THE AUTHENTICITY SERIES: DANDY LION PERSPECTIVE

Harriet Tinka

The Youth's perspective: So often, we talk about the Youth, but they are not given a seat at the table. The AUTHENTICITY SERIES will be giving them the microphone to SPEAK UP and a SEAT at the table. We can then understand the issues they face socially, physically, mentally and spiritually.

  1. 01/03/2022

    Eleven Most Powerful Lessons I learned from the Youths | Authenticity Series by Harriet Tinka

    1. Janaya Iverson Life Lesson: “There is no measuring stick on how fast we must learn things. Be kind to yourself.” https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/Imagine--A-World-of-Kindness-from-16-Yr-Old-Janaya-Iverson-epfk9u/a-a4f78v5 2. Delaney Youngson Life Lesson: Don’t hide behind your buried story. Feel the pain and do it anyway. https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/Bully-Me----No-Way--No-More-epmj0p/a-a4g6cpb 3. Saida Barre Life Lesson: Create art that will impact others and remember that the purpose is for you and that passion is for others. https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/Telling-My-Story-Through-Spoken-Word-Poetry-eu7mms/a-a4orosf 4. Odion Welch Life Lesson: Comparing yourself to others affects your mental health. https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/MY-Emotional-Wound-l-Was-Crying-Inside--No-One-Could-See-etubbo/a-a53uobm 5. Rayyah Sempala Life Lesson: Keep trying and keep the ball rolling. https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/Still-Processing-My-Life-Social-Justice-and-Activism-Rayyah-Sempala-e10jeuj/a-a5h0np7 6. Ifeanyi Agwazia Life Lesson: People need hope. Hope is underrated, but it gives people the strength to move forward. https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/How-to-Love-and-have-Hope-in-Chaos-Ifeanyi-Agwazia-e12rcst/a-a5t1g66 7. Aryanah Oldenburger Life Lesson: The only person standing in your way to success is yourself. https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/I-Failed--But-I-Got-Into-Nursing-e14nj9d/a-a6620l2 8. Carmelita Santana Life Lesson: Serve others even if it’s not convenient. What does authenticity mean to You? https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/My-Leadership-in-the-Spirit-of-Service---Carmelita-Santana-e168ou2/a-a6l6opa 9. Tessy Omina Life Lesson: Be authentically curious to learn new things; have a growth mindset. https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/Turning-Black-Girls-into-entrepreneurs-and-future-CEOs-Tessy-Omina-e183avc/a-a6l6ns3 10. Ann Maina Life Lesson: Shut the voice of doubt and trust the process https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/BossLady---Leading-Myself-with-Strength--Compassion-Ann-Maina-e18t6ij/a-a6necm1 11. Kajal Dhaneshwari Life Lesson: Don’t get addicted to your pain that you never heal. Turn your pain into your strength. https://anchor.fm/harriet-tinka/episodes/My-Quarterlife-Crisis-Young--Depressed-plus-three-words-you-should-always-ask---Kajal-Dhaneshwari-e1btiuo/a-a6necm1b

    54 min
  2. My Leadership in the Spirit of Service - Carmelita Santana

    08/21/2021

    My Leadership in the Spirit of Service - Carmelita Santana

    Meet Carmelita Santana: a nineteen-year girl who has been a dedicated community volunteer from the early age of ten years old.  Today, she is the President of the Fort Saskatchewan Multicultural Youth Group and a first-year student at the Concordia University of Edmonton.  Commitment to serving the community has her leading the Fort Saskatchewan Multicultural Youth Group since 2019. She is responsible for creating programs and activities, meeting with possible partners and presenters and researching possible grants to enhance their programming. Carmelita’s volunteerism has led her to win the Boys and Girls Club of Fort Saskatchewan and the City’s Outstanding Girl of the Year in 2017.  As a recipient Chamber of Commerce International Women’s Day Award for Outstanding Youth of the Year 2017, Carmelita felt honoured, and it gave her fuel to keep on giving back.  In 2019 she was again nominated for the Chamber of Commerce International Women’s Day Award for Exemplary Youth of the Year, and in 2020, She received a Recognition award for Exemplary Youth. Carmelita’s volunteerism includes Volunteer Tutor for English as a Second Language students for children ages 6-9 in reading and math. Listen to her joy as she shares what insp[ires her to be who she is today. Her message on authenticity is to be true to yourself. Make you happy first before others. It is then when you can give yourself entirely and make an impact.

    42 min
  3. 07/20/2021

    I Failed, But I Got Into Nursing.

    Meet Aryanah Oldenburger, our July Dandy Lion of the month. She just turned eighteen years old this month. Like many teens, she has been anxious to go back to the way it was in 2019. Aryanah grew up in a family that cultivated happiness. Her parents gave her tools for self-managing by using positive affirmations, appreciating our connectedness to one another, and practicing gratitude. They taught her to appreciate the little joys of miracles of life, such as the sun rising every day. Aryanah grew up with a growth mindset. Though Aryanah grew up in a loving family, it did not shield her from being bullied at school. Being 5'9 inches at age 15 was ammunition for her schoolmates to make fun of her. She had terrible acne on her face, more pronounced than the typical girls her age. A group of girls made fun of her and even told other students that she had chickenpox. They made her life miserable. Her parents taught her to accept those uncomfortable sad feelings because they deepen our ability to appreciate the joy in our lives. But it does not give anyone permission to hurt others with mean words. And especially for something they have no control over. Aryanah knew the only way to fight back was to self-love and ignore others' opinions. Though a challenging journey, she knew she would have to journal her feeling and look in the mirror daily to self-love. With patience and time, it worked. During the pandemic, she had a few failures that would impact her acceptance into nursing school.  Listen to how she overcame them. Contact her via Instagram at: instagram@aryanah.o

    35 min

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The Youth's perspective: So often, we talk about the Youth, but they are not given a seat at the table. The AUTHENTICITY SERIES will be giving them the microphone to SPEAK UP and a SEAT at the table. We can then understand the issues they face socially, physically, mentally and spiritually.