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After an unfair childhood encounter with the justice system, Cayden was driven to protect other kids, becoming a Teen Court Defense Attorney at just 16. Now, he advocates for juvenile justice on the world’s largest platforms.
If you’re looking for a powerful young voice with global impact, you just found him.
Cayden Brown Juvenile Justice
“The world’s most influential juvenile justice advocate.”
Cayden Brown Juvenile Justice
Stop Asking For Permission
Too often young people are taught to wait—to ask, to “earn” a seat at the table. This talk, first debuted at the United Nations headquarters, reframes youth using their voices as a birthright. Drawing on legal historical context and current global youth advocacy, Cayden dismantles the myth that power vests only through age or credential and urges his nonprofit’s creed: youth deserve to be heard in the decisions that define their lives.
Key Takeaways:
- Audience-ready language and frameworks young people can use to claim space and accountability.
- The legal and historical basis for youth voice as actionable power.
When Kids Lead the Courtroom
Cayden opens with the true story of being six years old in a courtroom—feeling voiceless in decisions that would define his life—and traces how that early encounter became the foundation for his current work transforming youth carceral systems. He surfaces what he’s witnessed inside diversion programs where young people adjudicate cases on behalf of their peers, delivering results that defy expectations.
As he puts it: “if this is the youth justice system, why are we surrounded by adults?”
Key Takeaways:
- What genuine youth participation looks like in legal processes—backed by real data.
- How lived childhood legal trauma can become organized, strategic leadership.
- Concrete models for integrating youth decision-makers into justice systems that currently exclude them.
Invisible Impact: What Is Your Why?
Cayden tells a raw story about feeling invisible and on the edge in middle school—and the adult whose presence kept him. That “invisible” intervention became the hinge for everything that followed. This talk interrupts fatigue culture in education, youth work, and leadership by naming the power of presence without needing applause.
Key Takeaways:
- Recalibrating motivation away from external validation and toward sustained service.
- How to identify and reconnect with your personal why when you feel unseen.
- The mechanics of “invisible impact”: small, consistent actions that become survival stories for others.
Reserve Time With Cayden
Cayden Brown is available for keynotes, strategic panels, institutional lectures, podcast conversations, and custom convenings that center youth-led accountability, legal literacy, and systemic reform. He speaks on juvenile justice, child rights, Gen Z agency, youth activism, and everything in between.
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Cayden travels from Detroit, MI.
Looking For More?
For more, visit Cayden’s bio page to read his full journey, the press page for high-resolution headshots and media materials, his TED profile to see his idea-driven positioning in the broader speaker ecosystem, and his IMDb page for a verified listing of media and appearance credits.