YGL National Newsletter - May

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This is the YGL National Newsletter, the e-mail digest highlighting the what's going on in YGL in DC! This newsletter will help connect you explore a wealth of information related to your personal and professional lives as young public servants. 

In this edition...

1. New YGL Chapters!
2. YGL Gives Back
3. What Motivates You to Give?
4. Join us for Happy Hour!
5. NextGen 2013
6. Celebrating the New GOLD Logo
7. Want to be on the YGL National Board?

Welcome to YGL!

This month we are welcoming 5 new chapters into the YGL family! Congratulations to Kansas City, Pittsburg, and South Florida on their provisional status, and Dallas/Ft. Worth and Honolulu who are newly chartered! If you know anyone in these cities who might want to be involved in YGL, please direct them to the YGL website, and to check out our chapters here: http://younggov.org/chapters/

YGL Volunteering with United Way NCA

On April 27, 2013, members of the National Chapter of YGL spent the day helping the United Way of the National Capital Area (NCA) refurbish Neval Thomas Elementary School in Washington, DC. Through painting murals of popular children's books in the hallways and landscaping the school's exterior, they joined the thousands of volunteers that gave back to their communities throughout April's Global Month of Service. The principal of Neval Thomas even came by and thanked all of the volunteers for their work! For additional information about this volunteer event or information about future events, contact Christine Connors at cac5bc@virginia.edu.

Painting for NCA
 

Survey: What Motivates You to Give?

Young Government Leaders, a professional organization of almost 5,000 men and women, is committed to providing the authentic voice for our generation of aspiring government leaders.

Civic engagement and government service are ideologically linked, and YGL members contribute to the improvement of their communities in several ways—at the office and outside of it. The goal of this survey is to ascertain what motivates giving, and how YGL’s members prefer to give to their community.

This survey should take less than 5 minutes. Your contribution is very valuable and will provide powerful insight into the choices young government employees make when serving their communities. Please note that all responses are confidential and we do not tie individual responses to personal information.

Click here to take this short survey!

 Civic Engagement

 

Join us for Happy Hour!

April showers bring May hours - Happy Hours, that is!

The weather is finally warming up, and you know what that means! Join our partner Thursday Connect DC at Co Co Sala for some chocolate & bubbles at this month's Happy Hour! As always, networking and socializing with rising professionals from across the public and private sector is guaranteed!

In addition to a fabulous time with young government leaders, Co Co Sala will offer the following specials:

$9 Prosecco
$4 Amstel Light
$4 Heineken
$6 House Red Wine
$6 House White Wine

Details are as follows:

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 5:30-9:00 PM
Location: Co Co Sala, 929 F St. NW, Washington DC

The first 20 people to arrive will get vouchers for Woolly Mammoth Theater Company's next show: "Stupid F##king Bird!"

RSVP on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/152721888242640 or via EventBrite at http://tcdcmay2013-fb.eventbrite.com. Hope to see you there!

NextGen 2013: Coming Soon!

The Next Generation of Government Training Summit began in 2010 and has enhanced the working and personal lives of 1000+ Generation X and Y government employees. The sessions and workshops presented during the two day summit are jam packed with information focused on educating, inspiring and training emerging government leaders to further enhance their day-to-day career and the betterment of government overall. 

The When: July 25, 2013 @ 8:00 AM — July 26, 2013 @ 5:00 PM 
The Where: JW Marriott, Washington DC 
Sponsored by: GovLoop & YGL 

DON'T WAIT: Register Today! Visit the conference website http://www.nextgengovt.com/.

 NextGen

  

Celebrating the New GOLD Logo

To thank Laura Shoup for her winning design in the YGL GOLD Logo contest, the YGL Board and Senior Executive Association (SEA) hosted a happy hour for Laura and her friends. It was a fun evening of networking and celebrating! For more information about the YGL GOLD Fellows Program and to check out the new logo, visit our website at: http://younggov.org/about-us/ygl-gold-academy/

GOLD HH

 

Want to be on the YGL National Board?

The YGL National Board is currently recruiting a new co-chair for Web Services. The "CIO" is responsible for the organization's website (www.younggov.org) via WordPress and social media presence. Knowledge of Google Analytics is a plus, but not required. Time commitment includes one monthly board meeting in DC (remote attendance possible) plus some additional work throughout the month. To apply, send your resume and cover letter to Tyler Robinson (tylerrobinson22@gmail.com).