The Awakening, is a youth focused civic enlightenment program aimed at enlightening young people in the South East on good governance, democratic principles, civic participation and active citizenship in order to awaken them to their civic responsibility and provoke them into demanding full representation, involvement and active participation in decision making and governance. The live radio broadcast aims at informing, motivating and empowering youth to become active citizens. Youth can change the world by becoming actively, meaningfully and substantially involved through political parties and beyond. We aim to improve the participation of young people in democratic decision making processes. The overall objective of the project is to deepen democracy and create an open society in Nigeria through mass media education and participation.