Civil Society and Youth organizations (CSOs) need to collaborate more closely and catalyse broad and inclusive social movements for transformation from the bottom up, by engaging more strongly at a local level and mobilising the general public. Transformative digital technologies can revolutionise decision making in CSOs and are greatly expanding the reach of CSOs, while also creating new risks such as surveillance. CSOs must include youth in decision making and give them opportunities, lest they become the next ‘lost generation’, like the youth of the 1920s. Youth themselves must stand up and demand their rights and prepare for taking the lead.