YMCA Youth and City Government students visit Ohio Statehouse
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - A group of Cincinnati high school students, members of the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati Youth In City Government (YICG) program, say they learned a lot attending the Ohio YMCA Youth In Government Student Legislature held at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus from April 13-15, 2013.
“The experience was overwhelming,” said Christopher Rosing, an Oak Hills High School junior. “You get to experience democracy by putting yourself in a legislator’s shoes.” Among the legislative proposals the teens worked on, adding 20 days to the Ohio school year, requiring a foreign language for every grade school student, increasing taxes on cigarettes, and a gun amnesty program.
