{"id":196367,"date":"2025-08-26T22:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=196367"},"modified":"2025-08-26T22:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:15:13","slug":"ag-yost-seeking-teen-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/08\/26\/ag-yost-seeking-teen-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Yost seeking teen ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; The office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is accepting applications for Yost\u2019s Teen Ambassador Board (TAB) for the 2025-26 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TAB \u2013 which is designed for high-school juniors and seniors from public, private, charter and online schools statewide, including home-schooled students \u2013 offers young people an opportunity to engage with state government officials and discuss issues affecting their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of these young men and women are already established leaders in their schools and communities,\u201d Yost said. \u201cThe Teen Ambassador Board can help them hone their leadership talents as they prepare for possible careers in public service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board members serve a one-year term, during which they convene twice in Columbus to collaborate and advise the Attorney General\u2019s Office on matters relevant to teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ideal applicant is a motivated, enthusiastic self-starter who has an interest in law and government, seeks to develop leadership skills, and wants to make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board members participate in small group projects, attend presentations, meet with Attorney General Yost, and interact with assistant attorneys general and elected officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The submission deadline for applications is September 12. Each application must include a recommendation from a teacher, coach or community member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information, including application and recommendation forms, is available on the attorney general\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/links-1.govdelivery.com\/CL0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.ohioattorneygeneral.gov%2FTeenAmbassadorBoard\/1\/01000198e78b251a-8fa4ed3c-7af1-417a-bbd4-124b1d56f219-000000\/YLzG8FeXMx8_iu2ZqlQM0FDnfaBTd6k1XINak8S_Djk=419\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; The office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is accepting applications for Yost\u2019s Teen Ambassador Board (TAB) for the 2025-26 academic year. TAB \u2013 which is designed for high-school juniors and seniors from public, private, charter and online schools statewide, including home-schooled students \u2013 offers young people an opportunity to engage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 00:41:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196368,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196367\/revisions\/196368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}