The Role of

Teenagers in Politics

SEPTEMBER 2018
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
Quote
s“The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not
needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they — at some distant point in the future — will take over
the reigns. Yet the fact is that the society is not running itself nicely… because the rest of us need all the energy,
brains, imagination and talent that young people can bring to bear down on our difficulties. For society to attempt
to solve its desperate problems without the full participation of even very young people is imbecile.” — Alvin
Toffler

“This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of
imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.” —
Robert Kennedy

“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfil it, or betray it”. ~ Frantz Fanon

“We are all creative, but by the time we are three of four years old, someone has knocked the creativity out of us.
Some people shut up the kids who start to tell stories. Kids dance in their cribs, but someone will insist they sit still.
By the time the creative people are ten or twelve, they want to be like everyone else.” — Maya Angelou
ZIKISM
• Zikism is characterised by five principles for African liberation:
• Spiritual balance
• To show empathy for other peoples views, and recognize their right to hold such views.
• Social regeneration
• To expel from one's self national, religious, racial, tribal, political-economic, and ethical
prejudice.
• Economic determinism
• To realize that being self-sufficient economically is the basis for rescuing the Renascent
African.
• Mental emancipation
• To be knowledgeable of African history and accomplishments, and to dismiss any kind of
complex exhibited by any race or tribe.
• Political resurgence
• To regain the sovereignty that Africa has lost to colonialists.
•
• From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zikism
MEET
 Federal

State

Local Local
Govt Area Council
Why Bother
Because 1% of our population determines your future

Because Government affects your daily live

Because of Others

Because You deserve better

Because you can make a difference

WHAT DO I CARE
ABOUT?
I Care About
Higher Educational standard

Better healthcare

Constant Power

Others (Neighbours, The Less privileged etc.)

Faster and cheaper internet

Vacation Jobs/Internship

Parks and recreational centres

When you have two people in a
room, you have a couple. When
you have three people in a room,
you have politics ~ James Marshall
HOW DO I GET
INVOLVED?
 3R’s – Read,
Define and refine Hear both sides of
Research and
your beliefs the argument
Review

Debate on issues
that bother you
Think Local Participate Online
and your
community

Volunteer to Apply for

campaign for internship at a
Stand up for others
something or Political party, NGO
someone or CSO
7 Ways To Stand Out

Consistency
Get Involved
(Make your Be Open- Be a master
(Set the bar
life your Minded collaborator
higher)
message)

Ask burning
questions Be Confident
Always be of
(challenge (Always be
service
the status prepared)
quo)
When (My Commitment)
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