But What about the Economy? As I have mentioned in my previous blog posts, graffiti is an expression of what one is feeling. Lately youth have been feeling angry about the economy. How are we, the youth, supposed to deal with it? Many people are taking videos and incorporating graffiti into it as this popular youtube program does. Others feel that graffiti is the cause of the economic downturn. The Flower You Need to Stop and Smell. I would Wish it away.

Flash Mobs and Student Debt. In New York City, students took a slightly different approach. On April 7, 2012, over two hundred students. Protest the overwhelming educational debts. In Union Square in an unconventional flash mob.

A day where the protesters voices would be heard the loudest. As the day wore on however, news came out of Seattle. In retrospect, the May Day ge.

2 Million Youth Unemployed in Spain. During the course of our class, we have continually discuss the problems of our youth here in the United States and how we are considered to be Generation Debt, due to the high cost of college and lack of jobs. The college debt in the US is estimated to be over one trillion dollars. This was one of the .

A look into college student life in Ireland. The Drive of a Generation. Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street. Most college students around the globe are in school for the same reason, to get a job. Our generation has been told that earning a college degree will secure us a job in the future, but the jobs we were promised have vanished. In 2011, the youth unemployme.

comes up short? May 3, 2012. All over the world protests took place to demonstrate the rights of working people and to voice their opinions. Though the marches started peacefully, the situation eventually turned sour. As the encapuchados, or masked youth, arrived and began to vandalize the city. A bus stop set ablaze by the encapuchados. Students took to the streets. To express their discontent .

Issues Facing Social Media Activism. While social media is a powerful medium through which youths express the issues important to them, there is a plethora of obstacles standing in their way. From privacy issues to the actual effectiveness of social media, it is an incredibly complicated issue. And while the actual affects will never be know, soon after he dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential campaign. Even when the internet saavy youth.