If we want to get anywhere, young people need to be directly involved in informing and creating programming meant to address their needs and challenges.
Developing initiatives with youth rather than for them is more likely to have a greater impact in implementation.
How to leverage the energy, passion, and idealism of youth to achieve the SDGs was front and center at Youth Impact, a half-day symposium co-hosted by IYF and the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University.