In the final conversation of the season, I speak with Alan Fay from Dublin who is a disability campaigner and was a valued member of the Youth Council of EPIC Ireland for 5 years championing care awareness. EPIC stands for ‘Empowering People in

Seeing the world in a different way - Lauren Roberts-Turner

Feb 15th, 2024 34m 1s

This week we hear from Lauren Roberts-Turner, a researcher and campaigner from England who specialises in issues relating to young people and the welfare state, poverty, and the economics of social justice. When we spoke she was involved with L

Planting seeds for the next generation - Sen Toyotoshi

Feb 8th, 2024 30m 33s

Following on from last week’s conversation with Kate Yeung, I got to speak with her former colleague Sen Toyotoshi (she/they) who at the time of our call was a Project Support Officer with MYAN, the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network and now

"They already have a voice" - Kate Yeung

Feb 1st, 2024 34m 6s

This week’s conversation is with Kate Yeung Ching Yung (she/her) who works as a Project Officer for MYAN, the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network. MYAN is an Australian non-profit that works in partnership with young people, government, and ci

Getting Into Activism with Mia Pobloth

Jan 25th, 2024 32m 7s

Today’s conversation is with Mia Pobloth, who is currently doing a gap year teaching English at a school in Madrid, but when we spoke, she was a final year pupil at Shimna Integrated College in Newcastle, Co. Down in the North of Ireland/Northe

Young People Making Peace - Delvina Sejdii

Jan 18th, 2024 23m 49s

For our first episode I speak with Delvina Sejdii, a young peacebuilder from North Macedonia. Delvina is a member of UNOY – the United Network of Young Peacebuilders which is a youth-led network for young people involved in various peacebuildin

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Introducing the Citizens Now Podcast

Jan 15th, 2024 2m 45s

Welcome to the Citizens Now Podcast, a space to hear stories of young people from all over the world who are actively working to bring about positive social change.You can listen to the Citizens Now Podcast on all the usual platforms so please

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