As Living Proof Advocacy’s 2025 Storytelling for Advocacy Intern, Annie Beth Clark focused on learning more about young advocates and how we, as an organization, can best support their success. Here, she summarizes the learnings from her research project.

“I chose to accept this internship at LPA because I have a deep passion for youth empowerment, development, and engagement in positive social change. “

For more than 20 years, Matt Wolf has helped young people find and amplify their voices to create the change they want to see in their worlds.

Every time I explain what my internship entailed, it piques people's interest and sparks conversations about important subjects. 

“Youth need to be at that table, sitting with executive leaders, emphasizing that we have a very different perspective and they can't be making decisions for us.”

Sharing your personal stories to advocate for change is very different from telling tales around a campfire to scare your friends or to get a laugh.

No stories of interest? Think again.

No stories of interest? Think again.