Youth Council

Name: DEADLINE EXTENDED for Community Members to Apply for the Youth Council's Community-wide Talent Show
Start: 2019-05-04T00:00+00:00
End: 2019-05-04T00:01+00:00
Location: Simi Valley City Hall

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Contact

City Manager's Office
Youth Council
(805) 583-6766

2929 Tapo Canyon Road
Simi Valley, CA 93063
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Overview

The Simi Valley Youth Council is an advisory board to the City Council on issues affecting youth in the community and is comprised of 21 members and up to three alternates. Each high school and middle school is represented on the Youth Council, as well as the Community at Large.

Application

Apply for the Youth Council

Membership
Youth Town Hall
Youth Summit

Membership on the Youth Council is open to residents of the City of Simi Valley who are in 7th through 12th grade. The current Youth Council term began on July 1, 2024, and will conclude on June 30, 2025.

Applications to serve on the Youth Council are accepted year-round, and successful applicants are appointed by the City Council each June. The application period to serve on the 2025-26 Youth Council term will open in March 2025.

To apply, submit an online application.

For those interested in volunteering for upcoming Youth Council events, email the Youth Council Coordinator.

Upcoming Events

The Youth Council typically meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m., August through June. All meetings of the Youth Council are open to the public. The Youth Council discusses various issues of interest and concern for youth. For upcoming meeting dates and agenda information, please see below.

To be notified in advance for other Youth Council events, students are encouraged to subscribe to the City's govDelivery system (formerly E-Notify) to receive updates and information related to Youth Council activities. Please add simivalleyca@public.govdelivery.com to your spam filter's safe list to ensure receipt of govDelivery messages, but note the email address is not monitored.

DEADLINE EXTENDED for Community Members to Apply for the Youth Council's Community-wide Talent Show

Date: 05/03/2019 5:00 p.m. - 5:01 p.m. 05/03/2019 5:00 p.m. 05/03/2019 5:01 p.m.
Location: Simi Valley City Hall
2929 Tapo Canyon Road
Simi Valley, California 93063

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The Simi Valley Youth Council is seeking talent show acts for its first ever community-wide, all ages, Talent Show. Vocalists, musicians, comedians, poets, magicians, and more are all encouraged to audition for this impressive showcase. Individual and group acts will be accepted. Approximately 25 acts will be selected to compete in the talent show to take place Friday, May 31, 2019 at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center.

“The talent show is a great opportunity for performers to get their name out there and build up experience. This is an event where performers of all talents can show Simi Valley what they’ve got,” says Paige Barrella, Youth Council Member and Talent Show Chair.

Cash prizes will be awarded in specific categories in addition to a People’s Choice winner. A panel of three qualified judges will select the winners.

“The Youth Council chose to put on a talent show because we wanted to showcase all of the amazing talent Simi Valley has to offer,” Barrella said. “There are many open mic nights and specific competitions around town, but the Youth Council Talent Show will bring all the creative and diverse talents together under one roof.”

Applications and contest rules are available online at www.simivalley.org/talentshow. All acts must submit an application and audition video clip by Friday, May 3, 2019 (Deadline extended from April 26, 2019). There is no cost to audition or perform.

The Talent Show will also serve as a fundraiser to help support the Youth Council’s community projects and events throughout the year. These include the anti-bullying and suicide prevention campaigns; printing of teen crisis numbers on the back of school ID cards; and the annual flagship event, the Simi Valley Youth Summit. Businesses and individuals interested in sponsoring this event can contact Kristin Tignac, Youth Council Coordinator, at (805) 583-6766.

The Simi Valley Youth Council is an advisory board to the City Council on issues that affect the youth in the community. It is comprised of 24 middle and high school students. Community members and youth are encouraged to follow the Youth Council on Instagram @simivalleyyouthcouncil.