Elected officials get the opportunity to visit their counterparts in their offices.

LyLena gave her inaugural address where she stated that she was honored to lead and represent a group of girls who are the future and will enforce change.

Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, Lynn Rogers addressed the delegates in the afternoon. He spoke about the importance of diversity in public service and made the statement “There’s enough of us old white guys doing what I do. We need to hand some responsibility over to young people…

American Legion Auxiliary member Linda Caudle shared information about honoring veterans and led us in folding our own pocket flags. These flags are small versions of the American Flag meant to be carried by service men and women who are deployed.

In the afternoon we heard from Kansas Secretary of State, Scott Schwab. Secretary Schwab talked about his duties as a public servant and what business is carried out by his office. He shared an important lesson about respect and noted that we will not always agree but we can honor and respect those across the aisle.

She is the best kind of boisterous, inspiring, and an uplifting start to our program.  She also wore a really awesome floral pants suit that we’ll be talking about for years! Amelia from Brown said Dr. Ballard made her feel “ready for the week and ready to kick butt!”