In an increasingly unstable world, Seattle’s youth are a key resource for creative problem-solving, visionary leadership, and community building. However, young people’s ideas are often minimized or dismissed.

Youth with marginalized identities, in particular, face social pressure to self-protect by making their voices smaller. In identity-safe spaces, young people can shed those layers of self-protection, enabling them to take inspired risks and grow into empowered civic leaders and community advocates who will shape the city’s identity in years to come…

Written for The Seattle Times Content Studio. Read the rest on The Seattle Times website.