{"id":79137,"date":"2025-07-04T11:35:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T09:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=79137"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:57:21","slug":"youth-leading-change-spu-hosts-youth-driven-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/youth-leading-change-spu-hosts-youth-driven-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Leading Change: SPU hosts Youth-Driven Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"79137\" class=\"elementor elementor-79137\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a86504 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a86504\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53cb064\" data-id=\"53cb064\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cb6f38 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cb6f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The voices of 1976 marched for freedom. The voices of today are building the future.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Throughout Youth Month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sol Plaatje University<\/span> <\/a>has been running a digital campaign that spotlighted bold, unfiltered student voices &#8211; the changemakers shaping our community from the inside out. Now, we bring those voices together, in person.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SPU invites you to a powerful Youth Month Dialogue &#8211; a space where young leaders, visionaries and changemakers gather to confront the challenges of today while honouring the legacy of the Soweto Uprisings. Their fight for justice and equality lives on in a new generation unafraid to speak, shape, and rise.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> Wednesday, 16 July 2025<br \/><strong>Time:<\/strong> 16:00 \u2013 19:30<br \/><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Library Auditorium | Central Campus<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the theme \u201cSkills for the Changing World &#8211; Empowering Youth for Meaningful Economic Participation,\u201d this dialogue will amplify youth voices on the frontline of change &#8211; offering insight, inspiration and ideas driven by lived experience.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This isn\u2019t just a conversation. It\u2019s a continuation of the legacy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The voices of 1976 marched for freedom. The voices of today are building the future. 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