A few weeks ago I attended a retreat hosted by the Posse Leadership Scholarship Foundation centered on the Millennial Generation. Loosely defined, the Millennials are those born in the 1980s and 1990s. We, for I am myself am a Millennial, are distinguished from earlier generations because we make up the most diverse group.
There are over 75 million Millennials in the U.S, at least 20% of us have one undocumented parent, the Internet existed for us as we were growing up (which is why we are considered to be technologically savvy), and our economic position is significantly worse than what our parents' was.
The social, cultural, and economic reality we have grown up with identifies a big portion of who we are. Still, I noticed during the retreat of 50+ students that having one definition of who the Millennials are is unfair because we are a multidimensional and complex group of people.
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