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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn addition to receiving a hands-on experience in the house chambers, they toured the Capitol building, which Car- ol Garrette said impacted the group tre- mendously. Garrette is the communica- tions coordinator for the Bedford County School District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shelbyville Central High School senior Slayden Taylor said, \u201cThe opportunities in the Capitol are vast and expansive, with several ways to be a part of not only the Tennessee community and government but also American history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cascade High School senior Annie Arnold said the Capitol visit prepared her tobe a leader. \u201cI feel like my experience at the Capitol has further prepared me to become a leader by allowing me to see that not everything is a one-person job; everyone needs help and a team to provide support and give more of an impact to a community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arnold said the most exciting part of the experience was learning about the history of the Capitol building and the history of the state leaders, and artists who helped create Tenneessee\u2019s heritage. State leadership pos- itively impacted the students\u2019 lives, but the students also made an impact on some of the city\u2019s most outstanding leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Impressed by the students\u2019 engagement and interactive questions during Local Gov- ernment Tourism and History Day, Bedford County Mayor Chad Graham invited sev- eral students to talk on the monthly \u201cLocal Government Talk Show\u201d radio program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Garrette said the students\u2019 ability to ask questions and engage with leadership was telling. \u201cI thought that was telling and il- lustrative how these youth have stepped up to think, engage, question, and explore, through this program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Garrette said that the Leadership Bedford class is different from other leadership pro- grams because it combines youth and adult classes, which provides both groups with the ability to learn and grow from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said, \u201cThese are hopefully our fu- ture leaders, and it\u2019s great for them to be together in this experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Garrette encourages community mem- bers to continue to support the Bedford youth by supporting the chamber of com- merce and allowing their employees to serve on the Leadership Bedford board. \u201cThe chamber and the chamber board sup- port go hand-in-hand in developing our young and adult leaders.\u201d -GN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NINETEEN HIGH school seniors from Bedford County Youth Leadership visited the state Capitol on their annual State Government Day trip on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. The purpose of the trip was to expose the youth, participating in youth leadership, to what it\u2019s like to work for the state government. Each month the students travel to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Slayden-Taylor_Shelbyville-Central-HS-473x1024.jpeg\")
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