On March 5th, 2009, over 300 youth rallied at the State Capitol to energize support for Minnesota youth services, including 18 students from PPL programs. Youth met with representatives and senators to describe their experience in PPL youth programming and why it’s important to them.
During reflection time at the end of the day, a PPL youth said that his favorite part was ‘learning how and the importance of giving a good hand shake.’ Just before the photo was taken with Mayor Rybak, the Mayor took a couple of minutes to shake students’ hands and pointed out things like looking the person in the eye, smiling, firmly shaking the person’s hand.