From Cafes to Communities: How Gen Z is Redefining Social Life & Impact Plus Updates.
A4R 🎨 Monthly - a GenZ co creation.
Ciao Trailblazers,
How is changing the world coming along? We picked up on the new ways of having fun you are coming up with like coffee raves. Your movement is based on promoting the new while being inclusive like coffee raves - pretty original in our books. Since you already represent over 30% of the global population we look forward to seeing you become a movement for positive change as you enter the mainstream. Our job is to make sure you are well informed and highly engaged along the way.
Here we just finished supporting 20 of your fellow GenZ gain vocational training skills as Citizen Journalists. They are students at the Department of War Studies, King;’s College, London. They completed a professional development level course in Journalism and then applied it to research, write an article and record a backstory podcast for you. We also insist they use visuals as part of the work with us. Not to mention share their experiences. Here is a team pic of some of the members.
Adeola & Cal - from DePaul University in Chicago, are working away building their vocational skills as well. Adeola is now starting work on developing the ai agent for you to test. We are hoping next month it will be ready for testing - fingers crossed. Cal has been joined by Victoria. If you remember she joined us a couple of years ago on the gaming stream. Now she is back working with Cal on the gaming stream again. We will be sharing more of their work with you as time goes on.
Some fun news about Taya as well. We were catching up with UK for UNHCR and they want to share Taya’s expereince with you. So keep an eye out for their post. Better still we will share it here when it goes live.
On more slightly subdued note Tech Tonic - an FT publication highlighted how some younger members of GenZ were consumed by Ai Chatbots like Character Ai that they ended up harming themselves. We want to assure you we take ethical use of Ai very seriously. One reason we co create our content with you and your peers is that we can identify these issues early on at the design stage. All our ai based character chatbots have limits so they do not harm you. If you do come across any issues please let us know asap.
Before we move some great news as well. We have been accepted onto the Impact Entrepreneurs Content Partnership Programme This means our Citizen Journalists will be able to share their work more widely and access the training from the Impact Entrepreneur’s Journalism Institute. More on this next month.
Just one more thing - honest! My Triage Network - another eco system partner - is offering free session on mental health issues. They want to take the guess work out of mental health. So, if you or any one you know wants to learn more about why our mental health is as important as physical health then you can sign up here.
Our sponsor for the month -
This month we decided to dedicate our sponsor’s slot to Jackie. She is our Refugee Story Telling advisor. We co created the vocational training programme we offer GenZ with her. So all the articles, podcasts, micro games and more you have come across we organised with her support. She is also the founder of Global Cadence.
They elevate corporate brands refine their corporate message, strengthen media exposure, secure industry recognition, and build strategic communications across PR, social media, and thought leadership. So if your company is looking for support in growing your brand awareness we highly recommend her support. Link here.
Raw & Real from GenZ - unfiltered updates
Here is a new way you can support our work. You can make a direct donation - if you are a US tax payer and it’s tax deductible for you as well. What a great way to make a difference. Start here.
It’s great to have you with us along this journey. Till next month — enjoy your coffee rave along the way. 😊
With gratitude,
Zufi, Cal, Adeola, Victoria & Michael.
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