Whyalla’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) has been creative about how to deliver a week of events for Youth Week 2020 during COVID-19 restrictions.
It has come up with an online program that sets out to inspire and engage with young people and to challenge them to be bold and do what makes them happiest in their own skin.
“The Whyalla YAC are used to having a boots-and-all approach to everything they do and have been at the forefront of many colourful and engaging events for our community. But this year is all about having to think in a different way” said Mayor Clare McLaughlin.
SA Youth Week 2020 should have been a big event called Xpress Yourself which was around discovering your own identity and being comfortable with who you are.
COVID 19 put a stop to that, so youth artist Michal Hughes, in consultation with the Whyalla YAC members, has created an online course in self-empowerment and creative identity.
The online course is titled Who Says, and the content will inspire and excite participants as they are pushed out of their comfort zones into trying new things and learnings.
A program of 10 episodes will be shared through the Who Says Facebook page, starting this week (the first episode dropped on Monday 18 May).
Who says is an inspiration, a motto and a challenge, and the youth of Whyalla are invited to come along for the journey.
The Whyalla YAC would like to acknowledge that this program is supported by the Department of Human Services and the Whyalla City Council.
More information on this project is available from Gail Rostig, Youth Development Officer: 0447 570 401