Mayor hosts first Youth Town Hall at Gathering Spot

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens held a youth town hall on Tuesday at& The Gathering Spot& where students at& Atlanta Public Schools& and Atlanta universities got the opportunity to ask the mayor and city officials questions concerning their community. The inaugural event hall was a part of Dickens’ initiative to foster a spirit of partnership between the city and Atlanta Public Schools, building off the mayor’s announcement that 2023 was the “Year of the Youth.” Since then, Dickens said the City of Atlanta have employed 5,000 people between the ages of 14-24 with an average wage of $17 per hour, have raised $4 million in scholarships and invested $1.5 million in youth organizations and $20 billion in early childhood education.  The goal of the town hall was to increase connectivity, improve transparency and strengthen civic engagement.& “This won’t be our last mayor’s youth town hall. We will have more of these because we want to hear from you. We supported you in 2023 … but the truth is, we are going to make sure that we have a Year of the Youth now every year. “We’re building leaders in our cities that can recreate all that we’re doing here to go...