81% of students placed “helping others who are in difficulty” as their top priority. — HERI, 2016
64% of young people agreed with the statement: “My generation is feeling motivated to make positive changes in this country.” — MTV/AP-NORC Youth Political Pulse, October 2018
Every school, neighborhood, and country has problems that need to be fixed. (We are all a work in progress!) What is one issue you’d really like to change? What bothers you?
Right now, don’t worry about the HOW, such as, How could you possibly fix that problem? Or, How could you really make progress to solve it? You can tackle the hows later.
Today is about the WHAT: What would you make better if you could?
“I decided to get involved in the climate strikes because, as I am under 18, I am not able to have a vote in the decisions that will affect my future and so I feel as though I have a moral duty to try and influence the adults who are voting on mine and my generation’s behalf.”
—Anna Kernahan, Irish climate activist