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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 91
BY SENATOR FIELDS
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate Louisiana's Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) on
winning the Department of Homeland Security Center for Prevention Programs and
Partnerships' 2023 Invent2Prevent national high school competition.
WHEREAS, Invent2Prevent is an experiential project that challenges high school
students to create and activate their own peer-developed initiatives, products, and tools to
prevent targeted violence and help create safe schools and communities; and
WHEREAS, the competition is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security
Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships and managed by EdVenture Partners and
the McCain Institute; and
WHEREAS, this year LYAC designed and entered a card game called "Let's Talk";
"Let's Talk" is a series of question cards created for 4th and 5th graders to counter the social
isolation effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and help children to talk about themselves and
the problems they face in a safe environment; and
WHEREAS, LYAC's goal with the game is to help facilitate conversations between
the game's participants while also building friendships and making connections; and
WHEREAS, from the eighteen high school teams from across the United States that
entered projects in the competition, LYAC's "Let's Talk" was selected as one of the top three
projects and the council was invited to present on their project in the final round of
competition in Washington, D.C. to determine the overall winner; and
WHEREAS, after a presentation on their project before a panel of judges, LYAC was
selected as the 2023 overall high school champion; and
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WHEREAS, LYAC was represented at the competition by members: Diana Diaz, a
senior at St. James High School in Vacherie; Isabella Lancaster, a senior at Mt. Carmel
Academy in New Orleans; Israel Netters, a senior at Southside High School in Youngsville;
Brooke Richards, a senior at Mandeville High School in Covington; and Colden Russell, a
senior at Caldwell Parish High School in Columbia.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Louisiana's Legislative Youth Advisory Council on
winning the Department of Homeland Security Center for Prevention Programs and
Partnerships' 2023 Invent2Prevent national high school competition.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
LYAC staff coordinator, Megan Bella.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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