Youth Workshop: Crafting Social Media Campaigns for Change

For International Youth Day 2025, Azure Beach Public Library will be hosting a workshop for youth aged 15-24 all about empowering them to make change and raise awareness around issues they care about using social media. 

📅 Date: 12/08/2025

🕘 Time: 4:00PM

📍 Where: Azure Beach Public Library

🎟 Bookings: Free entry, but visit front desk to book or via Eventbrite here

Image by Aman Pal on Unsplash

The workshop will run for 90 minutes, during which local community social media star / activist Benjamin Hughes will be speaking about the ways you can use social media to make changes both locally and globally, accompanied by local youth from Azure Beach High School who are already doing the same. After a short roundtable discussion, participants will be encouraged to craft their own social media campaigns or posts for issues relating to one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (information about those via this link), while our discussion panel helps individuals along the way. Don't have your own device? Don't worry, we'll have plenty of iPads on site to follow along with and put your new skills you've learned to use afterwards.

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International Youth Day Trivia Evening 2024!

Missed Information?
Fact or Fiction Trivia Evening!

This International Youth Day...

Digitisation offers great opportunities for youth to have an impact in addressing global issues, but not without a great challenge.

The rise of the digital world has also seen the rise of misinformation and fake news.

(Highway Sign Fake News Image on Blue Sky with Clouds | Nick Youngson CC-BY SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images)

Where is the line drawn between truth and falsehood? How can we confront the spread of misinformation across the web, and spread awareness for our community?

In order to push forwards with sustainability and youth-led solutions to broad issues, we must learn to combat the spread of misinformation across the web - for ourselves, and for the Azure Beach community.

That's where you come in.

You are invited to attend a trivia evening that tackles these questions and more! Prizes for first, second and third place are up for grabs!

Additionally, there will be a short discussion led by journalist and author Rick Morton, with emphasis on how to spot misinformation, and how to educate others in the community as well.

Date: 12th August, 2024

Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Location: Azure Room, Azure Beach Public Library

Bookings: Book ahead on our library website, Eventbrite, or through the link down below!

Booking or Entry Fees?: It's free!

Event Booking

Looking to delve deeper on this topic? See what the Australia Communications and Media Authority says here!

Hope to see you there!

Greg Allen

International Youth Day 2024

A Need? or A Greed? 

Diving into the overconsumption ‘trend’
International Youth Day 2024 is “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development”

If you often find yourself doom scrolling on Tiktok, you have probably seen some fashion influencer doing a ‘Massive $700 SHEIN Haul’ in a sponsored post, Or maybe you have seen one of those Stanley influencers that ‘pack’ their Stanleys to go run their errands, with all their products they use listed in their Amazon storefront. Because of social media like TikTok, over-consumption has become trendy because of the fast paced content that can be spat out by users. 

The Azure Beach Library is putting on a TED Talk like event for youth, teaching them about being more sustainable, and the dangers of falling into the overconsumption ‘trend’, hosted by a local sustainability Influencer.

Who: Youth aged 15-25 

When: 12th August, 2024 at 4:30pm

Where: Azure Beach Library, Azure Room

Why: Promote a sustainable consumer ideology 

Cost: Free but registration needed

Limited Spots Available! 

Click here to register!

For further reading on International Youth Day click here

For further information about the event contact madirealemail@azurebeach.gov.au

Madi T

ARTificial: Youth Day event on art and A.I.

Are you a young artist, with strong opinions on A.I. art? This Youth Day event is for you!

Art by Green-Dragon-Art. Creative Commons license information

Date: 12/08/2024

Time: 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Who: 15-24 year olds

Location: Azure Beach Public Library, Cove meeting room

RSPV HERE

The theme for the United Nations' International Youth Day for 2024 is "From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways For Sustainable Development". Today's youth are digital natives, and this year's theme is meant to highlight how young people can use technology to tackle societal issues.

Click here for more info on U.N. Youth objectives!

The use of Artificial Intelligence in the art industry, especially image generation software like Dall.E and Midjourney, has quickly become a controversial topic. Arguments around productivity, morality, and environmental costs rife on social media. Here is a BBC article outlining some key points of the issue.

In partnership with the United Nations' International Youth Day and the Azure Beach Regional Art Gallery, Azure Beach Public Library is holding an art event where young artists between the ages of 15 and 24 can learn about this technology, and express their own opinions on it through art! Whether you are for or against the use of A.I. in art, we at Azure Beach Public Library

The best part though? Once you're done, we'll promote your art on our social media! (With your permission of course.) What better way to get started on growing your artistic social media presence?

Spots for this event are limited, so make sure to RSVP so your voice is heard and your art is seen!

- Dominic Andrew

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