The Chamber conducts a class each year called "Leadership Jones." Monthly we learn about different aspects of the community to educate future leaders in the community. So far we've had classes on Communication, Diversity, Demographics and Community Planning, and State government. For our State government class we took a van to downtown Atlanta (luckily I didn't have to drive, we have 2 in the class who work for the local Sheriff's office, so we took the prisoner van- I was just glad I didn't have to drive!) We sat in on the House general assembly (and was recognized in front of the entire House of Representative), had a tour of the Capitol and the Governor's office, had lunch with our local legislators and sat in on a House Economic Development Committee meeting. The Capitol tour was really neat- they have a museum on the 4th floor that has artifacts and oddities from Georgia's history (including a two-headed cow and snake.)
Here's a photo from my phone of the two headed cow and snake...I bet your state doesn't have one of those!
Here's a picture of my class (minus 2) sitting in the Governor's "ceremonial" office.
Notice that I am sitting in his chair!
I felt like a teacher on a field trip all day (even though a lot of my class are older than me!)
I felt like I had to keep them safe and keep them out of trouble.
The trip was a lot of fun. If your community has any leadership programs like this, I would highly encourage you to get involved. It's very eye-opening and educating to learn how local government works!
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but none of those other communities have you as a leader!
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