{"id":5058835,"date":"2022-08-26T03:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/?p=5058835"},"modified":"2022-08-26T03:18:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T03:18:00","slug":"creating-accessible-places-for-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2022\/08\/26\/creating-accessible-places-for-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating accessible places for young people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCivics is a hallmark of the work that we do here at the (CWECSEO) commission,\u201d said Steven Hernandez, an attorney who serves as the executive director of the Commission on Women, children, seniors, equity and opportunity (CWCSEO) at the Connecticut General Assembly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a guest on the <a href=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/\">Latino News Network<\/a>&nbsp;podcast,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3ryH9a4zA14lJGACH4Pjcp?si=084bd8158b8047e6\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c3 Questions With<\/a>&#8230;\u201d Hernandez speaks of the importance of promoting civic engagement in the state of Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Steven Hernandez, Executive Director, Commission on Women, children, seniors, equity and opportunity (CWCSEO)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2u85FQbdR4CLcqU27Pt0QU?si=zJh3QmTFThyktzwObv-JFg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CWCSEO researches best practices, coordinates stakeholders, and promotes public policies that are in the interests of Connecticut&#8217;s underserved and underrepresented families, women, children, and older adults. \u201cWhen you think of a government agency, you may think, you know, how is it that this agency represents the people of the state, either in government or among state actors, but this agency is a little different. There\u2019s a people-facing component to what we do\u201d, said Hernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the initiatives is the Parent Leadership Training Insitute, otherwise known as the PLTI. The PLTI is a program in which families are trained over the course of almost twenty-five weeks on how to be engaged in democracy and become more active in their community while also developing skills needed for civic leadership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A factor within the PLTI is called the Children\u2019s Leadership Training Institute, an element that Hernandez is passionate about. \u201cWhat we teach is that children are leaders today. They&#8217;re not just leaders of tomorrow; they are engaged in their own civic spaces: their school, their families, their communities.\u201d Hernandez stresses the importance of civic engagement in all its forms, from creating accessible places for young people to learning to run for office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Hernandez also shared the importance of family and community. Hernandez comes from a family of immigrants, his great grandparents on his father\u2019s matrilineal side having immigrated to Chicago from Italy, later moving to Veracruz until the Mexican revolution, where they then settled in Tampico and Monterrey, where they reside to this day. His mother\u2019s side\u2014as well as his father\u2019s patrilineal side\u2014 is Mexican, dating back multiple generations. As proud as Hernandez is of his ancestry, he\u2019s proud to call Connecticut home too. \u201cThis country belongs to each and every one of you as much as it does to anyone else,\u201d says Hernandez. \u201cEven though it doesn&#8217;t seem like it sometimes from what we may hear in the media and what we may hear otherwise, at least in our little version of democracy that is Connecticut, this is your home, too. 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