the grant the council will participate in a training in...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Meeting August 15 2012
Due to receiving four new members at this meeting we decided at our next meeting we should vote on a new 84 commmittee. Our advisor will apply for...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
September 5 Meeting
This was our first meeting with new members so we developed a new 84 committee. We now have two co-chairs to the committee and four other members.
Posted Feb 27, 2013
October 17 Discussion
Tonights discussion was about Russia's Prime Minister calling for a public smoking ban by 2015. Close to 1/3 of the population of Russia smokes....
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Meeting October 17
At this meeting we spoke again about the kickoff in Worcester November 17. One student cannot attend but another can take her place
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Meeting October 3
At this meeting we talked about the kickoff and training that was on November 17 in Worcester. 3 members volunteered to attend. Our advisor was...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Meeting Sept. 19
At this meeting we discussed looking to be a part of the state leadership team. Our advisor was currently writing the grant for our photovoice...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Law in Connecticut: Smoking with Kids in the Car
We discussed how it is now illegal to smoke with children in the car in Connecticut. We want to discuss in future meetings how to integrate this...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Higher taxes on other tobacco products?
Tonight we discussed the proposal that there should be higher taxes on tobacco products other than cigarettes and cigars. Because they are priced...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
Kick Butts Registration
We explained Kick Butts Day to new members and then passed a sheet around to sign-up with a few people on the waiting list in case someone could...
Posted Feb 27, 2013
