S6E6 - Changing the Future!

Welcome to Season 6 of Kids Are Philanthropists Too! — this season we’re diving into The Future of Good. 🌟

In this episode our co-hosts explore how to CHANGE the future with Jake Dunagan, Futurist with IFTF. More about Jake below!

Our Hosts: Season 6 is hosted by Amy Neugebauer, Executive Director of The Giving Square. In this episode Amy is joined by our hosts Aleena, Leah, Alona, Max, Ismahil, Ibrahim, Jayden, Aofie, and Kivaan.

The Podcast: "Kids are Philanthropists, Too!" demonstrates that we can all come together to talk about issues that matter to us, no matter our age. This is designed to help us (kids and adults) become more philanthropic in our daily lives. Like the podcast? Spread the word, get involved, and follow The Giving Square.

If you believe in this work, please make a donation as The Giving Square depends on individual donations, like yours! More at www.thegivingsquare.org!

 🌟 Get to know Jake! 🌟

What made you choose this career?

 

It's a beautiful contribution, but futures and foresight is not a career one plans for. It is a path one finds through idiosyncratic means. for me, it started with a manuscript left at the doorstep of a bookstore I started in college. Through a lot of twists and turns I found my way back to that book, and in it, behind the topic of designing new political systems, was the field of futures studies. 

 

How can kids be better philanthropists?

 

The part of philanthropy that kids need to work on is to develop their understanding and connection to humans and to humanity. They should learn about diverse cultures and ways of being. They should learn new languages. They should learn about how systems work, and where they can play a positive role to steer those systems toward better outcomes—-or build new ones! They should discover their authentic (yet evolving ) selves and understand how they want to be in the world. They should embrace life, and try to do the best they can, without feeling responsible for fixing the whole world.