Youth Taking Action: Youth Making an Impact Through Civic Engagement
Source: National TTA Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC)
Resource Type: Audiocast or Podcast
Transformation Team Subjects: Youth & Young Adults of Transition Age
Key Topics: Youth Voice & Engagement
Key Populations: Refugee or Immigrant
“Audio Stories – Youth Taking Action” is a miniseries sponsored by NTTAC and Youth MOVE National. Audio Stories is a project created to look at the important work that youth and young adults across the nation are doing in areas of mental health and other youth-serving systems. This episode features Thu Nguyen, who is running for City Council at Large in Worcester, MA. Thu describes themselves as a proud Vietnamese refugee, auntie, artist, youth worker, and the first non-binary candidate to run for this position.