Library to Host Myrick, Area Politicians for Politics Program for Teens

Area teens are invited to help build a better world by learning about how to get involved in local politics, as Tompkins County Public Library hosts, “Politics for Teens,” Wednesday, August 2 at 2 p.m. in the Thaler/Howell Programming Room.

Being held in conjunction with the Library’s Build a Better World Summer Reading Program, “Politics for Teens” include special guests, City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick; Leslie Danks Burke, founder and president of Trailblazers PAC; Town of Big Flats (Chemung) Supervisor Ed Fairbrother, and Ithaca’s Second Ward Alderperson Ducson Nguyen, who will discuss how they got involved in politics, what drove them as teenagers and how participants can become civically-engaged citizens.

This program is free and open to students ages 12 through 18. Advance registration is appreciated but not required. For more information, or to register, contact Teen Services Librarian Regina DeMauro at rdemauro@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 274.

This program has been made possible by the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation with support from the Phyllis and Charles Brodhead Endowed Fund.