Voices of Youth and Government

Quin Rizer ran for Youth Governor at the Clark Convention. "Some experiences I had in the past at Youth and Government motivated me to run for Governor. We tend to treat people who are doing this for the first time a certain way. We make them feel almost unwelcome. I want to change that. So, even if it's your first time at Youth and Government, you'll want to go and speak up."

Lucas Lowry was a first year MOYAG participant. "I wasn't expecting for all the people to be so interesting. That may sound rude, but I just didn't know how cool everyone here would be. I met a girl who's training to be in the Olympics and that was interesting. I'd love to run for office, it looks like so much fun."

Clayton Herbst ran to be the Governor of the MOYAG Clark Convention. "I've been in Youth and Government for three years. My strategy [when] walking in here [was] to introduce a novice house. All the Freshman know a lot, but they don't know everything that some of us experienced people do. I had a novice house when I came in and we screwed up together, but we learned from each other."

Dera Okafor ran, and won, the Secretary of State position at the MOYAG Clark Convention. "I really love YAG and I want to hold a leadership position here. I feel like Secretary of State calls my name because they [Secretary's of State] help delegations come in and check in and I believe that I would be the best candidate to help with that process."