This is a clarion call for young people across Bermuda to step forward, join the Progressive Labour Party, and take their place in shaping the future of our country.

During the Annual General Conference, young people under 35 can join the PLP for free. We are inviting you to come to the conference and seize this moment.

Our country stands at a crossroads, and so does our party.

The PLP remains the only political entity with the power, seriousness and sophistication not just to run this country, but to ensure that policies which positively affect the lives of Bermudians are brought into reality the right way.

This moment calls for us as young people to carry the baton forward. Instead of asking where are the great leaders of the past, such as L.F. Wade and Dame Lois Browne-Evans, it is time for us to step into the room and become the leaders of the 21st century that we ourselves have been looking for.

We have the ability to shape Bermuda’s future, how our democracy evolves, how our country embraces and leads in technology, and how we navigate an ever-changing world.

Let this be that call. Join us at the 60th Annual General Conference of the Progressive Labour Party under the theme “Leading for the Next Generation”. If you are under 35, your PLP membership is free during the conference period. Come out, sign up and bring a friend.

The conference takes place today, tomorrow and Friday at the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium. This is your time. This is your moment. Young people, come into the room, join the PLP, and lead the next generation.

• Shomari Talbot-Woolridge is chairman of Progressive Minds, the youth wing of the Progressive Labour Party