Taking Citizenship to the Top

Below is an article that was written for the local papers and published in the St. Paul's Review, the Robesonian and can be found on the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Website.

Robeson County 4-H Members Attend 2017 Citizenship North Carolina Focus

Lumberton, N.C. – A delegation of Robeson County 4-H members attended 4-H Citizenship North Carolina Focus, which was held in Raleigh, N.C.  The Robeson County delegation returned home from three days in which more than 120 youth and adults representing 48 4-H programs across the state gathered to exchange ideas, gain knowledge, and learn through hands-on experiences about the importance of being an active and engaged citizen.

Taleek Harlee represented Robeson County at the June 12-14 conference.  Through various conference sessions and facilitated discussions, delegates learned and shared information related to local, state, and national government as well as learned how they could make an impact in the area of citizenship. The event concluded with delegates traveling to the Legislative Building in Raleigh to meet with their elected officials and their staff.  Senator Danny Britt, Jr., and Representatives Charles Graham and Garland Pierce took time out of their busy schedules to talk with this 4-H member and show him around the Senate and House Chambers.  Taleek also had the opportunity to meet Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, who is also a 4-H Alumna.

The 4-H Citizenship North Carolina Focus is sponsored by North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives. North Carolina 4-H is Cooperative Extension’s youth development program. 

For more information on this event or other 4-H programs, please contact Shea Ann DeJarnette, Extension 4-H Youth Development Agent with North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Robeson County Center, at 910-671-3276 or by E-mail at Shea_Ann_DeJarnette@ncsu.edu.  To see more about this program, please visit the 4-H blog at www.robeson4-H.blogspot.com.  North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, or disability.  In addition, the two Universities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation.

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