Gen Z Girls Lead The Way

What’s on the minds of Central Ohio’s Gen Z girls, and where will they take America? Generation Z – the Zoomers – were born after 1996. The oldest of this rising generation has just graduated from college, and the youngest are now entering their teenage years, having been born just as Barack Obama entered the White House.

Their formative years have been shaped by a global pandemic and the tumult of a divided America. Studies have shown that Gen Z embraces strong values rooted in a passion for racial justice, a deep concern for the planet and environmental sustainability, and as consumers, favor access as much as (or more than) ownership. Zoomers are digital natives, the first generation to grow up from their earliest childhoods with an ever-present Internet and portable digital technology. They’re the fastest-growing segment of the Amercian electorate and the most racially-diverse,with a non-Hispanic white majority of just 52%.

CMC turns its stage over to Central Ohio Gen Z girls for an unfiltered look how at this rising generation sees the world, themselves, and the future. The discussion will be hosted by Camille Seals, Head of School, Columbus School for Girls, with Frankie Madosky, Miss Columbus Teen USA 2023, Lillian Corpening-Morgan, Co-Chair, Black Girl Think Tank, and Honors Senior, Pickerington North High School, Mercy Cala Avila, Undergraduate Student, International Business & Chinese, The Ohio State University, and Olivia Graham, High School Student-Athlete, Columbus School for Girls, with closing remarks from Kennedy Watkins, recipient of the highest honor in Girl Scouting.