Students to Visit Members of Congress; Urge Help in Combating Youth Violence

Students to Voice Concerns on Multiple Issues, Offer Policy Recommendations

WHAT: One-hundred and ten World Vision Youth Empowerment Project participants from across the nation will visit a bipartisan group of their Congressional representatives. The visits are the culmination of a 20-week training program focused on equipping and empowering youth to identify and address the most difficult social issues within their communities.

WHEN: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, July 21, 2009

WHERE: Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

WHO: The students’ home districts, issues, and lawmakers with whom they have scheduled meetings include:

Youth violence:
New York (South Bronx): Rep. Jose Serrano
Wash., DC: Councilman Tommy Wells, Chairman Vincent Gray, Councilwoman Muriel Bowser
Chicago, IL: Sen. Roland Burris, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Rep. Danny Davis, Rep. Bobby Rush
Seattle, WA: Rep. Jim Mc Dermott, Sen. Patty Murray
Northern Virginia: Sen. Jim Webb, Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Jim Moran, Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Frank Wolf
Albany, GA: Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Sen. Johnny Isakson, Rep. Sanford Bishop

Education:
Morgan Co., OH: Rep. Zachary Space, Sen. George Voinovich, Sen. Sherrod Brown

Health and nutrition:
Tacoma, WA: Rep. Norm Dicks, Sen. Maria Cantwell
Picayune, GA: Sen. Roger Wicker, Sen. Thad Cochran, Rep. Gene Taylor
Appalachia, WV: Sen. Robert Byrd, Sen. John Rockefeller, Rep. Alan Mollohan

Immigration:
Los Angeles, CA: Rep. Xavier Becerra, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Barbara Boxer

Teen pregnancy:
New York (Wash. Heights): Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Charles Rangel

For more information on the Youth Empowerment Project or the Youth Empowerment Summit visit http://www.worldvisionusprograms.org/#/educationyouth.


World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. We serve the world’s poor regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity or gender. For more information, please visit www.worldvision.org/press.