Check out our brand new episode "Action Cures Fear" with Jahin Tanvir, Youth Advocate.
Jahin is a 19-year-old student, speaker, writer, policy adviser and youth advocate whose key aspirations reside in providing equitable healthcare, meaningful youth advocacy and health research.
With a penchant of being multifaceted, Jahin possesses a strong background in youth leadership and advocacy in leading youth-led organisations such as Oaktree, World Vision, Red Cross and the United Nations to name a few. He has represented Australia on the global stage with highlights including being invited to speak at the Parliament House, guest speaker at the Australasian Aid conference at the Australian National University and as a delegate at the Global Model United Nations in Rome.
Jahin was awarded the ‘New and Emerging community leader’ scholarship and ‘Service to others’ award by the Parliament of Australia. He is a published writer with various articles published on mediums such as UNICEF, The Centre of Research Excellence in Adolescent Health, The Conversation and WhyNot.
Jahin talked to Dimitrios about what ignited his passion in youth advocacy, how coming out of the school bubble, he pursued his interests in writing, poetry, sports, he took initiative, learned from failures and made a difference in his community and the world.
Jahin talks about how action cures fear, the popularity dynamic and how everyone is on their own journey.
He also talked about the impostor syndrome and the courage, bravery needed to speak up.
He gave practical advise about how young people can be more involved in addressing world issues and also talked about collaboration, youth agency and participation, storytelling and his hopes for a more humanitarian future post Covid-19.
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