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want to hear from you and learrrfrom you so please teach us complaining government has traciitionallydone a poor job listen- ing tothe voices of young people newmarket mayor tom taylor also expressed dismay with the regions growing youth homeless problem inaddition ito young people liv- f todays youth mduamgt i an increase in the use of street -a- t drues vxv c t u- vss- staff photosteve somerville april yue of marlcham district high schdorspeaks on various issues at the youth forum at cardinal golf club in king township t s v jng on the streets of in doorways taylor warned there is a growing- number of young people who live such precarious lives on the out skirts of society they run risk of becoming homeless at any given moment he hopes the summit will serve as a catalyst to deal with the issues facing youth i know its a cliche to say our children are our future but we need to acknowledge its a fundamental truth he said we need you in the future to guide us- v v v at the same time bethany moore a 16yearpld stouffville suv dent and cochairperson of the summit said the youth of today are making great strides they are more involved iru- shaping their futures than previ ous generations ing noisy protests she also said this generationof young people has come closer to abolishing racism than ever before urging her peers to stand as a generation of action moore encouraged teens and young adults to find a cause they believed and dedicate themselves to making their communities better during a brainstormihg ses unlike teenagers of the 1960sr moore pointed out todays youth sion participants of the- summit have learned they can often get fur- identified anumber of trends chal- mer working with adults than hold leriges arid opportunities facing a grbwmgrift between youths lflmimetlhr com- muiesjmdlnawhoare ed from riiainstreamvdcietyv an wcreasirig riumber of yqiing f- vpedplewho are considered pro- ifoundly vulnerable meaning they are sdealirigwitfi multiple issues such- as 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