The concept of the ‘lost youth of today’ is thrown around at a whim, but rarely is the reasoning ever dissected – nor the fact that the youth has been effectively deemed ‘lost’ by elders for generations. So, what does it mean to be a young person today? What are the education, social media, and peer pressures facing you? Isn’t it time we had dedicated conversations and gave young people a space to have a voice, to express themselves freely, and in return to be heard.

Over the course of my 20-year career, I have seen countless young people lost in the structure, interconnectivity, and curriculum they are required to follow. It isn’t until they’re given the space to share openly that you can truly learn what a young person’s experience of life looks like. 

In Talking Youth, we open the doors for safe conversation. Talking to young people from all walks of life, and a few who have made it out of their circumstances to achieve great things, we look at dreams, wins, struggles all with the goal of inspiring peers and the broader community.