Robert Mitchener's Making Youth Matter is a clarion call for people everywhere to reach back into their communities to mentor the kids who live just around the block. His story challenges people of influence to spend time with youth developing meaningful interactions, beyond one time encounters. Making Youth Matter shares Mitchener's passion for creating innovative and educational opportunities to help young people pave new routes for achieving their destinies. Mitchener candidly shares the importance of timely investments such as: One on One mentorship, Leadership, Life skill dynamics, Empowerment through Education and Workforce training and how they help secure a more fulfilling, productive life for young people, their future families, and the communities they will build and live their futures in. Because investing in youth is the key to creating the kind of legacy that can grow better communities.