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On the recordMay 23, 2000
I have the pleasure today of hosting an organization of young people in from my district who call themselves ``What If?'' What if young people knew how to create their future every day through the goals they set and the decisions they make? What if today's youth were given opportunities to become team members, to solve problems and to resolve differences clearly and effectively? What if the youth of today created an expectation for leadership and accountability, and in doing so, create a shift in the way they view themselves and the way they are viewed by others? What if a generation, this generation, decided to empower itself by giving itself a meaningful name, the Possibility Generation? What if the mass youth movement to spread that name around the globe taught participants in that movement to produce actions founded on choice, personal and social empowerment, integrity, and responsibility? In a world where young people feel that the road ahead is so bleak as to require dramatic and violent means of self-expression, in a fast-paced world of uncertainty and change greater than any other time in history, we must empower youth to become visionaries, and to invite new choices for their future, to make responsible choices, and to take responsibility for the choices that they make.
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James P. Greenwood
Pennsylvania

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Discussing the empowerment of youth and the creation of a movement called the Possibility Generation.

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