Community Speeches
Hi, my name is Saanvi and I am a cabinet member for the 2025 Oregon kid governor program. It has been a while since I have posted, but I’m very excited to write my second blog.
I have been busy creating awareness about my platform. I also attended the Kid Governor Summit and it was fun to meet a lot of people from other states.
I was invited to talk about my platform at the HSD (Hillsboro School District) school board meeting. We waited in the lobby for the event to start. It was a big room with a long table with all board members sitting. There were 2 big projectors and a podium on the side. There was an audience on one side and school staff in front of the podium. The meeting was also being recorded and broadcasted on projectors.
Once everyone settled, one of the board members shared the agenda and we all stood for the pledge of allegiance. I was first on the agenda & before I started, they checked if I was able to reach the mic, but I was a few inches short, so they got me a step stool to reach the mic.
Then one of the board members introduced me and why I was at the event. I shared my platform, 3 -point plan and what support I needed from the HSD team to work on my plan. After the speech, everyone applauded and said I did a very good job. Then they asked me to come up for a picture with the board members. I felt a bit nervous initially since I had to address all these adults but then as I started speaking, I felt more confident as everyone was paying attention.
My next speech was at the YAC (Youth Advisory Council). I was invited to share my platform and plan with the highschoolers. The meeting was held at the police station. Once we got there someone escorted me to the meeting room. Also in the room there was a table with a lot of snacks and candies, it was very tempting to get all of it but I didn’t want to get a sugar high.
After we got settled in, one member shared the schedule. I addressed the audience and surprisingly it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I was asked some questions about my platform. I also stayed to listen to the other YAC members about their work. The main one was talking about school lunches which was actually interesting.