TYCon (Tsinghua Youth Connect) is an organization founded by the children of North America Tsinghua alumni, aiming to connect with each other, provide career and academic guidance, offer collaboration opportunities, promote mutual communication, and build a bridge between the second and first generations. 

In July 2023, during the 5th North America Tsinghua Alumni Convention held in Washington, D.C., the core team of Tsinghua second-generation members actively planned and successfully hosted the First North America Tsinghua Youth Convention (TYCon). Guided by the principle of "FROM US, FOR US", the first TYCon featured panels on topics of interest to young people, including college applications, job hunting, youth entrepreneurship ventures, and writing and publishing books, among many others.

All panels were led by Tsinghua second-generation members, who served as both speakers and moderators. Through these panels and interactive activities, the inaugural TYCon successfully attracted over 150 participants, far exceeding our expectations. Many attendees joined with no expectations while some others were reluctantly persuaded by their parents. However, they all ended up surprised, having made new friends (with some engaging in committed relationships), and gained a lot from the experience. After the event, they were unwilling to leave and sincerely thanked their parents for bringing them to such a wonderful gathering. This gave them a great opportunity to meet outstanding peers with shared interests, which was completely different from the dull and uninteresting convention they had imagined.

The positive experience of the first TYCon, combined with this feeling of gratitude, helped bridge the gap between the first-generation Tsinghua alumni with their Chinese cultural backgrounds and the second-generation children raised in North American culture. This mutual understanding and recognition between the two generations grew, and the bond between parents and children was strengthened as friendships developed among the younger generation. Although the second-generation members went their separate ways after the event, many participants stayed in close contact, cherishing the friendships they built during TYCon.

The influence of TYCon has already successfully attracted more Tsinghua second-generation members to actively participate in future TYCon events and activities. It was under these circumstances that Tsinghua Youth Connect (still abbreviated as TYCon) came to be, serving as a platform-based organization to not only prepare for future conventions, but also to connect alumni’s children across regions for ongoing exchanges and interactions.