The actor’s latest project is a book to teach teenagers their rights. Here, she sits down with four young people to hear what they’re fighting for
• Read an interview with Jolie here
Angelina Jolie How do you feel the older generation are handling things?
Christina Adane, 17, a British anti-poverty campaigner, originally from Ethiopia If you’d asked me a year ago, I’d have said they had failed us and left us with a bunch of problems. I still feel that way at times, but I think cross-generational communication is crucial when fighting issues like racial and climate justice. It’s easy to fall into the mentality of us v them, youth v old people in power. But loads of older people want to help us. So it’s about connecting with decision-makers and ensuring they are listening, so they can represent us where we are not represented – in government, at meetings at the top of companies. We need to work with the older generation.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/04/people-try-to-stop-us-speaking-up-angelina-jolies-lessons-from-young-activists
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