image: Arab Youth Volunteering for a Better Future – Wikimedia
A Kosmos Reader’s Essay by Rebecca Hardin

‘Citizen engagement is manifesting in developing countries to bring local voices to the table when making policy and budgetary decisions like never before. The millennial generation, of which I am a proud part, is the most socially minded generation that has ever existed. We are taking our passion, our purpose, and our expectations to our work, to our communities, and to our governments every single day, which is holding them accountable to positively impact their communities as global entities and citizens.’