On July 20th, 4 Chicago public high school students were honored with a commemorative resolution at the Chicago City Council Meeting. These students were the winners of the Envision Chicago pilot program and each was awarded a $1,000 scholarship for proposing improvements to city laws.
Envision Chicago, a project of the OpenGov Foundation in collaboration with the City Clerk, challenged youth in participating schools — the Marine Leadership Academy, Chicago Excel Academy of Rosalind, Taft High School, and Lake View High School — to propose ways to change laws and improve lives in Chicago.
Read more about Envision Chicago winners in this OpenGov Foundation Press Release. Here is an excerpt:
It’s clear that when government meets students on their terms, and respects their voices, great things can happen. These students learned positive engagement practices on a user friendly website of the Chicago Municipal Code and 86 students dove in, discovered laws covering issues they cared about and shared their ideas.
Here is a glimpse at the social media from the day:
Launching today’s special Chicago City Council meeting, where Envision scholarship winners will be recognized. pic.twitter.com/ISyxTMU946
— Seamus Kraft (@seamuskraft) July 20, 2016
Congratulations to the student scholarship winners in the @FoundOpenGov Envision Chicago pilot program! https://t.co/w6WhdTDS8r
— Smart Chicago (@SmartChicago) July 20, 2016
Awesome official Resolution for #EnvisionChicago @FoundOpenGov @MSFTChicago #civictech @Alderman_Pawar pic.twitter.com/TNM9TIkrb3
— shelley stern grach (@shelleystern) July 20, 2016
The @chicityclerk, Susana Mendoza, shares her thoughts on round one of #EnvisionChicago: https://t.co/IIuCTIBmbF pic.twitter.com/v2GilBbgBj
— OpenGov Foundation (@FoundOpenGov) July 20, 2016
Winners of @FoundOpenGov #envisionchicago standing with @RahmEmanuel! @chicityclerk thx for support @MSFTChicago pic.twitter.com/JQ6VJQuezc
— Kevin Wei (@Wei_Too_Good) July 20, 2016
Smart Chicago was pleased to sponsor this pilot initiative along with Microsoft Chicago, Comcast, ComEd, and Haymarket. Congratulations to all the youth who participated in this civic project.
