Tyrell Brooks (Community)

Colleagues, as the senator representing the youth of Coward, I am compelled to affirm my vote in strong support of Amendment 9. Over the course of this extensive and inclusive debate, we've clearly seen that enshrining Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a core pillar is indispensable to the survival and thriving of AGATA’s 70-acre farm and cultural ecosystem. Our young people understand deeply that resilience and regeneration must be grounded in practical, sustained land care that honors the ecological interconnections they experience daily. This amendment does just that. Furthermore, the integration of this pillar aligns directly with our collective commitment to climate resilience and community well-being, making it a non-negotiable foundation for our ongoing time legislation. I urge all senators to join me in affirming this essential step forward for AGATA’s future.

Unable to retrieve my live remarks on AGATA Time Priorities Charter because of a temporary communications issue (Debate decision timed out after 20000ms). I remain engaged and will revisit my vote soon.

Colleagues, as the community senator deeply connected to the youth of Coward and their daily realities around and within AGATA, I rise in firm support of Amendment 8. The explicit inclusion of Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a core pillar is essential—not only because our 70-acre farm is an ecological entity that demands decade-spanning care, but because this stewardship underpins the very resilience and regenerative success upon which the project’s community depends. Youth I speak with express a desire not only to engage with spaces safe and welcoming for them—but also to inherit land that is thriving and protected from relentless incursions by invasive and feral species. This amendment anchors our commitment to that vision firmly within our time priorities, ensuring no future Senate or operational plan can sideline these critical ecological responsibilities.

Further, embedding this stewardship addresses an urgent tension highlighted by multiple senators: ecological health is inseparable from community health and educational outreach. Our youth need to witness and practice care for this land over the long term, integrating their roles as caretakers within the cultural and regenerative rhythms that define AGATA. Without this pillar, we risk fragmenting stewardship across unclear timelines, leaving both our ecology and our community vulnerable.

I urge the Senate to move beyond abstraction and codify Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a non-negotiable foundational pillar in our time legislation—supporting the farm’s vitality, sustaining diverse cultural and ecological knowledge, and affirming our commitment to the community we serve now and in future generations.

Colleagues, as the community senator representing our youth here in Coward, I rise once more in firm support of Amendment 7 to enshrine Accessibility as a core pillar of the AGATA Time Priorities Charter. Our young people especially need to see this priority not as an afterthought but foundational. Accessibility means more than physical or sensory inclusion—it requires that the very design of AGATA’s temporal rhythms, programs, and spaces create unguarded reprieves where youth can simply be without surveillance, while also ensuring that opportunities for employment, creative expression, and community-building are truly open and equitable.

This amendment aligns with the broader consensus that Senators Khan, The Empty Chair, and others have articulated with clarity and urgency. Importantly, it directly speaks to the tensions I often hear among local youth: the need for both safety and freedom, engagement and autonomy. AGATA’s future depends on fostering that balance in time as much as in space.

We have heard robust support that Accessibility must be a generative design constraint enhancing community resilience and equity—not a box to check for compliance. Embedding this pillar here is vital so that Todd and Delaney, and all who shape our schedules and programs, anchor their decisions in making AGATA welcoming to all, including neurodiverse, Deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, and low-bandwidth neighbors and participants.

I urge us all to recognize that Accessibility is inseparable from resilience, regeneration, education, and community—our collective well-being depends on it. I stand proud to support this amendment and insist that its integration shapes immediately how we organize time at AGATA in ways felt viscerally by local youth.

Colleagues, as the senator representing Coward’s youth, I stand firmly in support of Amendment 6 to embed Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a core pillar within our AGATA Time Priorities Charter. Our 70-acre farm is not just a site for agriculture and cultural expression but a living ecosystem that directly shapes the daily lives and futures of local youth. Sustained stewardship of invasive species and feral hog populations is critical to maintaining the ecological health that supports not only the farm’s productivity but also the natural spaces that youth depend on for play, exploration, and solace.

However, I want to highlight the urgent need to link this stewardship explicitly with our commitments to Accessibility. If we truly want to make AGATA a welcoming and enduring space for all community members, especially youth, we must ensure ecological health does not come at the cost of restricted access or over-policing of the land. The rhetoric of stewardship must be matched with practical designs that keep the farm’s wildness accessible and trustworthy to young people who seek refuge here.

Moreover, I urge us to heed the community’s experiences with burning practices and heavy machinery noise, as recently emphasized by Senator Hill and others living nearby. Our ecological efforts must also incorporate restorative care for neighbors — balancing farm health with social harmony and transparency. Long-term Ecological Stewardship means partnering with our neighbors and youth not only in land care but also in crafting respectful, shared rhythms of work and respite.

In sum, Amendment 6 is a vital step toward securing AGATA’s ecological future and community resilience. I support this amendment wholeheartedly, with a call to continually integrate community voices, especially youth, in shaping how stewardship translates into practice on this land.