Building Dreams for the Future with Youth

Heidi Cuppari, host of a new podcast featuring global youth social innovators and entrepreneurs who are chasing their dreams and creating solutions for a better world. The first episode features Yabeke Zike, a first generation American whose parents were born in Ethiopia, and a sophomore at Brown University.  Heidi, a Brown Alumni, interviews Yabeke during a winter internship program at Brown, who is building a survival game within Island17.io, a metaverse problem-solving game to implement youth solutions for a better future. Yabeke declares his own “I Have a Dream” mini-speech honoring Dr. King and what we’re dubbing “MLK Week”, and gives advice to parents, teachers and others who are regularly in contact with youth about how they can support their dreams and challenges in the current global socio-political climate.