Examining the Predicament of Youths in High-Risk Families through "Ruins Youth"

"A girl who spends her nights sleeping on a pork stall; a boy who could identify drugs by fourth grade and washed the bloodstains off family members who used them; child laborers doing hard labor to survive; a teenager recruited by a fraud ring to commit crimes in the Dominican Republic..."

— Ruins Youth

Dropping out of school, drug dealing, organized crime: the young people on society's margins often come from broken, dysfunctional families. Parents who died young, domestic violence, chaotic family relationships, unstable high-risk environments: to survive, these teenagers can only drift along the edges of society.

Can we turn a blind eye to those struggling to survive amid the ruins?

For this event, we have invited Chien Yung-ta, author of Ruins Youth and contributing reporter for The Reporter, to help us confront the plight of young people struggling to survive in high-risk families and the reasons such "ruins youth" exist.

We warmly invite you to join us for a glimpse into the lives of young people in high-risk families.

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Time

Friday, September 25, 7:00 p.m.

Venue

Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation (No. 845, Sec. 2, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung)

Speakers

Speaker Chien Yung-ta / Author of Ruins Youth, contributing reporter for The Reporter

Moderator Liao Yu-ting / JRF summer intern

Program

Time	Program
18:30~19:00	Admission
19:00~19:20	Opening / audience introductions
19:20~20:10	The Situation of Young People in High-Risk Families Through Ruins Youth / Chien Yung-ta
20:10~20:30	Audience Q&A
20:30~	End

Planning Team

Liao Yu-ting, Chen Yu-chen, Tsai Shang-jung, Hsieh Hsin-tung

Organizer

Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation