ALACHUA - Alachua City Commissioner Shirley Green Brown (left) along with current and former members of Alachua’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC) accepted the 2023 Florida League of Cities Community Service Award from Chirs Holley (back right), Director of External Services, of the Florida League of Cities. Alachua’s YAC received the award for its initiative in creating a quilt in partnership with the Alachua County Quilt Remembrance Project through the Equal Justice Initiative. The quilt is intended to remember lynching victims from Newnansville, just north of Alachua. In addition to a trophy, Alachua’s YAC received a $250 award. Well-established area quilters assisted the young council members with the project.
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Alachua Youth Advisory Council Accepts Award
Alachua City Commissioner Shirley Green Brown (left) along with current and former members of Alachua’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC) accepted the 2023 Florida League of Cities Community Service Award from Chirs Holley (back right), Director of External Services, of the Florida League of Cities. Alachua’s YAC received the award for its initiative in creating a quilt in partnership with the Alachua County Quilt Remembrance Project through the Equal Justice Initiative. The quilt is intended to remember lynching victims from Newnansville, just north of Alachua. In addition to a trophy, Alachua’s YAC received a $250 award. Well-established area quilters assisted the young council members with the project.
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