Five Hope High School girls have been selected to attend Arkansas Girls State this summer! Maria Perez-Solis, Brency Cabriales, Edith Dominguez, Grace Trauger, and Guadalupe Montalvon will attend the week-long event at Harding University in an immersive civics education program designed for young women.
According to the Arkansas Girls State website:
Each participant of the Arkansas Girls State program is assigned a place in a mock political party, city, and county. Over the course of the week, delegates will nominate and elect officials to the various levels of their government. The program offerings are designed to offer practical instruction on the duties and responsibilities both of a citizen and of public officials.
Activities include:
- The “citizens” of each “Girls State” city and county nominate members of their individual parties to be candidates for the various city and county offices.
- Elections are held with the citizens conducting their own balloting.
- Daily sessions where citizens hear from elected officials and community leaders from across the state.
- Citizens have the opportunity to take part in the Arkansas Girls State band or choir.
- A visit to the Arkansas State Capital in Little Rock.
Congratulations to these young women! We want to thank the sponsors who have donated in order to help the girls get to Girls State:
- Browns Chapel Church of Christ
- Cadence Bank
- First Baptist Church Hope
- Lions Club
- Kiwanis Club
- Lonoke Baptist Church
- Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church
- Platinum Auto
- Rising Star Baptist Church
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