Mayor Greenberg, first lady launch youth ambassador program for Louisville high schoolers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- All high school juniors in Louisville now have the opportunity to get involved on a much larger scale.

The goal of a new program for Jefferson County high school students is to inspire young minds.

"Everything is changing so quickly, and we all have to learn how to adapt and who better else to show us but the future leaders," First Lady Rachel Greenberg said.

The Youth Ambassadors Leading Louisville, or Y.A.L.L., program is put on by Mayor Craig Greenberg and First Lady Rachel Greenberg, the first major initiative for the first lady.

"We want to hear from them," Rachel Greenberg said. "We want to get their feedback. We want to listen, I think, which is very important."

Juniors from all high schools in the county, including private schools, can apply to be a city ambassador.

Each school will select two students to participate.

"Perspectives are so important, and the more people you get to know, the more perspectives you hear and you see we have more in common than we have in difference," Rachel Greenberg said.

Those students will celebrate the end of their high school careers by promoting city-led events like Hike, Bike & Paddle or Worldfest and volunteer at those events.

"We are really focused on moving the city forward in a new direction, and what better way than to engage high school students to get their input and their involvement and their participation and then listening to them on how to make things better," Mayor Greenberg said.

They are looking for what inspires high schoolers and hope to also inspire them as they look to the future.

"They are the future," Rachel Greenberg said. "They are the future mayor. They could be sitting in here next and we want them to have leadership experience to know everything about the city and to move it forward, to make it better."

For more information on how to apply, click here.