Generation Now: Millennials Call for Social Change

This book is a collaborative effort by students from Union College. They address the changes they wish to see in the world. By sharing their stories, these Millennials hope to inspire and encourage others to make change in their respective communities. Each writer’s narrative grapples with a unique and personal issue that has significantly impacted their life. They set out to express their call to action so as to inspire the next wave of changemakers. 100% of all book proceeds will be donated to C.O.C.O.A. House, ("Children of Our Community Open to Achievement"), a program in Schenectady, NY. This program fosters young people to become imaginative and critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and responsible and involved citizens in a diverse, global community.

In the spring of 2018, a group of Union College students took a class called "Millennials and Social Change" taught by Prof. Christine Henseler. They were in for a surprise. They registered for a course about the rise of the everyday changemaker. It was a class that focused on the current student generation, the Millennials (b. 1980-2000), and the changes they wished to see in their lives and in their communities. Ten weeks later, the students in this class had become changemakers themselves. They had risen to the challenge with honesty, passion, and ambition and had written personal stories that inspire and give hope to others. Their collective calls for change have become this book. These are their fearless stories.