Innovation Champions
How Cities Benefit from Youth Engagement
Freetown, Sierra Leone | Guatemala City, Guatemala | New Orleans, LA
Watch this recording to learn how cities like Freetown, New Orleans, and Guatemala City engage youth in civic life through hackathons, advisory councils, outreach, and mayoral involvement. Examples showed youth driving climate action, co-governing, leading projects, and collaborating with city staff, demonstrating how youth voices strengthen civic capacity, foster innovation, and build more inclusive, future-ready governments.
Related Resources
PDF, Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, City of New Orleans
PDF, Youth Voice, City of New Orleans
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Gran Distrito Verde (The Great Green District), Guatemala City