FORUM AUSTRALIA – Youth Forum

GEN Y – WHY NOT?
GETTING A GRIP ON GENERATION Y

They’re young and savvy with the world at their feet. But Gen Y is also grappling with a greater range of demands and expectations than any other generation before them.

GEN Y – WHY NOT? is a youth forum for everyone – young people, parents, teachers, students, and anyone who cares about shaping our community into a better, brighter and happier place in which young people will thrive.

In a short afternoon we will explore …

• Body Battles and self esteem
• The intergenerational divide, when parents just ‘don’t get it’
• Fatigue and student apathy in the face of politics
• Steering a path through the turbulent teens and twenties
• Policing the beat and dealing with youth alcoholism
• The challenges faced by Indigenous youth

Speakers: Prof Larissa Behrendt (University of Technology, Sydney); Ms Virginia Haussegger (Journalist, writer and ABC TV News presenter); Ms Jamila Helen Rizvi (President ANU Student’s Union); Ms Rachel Longhurst (Editor Lip Magazine, Canberra); Superintendent Matthew Varley (Crimes Prevention, ACT Policing

Saturday, 10 May 2008 – 3.00 PM to 5.30 PM
Theo Notaras Function Hall, 180 London Circuit, Civic Canberra City.

Free Entry. All are invited to attend.

Register your interest by email: [email protected] or phone 0434604208, 62625966, 62888747, 0402141771