53. YouthxYouth Global Ed Activism

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The conversation around educational reform is not new, but why does progress to the system seem so fleeting? How do we begin to bring concrete and lasting change?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the podcast, I’m talking with Jessica Spencer-Keyse, Valentina Raman, and Zineb Mouhyi the co-founders of YouthxYouth. These three inspiring young women are leading a movement to radically reimagine the future of education to ignite a passion in young people to transform their education and revolutionize the status quo.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s time to revolutionize education and imagine a new student-driven future. These three are leading the charge! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in!</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">About YouthxYouth: </span></h2> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">Jessica Spencer-Keyse, Valentina Raman, and Zineb Mouhyi are the co-founders of "Youth by Youth.” YxY is a movement to radically reimagine the future of education to ignite a passion in young people to transform their education and revolutionize the status quo. They are also collaborators at the Weaving Lab, a global organization with the mission of advancing the field of weaving—the practice of interconnecting ideas, people, projects, organizations, places, and ecologies to enhance system change.</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To learn more about the YouthxYouth movement, follow them on</span> <a href= "http://www.instagram.com/yxyactivists"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">or visit</span> <a href= "https://www.youthxyouth.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">their website</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jump in the Conversation:</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[2:00] Jessica’s “why” of discerning what’s importan