Joshua Gorman is a writer, speaker, changemaker, community builder, and a leading voice championing the paradigm-shifting role of today’s younger generations. He is the founder of Generation Waking Up, an organization that ignites young people to bring forth a thriving, just, and sustainable world. Through speaking, workshops, and leadership trainings, Joshua has the opportunity to connect with thousands of people each year.
He self-designed a major titled 'Global Youth and Social Change' at George Mason University and supports youth-led projects and movements internationally. He is a founding member of Youth Passageways, a network of individuals and organizations working in the fields of youth and community development, contemporary rites of passage, intergenerational collaboration, and cultural renewal. A student of human development and transformational education, Joshua specializes in the experiences, knowledge, and skills that people need to thrive in the twenty-first century.
Currently, Joshua is working on a number of projects relating to the future of religion, spirituality, and secular culture with a focus on Millennials, Gen Z, and the religiously unaffiliated called 'the Nones'. He is a co-founder of Thrive East Bay, a new kind of purpose-driven community bringing people together at the intersections of meaning, belonging, the arts, and social change.
Joshua lives in the Bay Area of California.