Teens are making a difference in Capitola.
Advisory Council of Teens , or ACT, is the young adult advisory group for the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. It’s open is open to all Santa Cruz County young adults, ages 12-18.
Members of the Advisory Council of Teens assist with raffle at La Selva Beach library.
The group provides recommendations for branches across the library system.
Over the last couple of years, the ACT has provided recommendations on programs as well as on the design of the teen spaces/rooms in the new/renovated branches.
For example, they recommended “Teens” as the name for the teen area at the Santa Cruz downtown library. Other options were Teen District and Teen Empire (which started as a joke but got strong support).
They recommended animation workshops be offered only in the summer as teens have too little free time or are tired during the school year.
La Selva Beach library event: ACT is open to youth starting at age 12.
For programs this year, they recommended targeting ages 11 to 18 instead of ages 9 to 18 and offering three classes all in one week.
They asked for teen finance workshops, Credit 101 and Banking Basics, to be scheduled on the weekend.
They said yes to the Japanese Cultural Fair on June 10.
Librarian Sandi Imperio oversees the advisory Council of Teens.