Generation Action Needs Your Help

 

The Generation Action Youth Summit has been incredible so far, but now the youth summit team needs your help to make their vision a reality!

Here’s the situation:

In January Sask in motion hosted the first ever Generation Action Youth Summit. The summit team was assembled from youth who applied to make a difference for physical activity in the province.
     >Read more about the first meeting of the Generation Action Youth Summit<

The youth summit team was assembled because less than 15% of Saskatchewan children and youth get the physical activity they need each day to be healthy. The young people who applied to be a part of the Generation Action Youth Summit are NOT ok with that! The purpose of the summit was to determine what youth can do to solve the inactivity crisis, as well as, what the youth of Saskatchewan need provincial leaders and decision makers to do to address the issue.

When the youth summit team gathered for the second time in February it was time to get creative.  The team had the huge task of evaluating all the brainstorming and information we had compiled at the first youth summit meeting. The group was speaking on behalf of all Saskatchewan youth and once the work was prioritized, it was time to refine the most important messages to communicate to provincial leaders at the Inspiring Action Physical Activity Summit in April.

At each gathering, the team was always conscious of the responsibility to represent all of Saskatchewan’s youth.

Each member of the youth summit team brought their own experiences, perspectives, circumstances and knowledge to the team. They talked about the groups that may not be represented and worked to consider circumstances beyond their experience that may need to be addressed.  Here are a few examples of the considerations the team always kept in mind:

• Various socioeconomic circumstances
• Disabilities
• Religious beliefs and cultural practices
• Gender
• Geographic location in the province
• Availability of facilities, instruction, coaches, volunteers and equipment
• Community support
• Academic schedules
• Body image

. . . And many other circumstances

The youth summit team believes in the power of youth and they believe in the power of their voices speaking out for the activity opportunities all youth need to be healthy. But, they don’t want to stop at just their voices being heard.

They are inviting all youth who care about physical activity, their health and future generations of our province to join them in speaking out! They are asking youth to join Generation Action by signing the Generation Action Youth Charter for Physical Activity (click for more details)  

In addition to the Generation Action Youth Charter for Physical Activity, the youth summit team is encouraging youth to become part of the Generation Action movement by recording brief Testimonial Videos (click for info on what you should include in your testimonial, how to submit and more!) that could be included in the youth summit team’s upcoming presentation.

On behalf of the youth summit team, thank you in advance for joining Generation Action! When we Act Out, Speak Out and Get Out for physical activity we can make a difference!

P.S. – add your name to the Generation Action Youth Charter for Physical Activity in the Comments below, or follow the link to find out how else you can sign on!

Kenji