The Citizen Recommends: Citizen Teen

UPDATE [3-11-20]: In light of current events surrounding the coronavirus, The Citizen has decided to postpone this event. Please stay tuned for updates on rescheduling.

If there is one glimmer of hope in the dire, dystopian times through which we’re living, it is this:

Today’s young people will invariably save us all.

While Boomers kvetch, Generation Z, those born roughly between the mid-’90s and 2012, is putting its head down and getting to work, in fields as far-ranging as climate change, gun-sense, social justice, immigration, the arts and more.

Their potential is limitless, but it can hinge on, and be amplified by, access to networks of supportive, encouraging peers and mentors.

That’s why on Saturday, April 18, from noon to 2pm, The Citizen is bringing six of the country’s foremost youth leaders to Philly to speak to and inspire 100-plus of our city’s teens, to show them that their voice matters, and that—whatever their backgrounds may be—they can make a difference. The event is called Citizen Teen, and it will be held at The Hive in Center City.

It’s open to any and all area high schoolers, so send your children, your students, your neighbors, the young person in your community who you know will be key to Philadelphia’s future—which is to say, all of them.

Here’s who they’ll hear from: