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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Dec 21, 2007
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My manifesto proposal, How to Get Involved with your Passions (based on this entry ) has been approved and is now up for voting on ChangeThis!
ChangeThis manifestos are often filled with useful knowledge and information on self development, business, worldchanging, culture, politics, and...... [view]
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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Aug 15, 2007
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Charles Fisher, who founded the Hip Hop Youth Summit, came up to me a few minutes ago and told me he read this blog. Huh, I’m being read by celebrities (sort of). My sister thought I was skeptical of the Hip Hop MDGs Campaign, based on how I wrote the article about the first presentation....... [view]
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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Aug 14, 2007
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Good morning! Here’s the second day of the Youth Assembly, and it’s bound to be just as busy as the first.
Starting off the day is Ian Rowe, VP of Public Affairs at MTV. MTV is passionate about young people and their possibilities for being a force of good - just like the UN. MTV...... [view]
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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Aug 14, 2007
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The second session begins with Elaine talking about how some people think that if you don’t save one issue, there’s no point. Every issue is important, though, and to me there is no point alienating an issue just to promote your own. So it’s great that there are people with...... [view]
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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Aug 14, 2007
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The next panel is about education - huzzah! Obviously something I was looking forward to. The first speaker is Dr. Cream Wright, Chief of Education at UNICEF. He talks about how it is important to give children a basic education - that doesn’t necessarily mean building more nurseries, but...... [view]
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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Aug 14, 2007
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I came in a bit late and was greeted with a young girl telling a story about life, the universe, and the power of women. WOW. WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. If only more speakers had her passion, her grace, her power. Standing ovation. WOW.
She’s followed by Grandmother Sara Smith, an Indigenous...... [view]
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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Aug 13, 2007
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We start off with some opening remarks from the Youth Assembly Secretary General, Dr. Elaine Valdov, who welcomes us to the United Nations and introduces the Youth Symphony for the United Nations. She notes that it is wonderful that so many young leaders from around the world have gathered in...... [view]
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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Aug 13, 2007
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Model UN is a student competition where young people assume roles as delegates of various countries in the UN and come together to discuss world issues. You’re either given a hypothetical situation (a crisis in a country, for instance) or a topic, and you have to come up with a...... [view]
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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Aug 13, 2007
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This workshop was introduced as “how to do what you love by doing what you love”. Interesting. Darren Olstad, the presenter was a delegate at a Youth Assembly last year and found the changes in between assemblies interesting. He asks around for ideas on what they expect - getting...... [view]
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Posted By: mydemand
Posted On: Aug 13, 2007
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For some reason the 2nd workshop (Youth Venture) didn’t seem to happen (the speakers didn’t show up) so I went for lunch instead. Now we’re about to start the Call To Action, which basically describes campaigns and how we can get involved.
The first campaign: Hip Hop. Yes,...... [view]
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