3:30-4:30pm Cultural Messages, Recreation and Youth Future Planning
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NNE's ongoing struggle to attract and retain a young workforce is often framed in terms of economic indicators: labor shortages, housing costs, student debt, or the scarcity of quality jobs. But beneath these material realities lie powerful and often implicit cultural narratives about what constitutes a “good life,” and where that life can (or should) be pursued. In this interactive, research-informed workshop, we invite participants to explore how youth residential and employment decisions are shaped not only by economic conditions, but also by the messages they receive—from schools, workplaces, and public discourse—about work, place, and adulthood.
Speakers - Jayson Seaman & Cindy Hartman