Desiree Nguyen – Palo Verde City After a steady stream of delegates trickled into the zoom meeting, another day of the 2nd ever virtual AZ Girls State was ready to commence as we kept our eyes glued to the screen
The Sun is Shining in Manzanita
Arshiya Alwadi – Manzanita City Hello from Manzanita! It was a day full of new ideas and information! This morning started with the Palo Verde, Saguaro, and Sycamore citizens introducing themselves. It was a pleasure to (virtually) meet everyone. After
County Day
Emma White – Ocotillo City Today we worked with the other city in our county to try and create the county book like we are for the towns. Before we could start though we had to fill the positions and
Forming the Sustainable City of Saguaro
Isabella Aloisi – Saguaro City Leaving an impactful environmental footprint can be an expensive and rocky journey, but we strongly believe that it’s not only possible but necessary. We would like to make public transportation very accessible while also urging
Representing the city of Cholla with pride
Rachel Lemons – Cholla City Today’s date is June 8th, 2021. The third day of Arizona girls state has come and gone. Today began similarly to yesterday with the introduction of other cities as well as more tools to use
Sycamore’s prestigious museums and national parks, as well as new elections
Abby Dubois – Sycamore City Sycamore’s tourist attractions bring in new citizens and visitors, which fuels state-wide elections. Sycamore is one of, if not the biggest, environmentally-friendly cities in the United States. They push progressive learning practices within schools and
Area Ocotillo
Emma White – Ocotillo City On the second day of Girls State we first voted for our PC’s (Precinct Committee). Well, we tried to. We had some technical difficulties but we were able to vote at the end. We also
The beginning of the sustainable City of Saguaro
Isabella Aloisi – Saguaro City Our city of Saguaro emphasizes the importance of a clean environment, regulating carbon emissions, pollution, and water conservation to ensure a healthy footprint. Our city of 40,000 residents has a world-renowned university and tall mountains
First day of elections for Manzanita!
Arshiya Alwadi – Manzanita City Hello from the city of Manzanita! Today was Virtual Girls State 2021 Day 1 and what an interesting day it was. We had a great start with Mayor Romero, the first-ever female mayor of Tucson,
Deep dive into city development in the city of Palo Verde
Desiree Nguyen – Palo Verde City With the rising sun smiling brightly upon the 2021 AZ Girl States delegates no matter what part of the state they are from, all were ready to begin another exhilarating day full of anticipated