June 24, 2008
Youth civic group talking 'bout their generation
Cara Sullivan lives in the West End, works at State Street Corp., and is happily immersed in the civic life of Boston. None of this makes her unusual. But Sullivan's age - 24 - does.
Rightly or wrongly, some people in their 20s and 30s do not feel entirely welcome in the graying, boomer-centric circles where Boston's movers and shakers cluster. It's one of the reasons, some say, that many young professionals eventually choose to depart the Hub.
Roughly 120 people in their 20s and 30s, some of them sipping wine, attended "It's Not Easy Being Green: Why Our Generation Can Change That," the latest in the RealTalk series. The idea is to lure younger Bostonians to take part in forums with leaders in areas of public policy in which they have a sizable stake.