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Our second event will focus on understanding the realities of what young people today are really facing and what needs to change.
Growing up you're always told that you're working towards what's ahead of you, that you'll understand when you get there. But what happens after you reach the goal, pass the exam, get the grade? Do we just ‘win’ working towards the next thing?!
There is an endless expectation of what you're going to be...rather than just being able to Be…!
Born to be…
'The youth of today' don’t have the easy ride many think they do! They are burdened with relentless expectations from society, parents and their peers. All while simultaneously being viewed with a negative gaze because of how they are often portrayed in the media.
The reality of what it's actually like to be a young person in today's hostile environment is rarely considered. It is a world not of their choosing; a place that has been plundered and abused, exploited and marginalised, stripped of its resources by those who’ve come before them.
It is hard for anyone to muster daily hope in our current landscape, let alone those who find themselves trapped in education systems and institutions that have been hollowed out and overly commercialised for decades.
Their future is in turmoil, teetering on a precipice of unimaginable disaster as they stare down the barrel of climate breakdown. The paths forward are unclear, shrouded in the cloak of social media and an onslaught of agenda driven information.
But there is hope. Many young people have the courage, ideas and willingness to change things. We must listen, take heed and work together to act now.
To stand a chance, we need to rebuild it all on the new set of foundations - fairly distributed wealth and ‘trickle-up’ economics.
Join us on the Monday 29th May to hear the voices of the real 'experts' - those with the lived-experience and insights of young people’s reality. So we can all start working on the changes we need to make now.
This In conversation event will be followed by a discussion with the audience responding to each of our three speakers provocations:
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This In conversation event will be followed by a discussion with the audience responding to each of our three speakers provocations:
Molly Taylor - International Relations Student
Molly is a 2nd year international relations student and a serial volunteer who has devoted ten years of her life to issues such as human rights, children's rights, and mental health. As an iWill ambassador, her social action focuses on youth loneliness with UK Youth, and as a UN Women delegate, she has recently begun initiatives focusing on child protection and violence against women and girls, because she sees a world in which every child is safe and free from harm. She works with many organizations, including the Department of Culture, Media, and Sport, the Fair Education Alliance and the Office for Economic Cooperation and Development to improve educational, volunteer, and youth work.
Pelumi Fatayo - Computer Science Masters Graduate
Pelumi is a recent masters graduate of computer science. He works for a charity Early Break - in a Voice2Voice role. Which is working on getting client feedback about the service to help improve and evolve it. Outside that he creates content through a collective called Creation Foundation who make socially conscious content. He is also part of a podcast called Crisis Talk which debates, discusses and dissects the issues affecting society.
Finn Oldfield - Media & Communications Co-ordinator
Finn is Media & Communications Co-ordinator at The People’s Powerhouse, a movement to give people in the North of England a say on the future of their regions, on issues ranging from devolution and housing to economic and racial justice.
He is also a fellow on the Virgin Money Foundation Northern Soul Young Changemakers programme, receiving funding and training to aid social change in communities across the North.
He is currently working with and supporting the Equality Trust on the launch of their new report “Your Time, Your Pay” which was co-created with several other young people with lived experience of economic insecurity.
Finn has previously worked in the Cabinet Office as Governance Business Manager and currently sits on the Arts Council England’s Youth Advisory Board, giving his time to strengthen access to the arts in the North.
He is passionate about creating a more optimistic future for working-class young people and wants to tackle the issues of classism and elitism to ensure we can get there.
Well+Fair State Event Series
The situation we find ourselves in is far from perfect…but it makes perfect sense!
We should not be surprised by where we find ourselves or how we got here. All the conditions that have been created propel us in this direction.
Nor should we shy away from the fact that…
We can create a different set of conditions that open up all sorts of new possibilities. The potential for pathways that could take us to different places…ones which are not nearly as far-fetched as might be first thought!
As Sandhya Anantharaman said: “Basic Income doesn’t solve every problem, but it makes every problem easier to solve”. This Event Series is all about envisaging society as it can be if we rebuild it with the foundations of a UBI. What would change and how it could be better.
We have to start somewhere though and this courageous journey begins with understanding where we are right now. So we can imagine where we’d like to be and begin shaping the world we want to live in…and pass on to future generations.