Institution Memory is Essential For Youth Activism in Singap

My colleague in Singapore Angle, Dansong wrote that it is the lethargy rather than the apathy that dampens youth activism today. In my own engagement with student entrepreneurial initiatives in Singapore, one reason to support this increasing lethargy in youth activism, is the lack of institution memory and leadership transition. As a result, every few years, we see our youths continuing re-inventing the wheel, where they could have moved on to greater initiatives from their existing projects. I will provide some suggestions (drawing on my experience in the restructuring of NUS Entrepreneurship Society) on how we can help to engage youth into building sustainable and interesting initiatives for the future in Singapore. It is not easy to create a sustainable organization. The whole problem about youth organizations is the turnover issue....