Gen Z Panel Sheds Some Light, and Some Hope

Like every parent of a twentysomething, I was eager for insights about Gen Z, and I’ve also been curious about the El Encanto Literary Club series that podcast host, author, and teacher Mandy Jackson-Beverly has been leading at the El Encanto this year. Still, the recent Sunday afternoon I spent at the “Gen Z Symposium” at the hotel far exceeded my expectations. The panel itself, composed of two professors, who happen to be sisters — Dr. Yalda T. Uhls from UCLA and Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating from UCSB — and two impressive representatives from Gen Z — Victoria Hammett of Gen-Z for Change and Zach Gottlieb of Talk with Zach — was fascinating and Jackson-Beverly took the conversation in all sorts of interesting directions. 

Here are a few snippets from the symposium.