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The Promise of the Six Pavilion TM
Youth Pavilion
Youth-designed. Youth-led. Youth-owned.
A dedicated space where military-connected youth claim voice, belonging, and leadership.
Located in Independence Hall B, the Promise of the Six™ Youth Pavilion is a 6,000 sq. ft. youth-designed and youth-led space created exclusively for military-connected children, teens, and young adults.
This Pavilion exists because youth told us they needed a place of their own, not a corner, not a moment, but a home.
Empower Growth
Military-connected youth grow up navigating constant transitions, responsibility, and service-related sacrifice, often without recognition or a space that truly belongs to them.
Through surveys, listening sessions, and direct youth feedback, one message was clear: “We need a place where our voices matter, where we are not guests, but leaders.
”The Promise of the Six™ Youth Pavilion was created to meet that need.
This is not a symbolic space. It is a physically and programmatically protected environment designed to center youth identity, agency, and future leadership.
What Happens in the Youth Pavilion
Everything within the Pavilion is youth-forward and youth-led, including:
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Youth Leadership Summits & Forums
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Teen Caregiver Dialogues & Recognition
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Youth-led Workshops and Skill Sessions
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Young Entrepreneurs & Creators Showcase
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Creative Expression & Storytelling
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Peer-to-Peer Conversations
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Legacy and Reflection Activities
Adults participate as supporters, mentors, and listeners, not drivers.
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Military-connected children
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Military-connected teens
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Young adults raised in military families
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Youth caregivers
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Youth allies and mentors (by role, not dominance)
What Makes This Pavilion Different
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Youth are architects, not attendees
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Leadership is shared, not assigned
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Identity is honored across age, service branch, and life stage
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This space belongs to youth, fully and unapologetically
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The Promise of the Six™ Youth Pavilion represents continuity between generations, honoring the past, empowering the present, and preparing the future. "The Time is NOW."
A Living Legacy
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Military children have always existed, across wars, generations, and service eras, yet until now, they have never had a recognized home.
This Pavilion is part of building that home.
The Promise of the Six Pavilion
The Pavilion is the heart of MCWE, a living, youth-centered cultural space where belonging is not explained, but felt.
It is where:
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Youth create,
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Alumni return,
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Caregivers breathe,
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Community remembers,
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Legacy is shared.
This is not a vendor hall. This is a cultural home space, built for connection, expression, memory, and future leadership.
The Pavilion Contains Four Interwoven Spaces
The Cultural Home of Belonging, Creativity, and Identity.
Promise of the Six Youth Summit
A gathering of youth leaders to speak, listen, build, and imagine the world they inherit and the world they will shape.
Identity. Voice. Belonging. Future leadership.
[ Learn More about the Youth Summit ]
Sneaker Dripping™ Youth Innovation & Design Lab
A celebration of youth creative culture, where design, craft, storytelling, and identity take form in movement and material.
Innovation is identity. Creativity is language.
Youth Marketplace & Creative Enterprise
Art, apparel, crafted goods, digital creations, and entrepreneurial expression from youth across states, installations, and global communities.
Economy, culture, and identity are connected.
Innovation is identity. Creativity is language.
A Living Archive
The Pavilion is a living archive of the military child experience, expressed through:
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Design
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Sneaker Fashion
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Performance
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Music
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Poetry
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Innovation
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Community storytelling
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Shared reflection
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Care circles
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Youth Led Symposiums & Workshops
This is where culture is created and carried forward.