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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  MONDAY, 10.31.11

Clay Swears In Inaugural Class of Missouri 1st District Congressional Youth Cabinet

ST. LOUIS – Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri has launched the Missouri 1^st District Congressional Youth Cabinet in the historic Board of Aldermen chambers at St. Louis City Hall.  The Congressman welcomed 48 outstanding high school students from across the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County. The Congressional Youth Cabinetwill advise Congressman Clay and his staff on key national and local issues that impact young people. 

In his remarks to the new group, Congressman Clay said, “This is not just a nice honor or a passive appointment. This is an exercise in real youth civic engagement. The new C.Y.C. will give me a direct link to the things that really matter to you and have an impact on your life. I need your voices, your energy, and your personal investment in this endeavor, to help me do my job better. You are going to discuss the most important issues facing our nation and our community.”

This first of its kind effort in Missouri is an on-going process that will provide top students with a path to become advocates for the issues that matter to them.

Members of the 2011-2012 Missouri 1^st District Congressional Youth Cabinet

Emma  Arrett                                       Metro Academic & Classical High School 
Daniel  Blash                                       New Life Christian School      
Curtis  Bo Clair                                    Maplewood Richmond-Heights High School 
Alissa  Booker                                     Parkway Central High School    
Mariayna  Bowden                              Soldan International Studies High School       
Isaac   Caverly                                     Pattonville Senior High School 
Destiny Crockett                                  Clyde C. Miller Career Academy 
Miranda Curtis                                     McCluer South - Berkeley High School   
Sydney  Everett                                   Metro Academic & Classical High School 
Molly   Farmer                                     North County Christian School  
Mariah Dawn Flores-Medina               Maplewood Richmond-Heights High School 
Amber  Hollowell                                Fern Ridge High School-Parkway Alternative HS  
Damund  Huntley                                Parkway Central High School    
Nathaniel  Jenkins                                Fern Ridge High School-Parkway Alternative HS  
Janelle Johnson                                    McCluer South - Berkeley High School   
Da'Vione Johnson                               Soldan International Studies High School       
Malik Johnson                                     University City High School    
Miya  Jones                                         Normandy High School   
Jevon Jones                                         Sumner High School     
Erin  Leventhal                                    Pattonville Senior High School 
James Loomis III                                 Ladue Horton Watkins High School       
Haley Mayenkar                                  Parkway North High School      
Khadijah McCaine                               Central Visual & Performing Arts High School   
DeAndre Mitchell                                McKinley Classical Leadership Academy High School      
Tiarra Mitchell                                     Sumner High School     
Devon Morton                                     Hazelwood West High School     
Jordan  \Mosley                                   Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School       
Latayisah Mykelle Ousley-Pontos        Rosati Kain High School
Ashley Pace                                         Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School       
Myles Peters                                        Ladue Horton Watkins High School       
Nicholas Piazza                                    Parkway North High School      
Anisa Rahaman                                    Brentwood High School  
Jocelyn Redding                                  Hazelwood Central High School  
Stephen Reed                                       Ritenour High School   
David Rivera                                       Brentwood High School  
Jonathan Segers                                   Hazelwood Central High School  
Michel  Simmons                                 Gateway Institute of Technology High School    
Samuel Sims                                        Gateway Institute of Technology High School    
Dean Sims, Jr.                                     Parkway South High School      
Cameron Smith                                    Clyde C. Miller Career Academy 
Dean Sterrett                                        The Principia  
Teaira Terry                                         Parkway South High School      
Brittney Watkins                                  Hazelwood West High School     
Wendy Brianna Williams                     Central Visual & Performing Arts High School   
Jessica Wooldridge                              Ritenour High School   
Briona Works                                      Normandy High School   
Erin Wright                                         Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School  

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