Recently the newspaper talks about the difficulties of the youth going back to school.
Fewer classes in the community college, fewer preschool and after-school programs and fewer cultural programs because the government can’t financially support these activities anymore.
This can create the risk of a reduction of the education and culture in society, with the result of more youth hanging around on the streets, more drugs, gangs, etc.
For years, as a member of the Church of Scientology, I’m involved in volunteer activities for the youth, and I can say that I saw that the media is very important in making people aware of the problems.
This is the first step in changing the condition, but we also need to do something concrete about it.
For example, I’m supporting the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, a nonprofit organization that empowers youth and adults with factual information about drug.
Of course, this is only one of the programs that we can use.
If you look at the amount of youth on the streets or in front of the TV for hours and hours because they have nothing to do, you’ll see that they can be influenced by any kind of message that leads to the degradation of society.
I think that it is very necessary to make people aware of the value of the simple actions taken by families, educators and associations.
Working together we can provide activities which enable youth to become valuable members of the society. After all, the youth of today will be the government leaders of tomorrow.
TIZIANA BONAZZA
Los Angeles
