While five of Philadelphia’s most successful young leaders prepared to speak to dozens of millennials Tuesday about how to find success in their own field, I took advantage of the situation: a bunch of Philadelphia’s most prominent young people and aspiring leaders were in one room — the second floor of Milkboy in Center City, to be exact.
Campus Philly, in conjunction with Young Involved Philadelphia’s State of Young Philly weeklong event, hosted this evening’s #MeetPhilly Leaders Meetup in order to foster discussion about breaking through in an industry. While everyone networked, I wanted to know a few things from the millennials there in a short period of time: Where do you see Philly in five years, and where do you see yourself in five years?
Each person who took part had six seconds (or the length of a Vine) to tells us where they see their city in five years. Some went specific, others more broad. Here’s what we talked about:
Where do you see Philly in five years?
Patrick Sherlock, 31, director of university relations and student engagement for Campus Philly, of West Philly
Chaney Harter, 22, program manager with Campus Philly, of West Philly
Fatou Sylla, 20, Bryn Mawr student
Joe Lopez, 29, of Northeast Philly
Daisy Qiu, 27, student at Penn
Joel Faltermayer, 24, database and marketing coordinator with World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, of Point Breeze
Max Conaboy, 28, business development anaylst with Aon Risk Solutions and supporting member of Young Involved Philadelphia, of Springfield
Jordan Poole, 28, of Fairmount
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Fatou Sylla, 20, Bryn Mawr student
Joe Lopez, 29, of Northeast Philly
Daisy Qiu, 27, student at Penn
Ayanna Avinger, 35, of Lansdale
