Generation Collaboration
Generation Collaboration is a youth-led podcast focusing on stories of leadership and change throughout Colorado. Our hosts Litzy and Emanuel are local high school students with a passion for storytelling and learning from their community. In each episode, they connect with local leaders and youth to discuss a range of social and cultural themes through an intergenerational lens. Generation Collaboration is produced in partnership with Colorado Young Leaders and Youth on Record with support from CiviCO.
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
Taking Charge of your Education with Front Range Community College
Front Range Community College (FRCC) offers numerous education and employment pathways to Colorado's young people, with campuses in Westminster, Longmont, and Fort Collins. In this final episode of t…
Fostering Environmental Leadership with the Cottonwood Institute
Litzy and Emanuel sit down with Jesse Holtsnider, Lahja Wise and Chelsea Tossing from The Cottonwood Institute, to learn about their Award Winning CAP program. Jesse and Lahja share how CAP fosters a…
A conversation with the Colorado Attorney General, Pt. 2
This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Attorney General Phil Weiser. Hosts Litzy Vasquez & Emanuel Morales join the Attorney General in conversation about TikTok, First Amendment rights, mental…
A conversation with the Colorado Attorney General, Pt. I
This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Attorney General Phil Weiser, the people's lawyer for the state of Colorado. Hosts Litzy Vasquez & Emanuel Morales invite the Attorney General to address …
Meeting Youth Where They Are with the Youth Empowerment Program
In this episode, Litzy and Emanuel chat with Kevin Lwango and Andrew Rodriguez, of Denver Human Services' Youth Empowerment Program. This program touches on how the COVID-19 pandemic and racial prote…
Career Pathways with SkillsUSA
In this episode, Litzy and Emanuel discuss workforce development, the cost of a 4-year university education, and the skills gap with Anderson, Jesse, and Danika with SkillsUSA. SkillsUSA empowers stu…
Art as Suicide Prevention with Voz y Corazon
In this episode, Litzy and Emanuel provide the space to discuss youth suicide - Colorado's leading cause of death for youth and young adults - with Voz y Corazon, a suicide prevention program of Well…
The heart of Generation Collaboration
In this episode, Litzy and Emanuel sit down with Generation Collaboration producers, Lauren Steavpack of Colorado Young Leaders and David Ladon of Youth on Record. This episode gives you a behind-the…
More than a Board Game with Make a Chess Move
In this episode, Litzy and Emanuel are joined by Aaron Smith from Make a Chess Move, to explore how the game of chess is more than a board game. This episode touches on the school-to-prison pipeline,…
Youth as Decision-Makers with Colorado Youth Congress
In this episode, Litzy and Emanuel are joined by Ananas and Jayara from Colorado Youth Congress, to unpack how youth are leading the charge in changing systems across Colorado. This episode touches o…
Being Your True Self with Convivir Colorado
In this episode, Litzy and Emanuel are joined by Karen and Elisabeth from Convivir Colorado, to showcase their work around youth empowerment and changing the narrative about the immigrant experience …
Season 2 Trailer
Litzy and Emanuel introduce themselves and season 2 of Generation Collaboration, a youth initiative podcast focusing on a range of social and cultural themes through an intergenerational lens to enha…
Paving the Way for Change
In the final episode of Season 1, Brayden and Sonakshi sit down with Andrew Trader-Bankston and Isabel Long from Project PAVE to talk about generating authentic youth/adult partnerships to promote he…
Making Healthy Decisions
Brayden and Sonakshi sit down with youth leaders and staff from Rise Above Colorado, a statewide prevention organization that measurably impacts teen perceptions and attitudes about the risks of subs…
Brave Spaces Inside and Out
In this episode of Generation Collaboration, Brayden and Sonakshi visited Inside Out Youth Services, an organization building access, equity, and power with LGBTQIA2+ young people, through leadership…
The Power of Journalism
Brayden and Sonakshi speak with two Journalists who got their start at a young age. Shana Saint-Phard is a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School, and the media director for the TJ Journal News. Bree…
The Slime King
What was your first job? Eleven-year-old Nicholas, shares his entrepreneurial journey and the story behind his small business, Slime Kings. Starting at just 7 years old, Nicholas began ideating with …
Restorative Justice
Brayden unpacks the power and potential of restorative justice programs with community advocates Ames Stenson and Leah Rohlfs. Leah is a community, peer, and victim representative in the Fort Collins…
Youth in Government
In this month's episode Brayden and Sonakshi sit down with former state senator, Ellen Stuart Roberts, and two members of the Colorado Youth Advisory Council, Bhavya Surapaneni and Sidd Nareddy, to d…
Co-Creating our Future - LIVE at CiviCO
This live episode features Nicole Mahobian, Founder of Colorado Young Leaders, Ryan Heckman, Chairman of CiviCO, and Kerrie Joy, local artist & revolutionary, who joined Brayden & Sonakshi to discuss…