A global initiative that connects youth to create communities for flourishing.
Watch here to learn more about YFN.
Chaturvedi, A. & Underwood, M. (2025). Youth Flourishing Network: A Response to the Global Youth Wellbeing Crisis. Presented at the Education for Flourishing Conference hosted by the Consortium for Human Flourishing at Saint Louis University, September 5, 2025.
“To flourish is to fully and completely love oneself and others.”
- Theodore Gregory, 2024
Love is the framework and at the core of Youth Flourishing Network. Love for self and others guides our work and is grounded in the wisdom traditions of the world, across different cultures and times. The network seeks to promote the six attributes of love, i.e., justice, beauty, perseverance, humility, creativity, and being.
Love is an action - it gives justice to oneself and others.
Love is beauty that shines with joy and gratitude - it is the essence of who we are.
Love perseveres in the face of adversity - it humbles us with its strength and courage.
Love gives wings to our creativity - it is the reason for our being.
(Chaturvedi, 2024)
(Image by Maddie Underwood, 2025)
Hear from our Network Members
Taofeek Alata, from Nigeria, shares his work and vision for youth flourishing.