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Sriranjini Raman founded Nurture, a program run for youth to help them connect with nature and improve food security by creating opportunities for youth to grow their own food, learn land stewardship and food literacy.

Jazmine Alcon is a Filipino mental health advocate whose goal is to provide and help nourish collective healing among the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

Owin Pierson is an LGBTQIA+, mental health & AAPI influencer who uses his platform to discuss mental health to make the world & LGBTQ community more accepting and destigmatise mental health.

Helene Selam Kleih is a mental health activist, writer, and model from South London. Helene is the author of Him + His, which explores mental health, but also specifically raises awareness surrounding male mental health.

Adeniké Akinsémolu is a Nigerian scientist and educator advancing sustainable development and environmental conservation. With expertise in ecological awareness, she drives positive change and inspires others to protect our planet.

Temilade Salami is a climate education and communications professional, author and marine biologist. She has led many youth-led environmental sustainability initiatives across Africa.

Nina Gualinga is an Indigenous Equadorian climate change and Indigenous rights activist. Her activism has centred on preventing the exploitation of the Ecuadorian Amazon, and stopping the abuses of Indigenous rights.

Jorge Alvarez is a mental health advocate and social impact strategist. He uses his platform to help people embrace being vulnerable and think about how social issues impact the well-being of the Latinx community.

Mitzi Jonelle Tan is an environmental justice activist and the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines.

Daphne Frias is a Latina climate justice activist and storyteller guaranteeing we tackle disability and the environmental emergency simultaneously in order to create a just and equal future.

Disha Ravi is a climate justice activist, storyteller, and one of the founders of Fridays For Future India.

Selina Leem is a climate warrior, poet, and spoken word performer from the Marshall Islands.

Aimée Clint is an autistic writer, activist, and advocate, fighting for acceptance, inclusion, and rights for the autistic community.

Zoey Luna is a trans activist, actress, and artist, advocating for trans rights and visibility in media and the arts.

Kai Shappley is a young trans activist and advocate, fighting for the rights and dignity of trans youth in Texas and beyond.

Evie James is a trans activist and model, advocating for greater visibility and representation of trans people in the fashion and beauty industry.

Eli Erlick is a trans activist, writer, and educator, focusing on gender justice, youth empowerment, and intersectional feminism.

Fox Fisher is a prominent trans activist, filmmaker, and public speaker, dedicated to promoting trans rights and visibility through their work.

Georgie Badiel Liberty is a model, author, and activist. She founded the Georgie Badiel Foundation, a charitable organisation aimed to provide clean water and sanitation to the people of Burkina Faso.

Florence Given is an illustrator, writer, feminist, social activist, and influencer. She uses her highly-engaged social media to raise awareness of issues surrounding sexuality, race, and gender.

Memory Banda is a children’s rights activist. She created Malawi’s Girls Empowerment Network and Let Girls Lead, in an effort to keep girls in school and raise awareness about gender rights. She is known for ardently speaking against child marriage.

Samaira Mehta is a coder and inventor who founded - and is the CEO of - CoderBunnyz, created to help teach children how to code. She is also aiming to eliminate gender bias and increase the number of women in engineering.

Divina Maloum is a human rights activist from Cameroon. Maloum founded Children for Peace (C4P) to help children previously exploited in some capacity.

Te Manaia Jennings is a New Zealand-based Maori visual artist and activist. She uses her art and her lived experience to tackle issues like mental health, specifically depression and body image issues.

Penelope Lea is a Norwegian climate activist from Kjelsås, Oslo. She became the second youngest ambassador for UNICEF at the age of 15 in 2020. She uses her voice to advocate for better environmental solutions.

Manu Meel is the CEO of BridgeUSA, a youth-led non-profit organization that creates spaces on high school and college campuses for open discussion between students about political issues. He also established BridgeCal.

Jeeva Senthilnathan is an engineering student, former city council candidate, and social entrepreneur. She is the executive director of Privando, a non-profit that employs technology to fight sexual abuse in India.

Ishaa Asim is a social justice activist, campaigner, blogger, and public speaker. She served as Youth MP for Manchester, sits on the Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority, and is a member of the Co-op’s Youth Advisory Panel.

Marina Tricks is a climate activist. She is a member of the Global Majority VS campaign, which took the UK Government to court on the basis that they are violating “our right to life, as well as the right to life of our global human family."

In 2017, Ahmed Alaa was arrested for waving the Pride flag at a Mashrou’Leila concert in Cairo. Ahmed has become one of the leading youth voices speaking up on LGBTQ issues in Egypt.

Victoria Makanjuola is an American podcaster and mental health advocate. Her podcast, Feel Your Feelingz, is dedicated to educating and sharing how Gen Z manage their mental health, spreading awareness and removing taboos.

Zane Landin is a mental health activist. After his own experiences battling with depression and anger, he has spoken out and made an effort to help others with mental health conditions as a leader and organiser at The Stability Network.

Meera Varma is a mental health activist. She is currently a youth ambassador and activist for Rare Beauty. Varma became an integral leader of Active Minds, seeking to end campus suicide.

Harrison Gunn is a youth mental health advocate, Changemaker, presenter, content creator and youth ambassador. He is the presenter of his podcast, It’s Good to Talk, described as place of positivity, inspiration, and conversation.

Joshua Williams was the President of the Guild of Students at the University of Birmingham, where he reformed Birmingham’s offer for care leavers, launching the Black Voices campaign.

Zyahna Bryant is a community organiser and activist for racial justice. Bryant’s first contribution to activism was when she was 12 years old, organising a demonstration for Justice for Trayvon Martin and other Black lives lost to police violence.

Kiana Kazemi is an environmental justice advocate and engineering graduate from Berkeley. Kiana founded Circularity, an organisation dedicated to helping those with eco-anxiety.

Godwin Kevin is the founder of Inspire For Greatness, an organisation that identifies, connects, and empowers young African leaders and changemakers while inspiring them to take social action in their communities.

Vee Kativhu is an education activist and founder of Empowered by Vee. She uses her platform to help underprivileged and underrepresented people from across the world recognise their own talent and potential.

Katie Eder is an activist and social entrepreneur based in America. She founded Kids Tales, a non-profit organisation that brings creative writing workshops who do not have access to writing experiences outside of school.

George Mpanga is an award-winning spoken-word artist, poet and rapper who focuses on social and political issues. He has an award-winning podcast, “Have You Heard George's Podcast?".

Arielle V King is an environmental educator and content creator. She raises awareness in climate optimism, environmental racism critique, and environmental justice education. She also hosts the podcast, ‘The Joy Report’.

Magi Richani is the founder CEO of Nobell Foods, a making producing plant-based dairy products to create a sustainable food system. She is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Robert Downey Jr‘s FootPrint Coalition.

Sean Barrs is a vegan activist and academic. He is also an ultra-runner and a member of Vegan Runners UK. Sean has written for numerous publications, promoting the work of individuals who advocate for a vegan lifestyle through sports and other forms of activism.

Ashley Frohnert is the Director of Social Media at PETA, one of the largest animals rights organisation in the world. She is also an advocate for veganism and animal rights. Her work has been featured in CNN, BuzzFeed, Teen Vogue, and many more.

Verel Rodrigues is a climate activist who is passionate about influencing climate action, sustainability, and positive change. He has also been an active member of Extinction Rebellion since 2019, coordinating with local groups and communications teams.

Mohamad Al Jounde is an activist from Lebanon who advocates for the rights of refugees. He founded the Gharsah association in Lebanon which focuses on providing protection and education.

India Ysabel is a content creator, social media influencer, activist and co-founder of the Speak Up Space. The Speak Up Space is a virtual platform that offers support to survivors of violence, namely sexual violence and human trafficking.

Kanchan Amatya is an activist and entrepreneur from Nepal. Amatya founded the Sustainable Fish Farming Initiative (SFFI), an organisation battling hunger and poverty in South Asia.

Jahkil Jackson founded Project I Am, a non-profit dedicated to tackling homelessness, when he was 8 years old. Since then, he has gained the reputation of being an influential changemaker, already at the age of 14.

Grace A Forest is an Australian activist whose work aims to fight modern slavery. She is the founding director of Walk Free, an organisation fighting for human rights and just work conditions in all sectors.

Esther Weir is a Human Rights Law student and the co-founder of Youth Against Modern Slavery Movement, a group focused on empowering youth to demand a world free of human trafficking and contemporary slavery.

Leila made it her mission to raise awareness through her work with the Youth Action Campaign club at her high-school and by founding the International Week of Action Against Modern Slavery.

Ishaan is an activist working to end modern slavery. He has recently become a Young Champion for the UNHCR and is the co-founder of the Youth For Freedom Collective, a youth-created, youth-led and youth-focused anti-modern slavery collective.

Hudson Tarlow is a videographer and editor with a huge TikTok following. He debunks vegan and animal rights myths whilst inspiring hundreds to make the switch to becoming vegan.

Genesis Butler is an environmental and animal rights activist. She started Genesis For Animals to secure funding for sanctuaries and rescues that provide animals with a permanent home.

Nigerian artist Adeyemi describes his work as 'creating life from plastic.' His journey has led him to start his own brand of bags called ECO, made primarily out of recycled waste.

Marinel Ubaldo is a Filipino climate activist advocating for a world without single-use plastic bags. She has pushed her local government to ban single-use plastics entirely and plans to take her initiatives to the world stage.

As the co-president of Women’s March Youth Empower, Sarah is a one of the leading voices fighting for immigrants rights, as she herself was a recepient of the US’ DACA programme.

Daphne Frias is an American activist from West Harlem and calls herself “unapologetically latina”. Her work and advocacy has focused on gun control, voting rights, climate change, environmental and disability justice.