“I am because you are,” the classic definition of Ubuntu, is a concept of individual empowerment through community. Based in Cape Town, the Youth Radio Dialogues on Ubuntu program has created opportunities for young South Africans to listen and also to be heard. Nina Callaghan, former Associate Director, and now Chair of the Children’s Radio Foundation discusses her work with the youth reporters and their two-year exploration of the concept of Ubuntu. The sentiment of Ubuntu is commonly understood in African society and the children were excited to examine the idea through direct practice and community outreach. “In South Africa, the dominant narrative in mainstream media is youth are apathetic, violent, hopeless. Young people have very few spaces where they can express themselves, where they can contribute to opinion, and where they can advocate for things that they need in their lives,” according to Callaghan. The young reporters embraced the positive and respectful principle of Ubuntu and have been able to disprove these stereotypes.