This Meeting Is A Protest!
*This is an image of our Youth Leadership Council taken before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
So much is done for young people without involving young people. Through funding from Teen Health Mississippi, four members of IWES’ Youth Leadership Council used this opportunity to speak openly and honestly about the pressing problems facing young people in 2020. A major focus of the series is how the pandemic has impacted the lives and well-being of youth. Young people, and especially young people of color, are one group whose mental health has suffered disproportionately compared to the general population. The pandemic has shifted so much in our lives, yet a lot has also remained the same. Let this be an opportunity to recommit to creating youth-centered spaces that account for the strengths and experiences of the young people in our lives.