Free the Children founder Craig Kielburger encourages teenagers to get involved.

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Adults say that young people are apathetic. Don’t believe it. When we look at these stats about young people, they volunteer, they take action, they’re active in the community. Young people today are in fact the most connected of any generation ever before. Google, the internet beaming around the world right into their living rooms. The challenge for young people is how do they act on this information. So often we almost feel overwhelmed, the question is I’m only person, what difference can I make?

Well today we answered that question and we need every young person to answer that question loudly and passionately that they can make a huge difference from the local to the global.

First step – find the issue you care about.

Second step – do your research.

Third step – gather a team.

Fourth step – take action.

Whatever your cause is, whatever your passion is, these simple steps are how you create a movement. That’s how Free the Children went from twelve 12 year olds fighting on the issue of child labour to a million youth coast to coast across Canada strong.

Head back to YouthConnect’s volunteer page