East Hampton Girl Wins CT Kid Governor On LGBTQ Platform

EAST HAMPTON, CT - Ella Briggs, an East Hampton resident and student at CREC Ana Grace Academy of the Arts Elementary Magnet School in Avon, has won the Connecticut Kid Governor position, beating out other fifth graders from around the state. Ella won on a platform of promoting LGBTQ Youth Safety.

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According to a statement from the Connecticut Democracy Center, a nonprofit which promotes the position, "her platform focuses on three platform points to advocate for youth in the LGBTQ community:

1. Promote adoptions for LGBTQ Homeless Youth.
2. Train teachers on how to work with LGBTQ Youth.
3. Create youth programs for LGBTQ Youth and their allies."

Find out more by going to the Connecticut Democracy Center's website.

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