About For Youth, By Youth
History
In 2020, the Talloires Network of Engaged Universities in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation assembled a diverse cohort of Next Generation Leaders comprised of 36 students located in 18 countries including: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Uganda, and the United States. The cohort of 36 Next Generation Leaders worked together for two years building a powerful community space to share strategies and ideas, form lasting collegial ties, and build momentum for the field of civic engagement. To learn more about the cohort, visit our Next Generation Leaders Directory.
Alumni of the Next Generation Leaders program continued working together to expand their ideas, relationships, and impact. They organized and held local community-campus events, engaging with their local communities to identify the issues of concern to young people. To reinforce working ties with university heads, alumni also presented plaques in recognition of their universities’ institutional support of the Next Generation Leaders program. Throughout 2023 and 2024, alumni met regularly for virtual collaborations and workshops to operationalize their vision for ongoing collaboration. Many alumni had an opportunity to meet in Boston. In September 2024, they received the financial resources necessary to launch their global movement entitled “For Youth, By Youth.”
Click here to read more about the origin and history of the For Youth, By Youth movement.
For Youth, By Youth Workshop and Conference of Next Generation Leaders
In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, the Talloires Network held the For Youth, By Youth Workshop and Conference of Next Generation Leaders in the Boston region. Following more than two years of online collaboration, university students from around the world finally met in person. The workshop and conference was held at the Essex Woods Meeting & Retreat Center in Essex, Massachusetts (20 – 25 August 2023).
Read more about the 5-day long gathering here.
Community-Campus Events and Presentations
Alumni have organized and held local community-campus events around the world, engaging with their local communities and institutions about the issues of concern to young people.
Alumni have also presented plaques of recognition to their university vice-chancellors, presidents, and/or rectors, and many held informative sessions to share their vision of the For Youth, By Youth initiative.
Read more about the community-campus events and presentations.
University students performing a poem for the young primary school learners. (Halima Dolif, Kenya)
Marc Nathanson, Stellenbosch University (South Africa) presenting the plaque to Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector & Vice-Chancellor