Written by Christine Wincentaylo, General Member
Youth represent the next generation of leaders, and as observed both online and in everyday life, they are increasingly taking the lead in driving social change, whether it's related to climate action, police reform, or 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy and protests. Unfortunately, no precise statistics are available on how many young people in Canada are actively engaged as social justice advocates or changemakers. However, based on my experiences, I frequently witness youth initiating change in their communities through various social media platforms and grassroots efforts.
During the pandemic, youth, including myself, had more opportunities to volunteer through online positions, such as being a part of a social media account advocating for a social cause, podcasts, or newsletters.
Today, I want to share with you a newsletter created for youth by youth or youth-focused so you can get inspired to make your newsletter or join one of these fantastic newsletter teams!
Youthful Cities -https://www.youthfulcities.com/about-us/
It focuses on young people being a part of essential questions regarding the cities and communities we live in by having youth spark dialogue and insights and providing opportunities to share their insight in surveys with opportunities to win prizes such as visa gift cards and more! Also, it will share statistics of what youth shared from past research and surveys created from youthful cities while also providing opportunities to be part of conferences across different parts of Canada.
The focus of Force of Nature prioritizes climate action, with youth benign at the forefront of change the newsletter shares different opportunities for climate cafés and other world events focused on climate change and other important topics interconnected with the climate. Lastly, it shares opportunities for workshops, Q&A sessions, and volunteering for youth.
Active Minds - https://www.activeminds.org/
Shares ways to take action to advocate for mental health with resources, events, workshops, and lessons for teachers to implement different mental health curriculums within the classroom.
Stigma-Free Mental Health - https://stigmafreementalhealth.com/about-our-charity/newsletter/
It provides opportunities for volunteering or working with the team at Stigma-free and sharing toolkits and ways for youth to share their experiences for things such as “Inspiring Stories” and more!
UNITE 2030 -https://www.unite2030.com/
UNITE educates youth about the Sustainable development goals, ways to join, apply, and be inspired by past or present youth delegates for the Unite 2030 program, and events sharing ways to work with the SDGs, such as the “Introduction to the SDGs, Working with the frameworks.”
Thred. - https://thecommonthred.substack.com/
This newsletter educates people about news around the world focused on topics such as London is still plagued by sexism or Sweden joining NATO after 200 years of neutrality, and ways to take action by signing petitions, taking courses or modules for things such as environmental sustainability while providing opportunities for youth apply as remote writers, or taking apart of different networks.