An empowered youth-centered response to addressing youth-centered concerns can only be established through tru dialogue

Tru Colors Indy, Bloom Project Inc., DONT SLEEP, and Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center join together to provide a platform for some of the most profound Indianapolis youth to speak to youth mentors, policymakers, directors, and other stakeholders that have an impact on the lives of the youth. The impact of community violence, social injustice, mental health challenges, and other critical factors have created an overwhelming amount of victimization and harm towards our young citizens. Additionally, we continue to see policies, legislation, media coverage, and political campaigns paint an unfair representation of the youth, minimizing their gifts, talents, and lived experiences. To this end, it has become imperative that we focus on centering youth input and ideas that explore plausible and relevant solutions.  To foster better relationships between youth and adult stakeholders, this coalition of organizations is hosting the Tru Dialogue Pt. 8: A Youth-Led Forum.  Tru Dialogue is a youth-led and youth-driven platform, geared to offer an opportunity for young people to demonstrate their power….Through their voice!  The premise is that for true dialogue to exist, there needs to be greater understanding from the perspective of those most marginalized, in hopes that cross-generational synergy can produce answers to the...