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The Michigan Banner VOLUME 18 • NUMBER 2 JANUARY 16, 2020 First Great Lakes Bay Regional Newspaper Celebrating 17 years of Positive News Encourage, Inspire, & Lift Higher: Otis Ray Community, Page 31 Leading in Diversity, Empowering Communities and Changing Lives www.themichiganbanner.com YOUTH: Crazy, Lazy or Maybe….? Michigan Youth Banner Cover Story More Latinos Earned Degrees This Past Decade Than Any Time In History Latino Banner Cover Story The Michigan Banner PAGE 2 First Great Lakes Bay Regional Newspaper JANUARY 16, 2020 The Michigan Banner Welcomes New Staff! EDITOR-IN-CHIEF We are a city of great diversity and we are a city that celebrates our many forms of diversity. Yet, the fact remains that “generational” diversity is Rev. I. LaTrell Bailey an area, in which, a noticeable divide exists. According to the 2016 U.S. Census, the median age of the City of Saginaw is 35.5 years, making Millennials the largest demographic of our population. However, most Millennials feel that they have no voice or seat at the decision table when it comes to issues that affect both their present and future state of being and living. As the Millennials move up in the world, one of the principal challenges facing us, as a community, is being intentional and specific in embracing them and providing leadership opportunities that fulfill their desire to give back and be an active part of something greater than themselves. Millennials are profoundly socially-conscious and care, deeply, about the world around them. Thus, community, philanthropy and volunteerism are of the utmost importance to them. 1) Millennials are relational, 2) Millennials want to be heard, 3) Millennials want to be mentored; all three, of which, are qualities that comprise the strong foundation of a leader. With all this understood, it’s imperative that our community, as a whole, recognize and acknowledge that Millennials aren’t our leaders of tomorrow. On the contrary, they are our leaders of “right now”. And we are duty- bound to create a culture that allows them to flourish. Then, intentionally invest in putting appropriate leadership development practices in place that encourage, and empower, them to lead us into the future. That starts with us recognizing that the world around us is changing, and the sector of yesteryear is quickly disappearing. And if Saginaw is to have any hope of sustainability for our posterity, providing place and space for Millennials to be actively-engaged in the leadership of our city can no longer be considered an option of tomorrow. It must become our obligation and priority of today. - Rev. I. LaTrell Bailey CO-PUBLISHER MARKETING MANAGERS Jerome Buckley, Jr. Don Bivens III Brittney Jackson 301 E. 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Genesee Ave. Suite 201., Saginaw MI 48607 | 989-992-2600 | themichiganbanner.com The Michigan Banner PAGE 4 First Great Lakes Bay Regional Newspaper JANUARY 16, 2020 MICHIGAN BANNER VOLUME 2 • NUMBER 2 YOUTH Navigating the Narrative, w/ Mr. Clark: “YOUTH: Crazy, Lazy or Maybe….?” Corey Pritchett MA, CPS (c) AKA Mr. Clark Happy New Year and Welcome back to When referring to today’s “youth” many crop of young people is destined to be “Navigating the Narrative” w/Mr. Clark, people use a variety of terms. I have insecure, inattentive, and unable to cope your friendly “Neighborhood Hope heard many terms such as adventurous, with challenges, trials, tribulation and Dealer.” This year we will continue to rebellious, resilient, crazy, lazy, etc. stress that life may bring. examine variations of life and it’s “Story” which all describe youth that many of our “Journey” as it relates to youth of you reading this article may agree What could be the cause for these development and the many factors to, yourselves, when referring to the increasingly negative views of young thereof, however, we will explore different description of youth you may know people at a time when their future & new youth-assisted approaches and personally (even if you are a “youth”). contributions to society are considered so writing styles. Last year, our objective Energized and engaged or bored and essential? Think about it, we are talking was to lay a solid foundation that would turned off. Young people have so many about the future “everything’s”.… from cause the reader to really think about the labels and stereotypes slapped on them architects, farmers, doctors, educators information presented, as well as begin a it’s a wonder these are not visible on to activists. More importantly, these are desire to look further into the information, their endless selfies. I, “Mr. Clark” know our parents of the “further future” (the for a clear understanding. We will now firsthand that our youth can be difficult generations to come). transition into more specific life- related to work with at times, however, let’s be matters which are directly/indirectly honest and frank, today’s young people An article written by Sharon L. Nichols & related to daily life as a “Youth.” get a bad rap. Research evidence shows Thomas L. Good (Education Week Jan. that a large majority of adults believe 2020) shared a hypothesis of how adults Let us briefly define, “youth” so that the "average" teenager is "wild, rude, are not sensitive enough to the evolution we are without a shadow of a doubt, and irresponsible". Though some people in young people’s roles in society. Their on the same page. Youth- the period may embrace a more positive view, economic value to adults has changed. of life coming between childhood and more by far view the young suspiciously. Modern young people generally contribute adolescence onto the early stage of Even though adults may fiercely love less to the economic stability and growth emerging adulthood. In other words, and support the young people they of the family and society than did their from childhood to the age of 24 (all know, when asked about the "average" counterparts in the past. In the early 20th things being equal). This is not an youths—those they might run into on the century, a young person’s earning power “absolute” definition for “youth” neither street corner, or see in schools across was directed mainly toward sustaining the is the “only” definition we believe that the country—they are more likely to use family system—a noteworthy contribution. may be presented for an explanation. words such as "irresponsible", "lazy", But as the times changed, youths’ This is simply the definition WE will use and "out of control". From mobile phones economic role did as well. Today’s young in reference to the term, “youth” as we to microwave “I got to have it right now” people spend billions of earned and proceed with our endeavor. parents, it might seem like our

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