In order to allow our youth community to gain better insights on advocacy work in the policymaking sphere, one must understand the bottom-up and top-down approach within this field, especially from the grassroots perspective. This dialogue workshop will include the VOCALists and IGEM Visitors (as program participants) and session speakers (VOCAL advisors and ambassadors, as well as field experts), whereby an interactive dialogue will be designed to empower young people to understand the depth of collective action from the grassroots level.