Last Meeting - Mark Cherrington, Youth Advocate

Mark is a Youth Advocate with Legal Aid, a role he’s had for over 20 years. His youth-focused radio show Youth Menace on CJSR earned broadcasting accolades even as it bristled audiences. But it is his use of Twitter that have earned him worldwide acclaim for the bitter truth and unwitting sincerity of the lives of the youth he works with. Mark inspired us with his genuine and unedited stories of the youth he works with, and presented a side of the story that very few of us see or are exposed to.

Youth in Edmonton have a great advocate in Mark - and through Twitter and other means, he is standing up for them in a non-adversarial manner. He is a mentor, coach, and a true fighter for youth in Edmonton.