So, in the summer of 2024, when I went to Bangladesh, something felt different. Everything seemed off. Maybe it was because I only had just turned 15. Or maybe it was because everyone around my age suddenly seemed so serious, almost adultlike. That trip made me realize how little I really knew about the country, the world around me, and especially my own country. And this is what brings me here today. Hi, my name is Lyanna Zahir and I'm a junior here at ACS. It all started after I landed in Daka. We were st ...

Hello and good afternoon everyone. What happens when an entire generation feels hopeless, angry and online. The generation Z are born between the years 1997 to 2012.They are the digital natives, globally connected yet locally frustrated. The generation Z have born and grown in a more globalized world, informationrich, politically aware. Their idea of freedom, equality, and justice are different.But youth has always played a central role in driving social change. Whether in the '9s it was the South Korean la ...

Pashabsa Subeti is a 22-year-old law student who lives with her parents in the outskirts of Nepal's capital, Catmandeue. Not long ago, her life took a surprising turn. You said the police were expecting 7 or 800 people to show up.As you were going from school to the demonstration, how many were you thinking. >> When we were like when we reached there, we saw very few people. There were not much people.So, we thought thousand to 2,000 people might come but I was not sure. But as like after 15 minutes of when ...

From Madagascar to Nepal to Peru, Jenzi protests erupting in pockets around the globe in recent months. Though the individual causes vary, they share a common thread. Protesters in their teens and 20s angry at the state of their countries, organizing on social media, and taking to the streets. These are the digital natives. The generation obviously is very, very comfortable organizing on social media. It's their natural medium for expressing themselves. In Madagascar, what began as anger over water shortage ...