The Third Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Competition sponsored by the Macon-Bibb County MLK Commission was held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 mid-day at the Memorial Gym. “The Macon-Bibb County Recreation is proud to present students sharing their voice and vision as it relatives to their future,” says Dominique Lewis, MBC Recreation Programmer. “These […]
Macon-Bibb County is accepting applications until August 11 for its next Youth Commission, a year-long program for students to learn more about their local consolidated government, as well as how it interacts with state and federal government. This year’s Youth Commission will meet from August 2017 through May 2018, and it is open to 10th-12th grade students in […]
Come out and support student leadership at the fourth annual “Taste of Macon-Bibb Follies” to help raise money for the Macon-Bibb County Youth Commission. This year’s lineup of elected officials, community leaders, employees, and more will take the stage at The Douglass Theatre (355 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) on April 8, 2017. There will […]
Rushabh (Rush) Patel, a Macon-Bibb County Youth Commissioner and sophomore at Stratford Academy, has been selected to be a board member of the prestigious National League of Cities (NLC) Council on Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Council). Mr. Patel was one of five youth members selected from a national application and interview process to be […]
In early October, Macon-Bibb County and Middle Georgia State University hosted the Third Annual Youth Leadership Summit in the University’s Student Life Center. This year’s Summit included a dedicated symposium for Youth Advisors, two days of sessions for youth leaders, and working with youth leaders from Japan. More than 100 students in youth leadership programs (including the Macon-Bibb County […]
Each year, Macon-Bibb County selects a group of student leaders to participate in its Youth Commission, a year-long civic leadership program that shows them how their local, consolidated government operates. It also gives them the chance to learn more about the role the state and federal government’s role at the local level. The cohort of […]
On August 30, 2016, Macon-Bibb County and local schools will welcome the fifth cohort of the Macon-Bibb County Youth Commission at its Orientation Session on from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the Cox Capitol Theatre (382 Second Street). Thirty sophomores, juniors, and seniors were selected from nine public and private schools after an application […]
Macon-Bibb County is accepting applications until August 12 for its fourth Youth Commission, a year-long program for students to learn more about their local consolidated government, as well as how it interacts with state and federal government. This year’s Youth Commission will meet from August 2016 through May 2017, and it is open to 10th-12th […]
At the June 7 Commission Meeting, Macon-Bibb County named and honored the 2015-2016 recipient of the Bert Bivins, III Student Leadership Award, which is given to a member of Macon-Bibb’s Georgia Civic Awareness Program for Students (GCAPS) cohort. This year’s recipient is Sharrieff Muhammad, a recent graduate of the Georgia Cyber Academy and the first […]
For most people, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of an airport…is flying! But the operations at the Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) go much further than that. In April, students in Macon-Bibb’s GCAPS (Georgia Civic Awareness Program for Students) leadership cohort visited the Airport to learn about its history and […]
