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Join A 9/11 Walk
Join A 9/11 Walk, Huffington Post By Troy Jackson As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, many of us are wondering how best to honor the many victims of that tragedy and its aftermath. I found my own answer when a friend asked me to join him and a few others on a walk with [...]
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The North American Interfaith Youth Network of Religions for Peace: call for applications
The North American Interfaith Youth Network – Religions for Peace has opened the nomination process for individuals interested in representing the North American Region at the Global Youth Network of which two will be selected as representatives from North America (one from the US and one from Canada). The Religions for Peace Global Youth Network, [...]
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High Level Meeting on Youth at the United Nations General Assembly
On July 25 and 26, over 500 youth representatives from all over the world came to the General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the occasion of the High Level Meeting for the International Year of Youth on Dialogue and Mutual Understanding. The meeting, which included 2 panel discussions, several plenaries [...]
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Second edition of the UNAOC Summer School
For a week at the end of the summer 2011, over 85 youth aged between 18 to 35 years old and from close to 45 countries came together in Lisbon for the second edition of the UNAOC Summer School. The Summer School is based on the conviction that youth are the driving force for change. [...]
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First Convention of the Global Youth Movement for the Alliance of Civilizations
A total of 130 youth from over 80 countries around the world gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan to work together on the Global Youth Movement for the Alliance of Civilizations. This initiative aims to highlight and recognize the strong track-record of young people in advancing peace and understanding in times where tensions and conflicts often threaten [...]
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PLURAL + Video Screening and Panel Discussion on Gender Representation in Youth-produced Media
On the occasion of the Commission on the Status of Women and the International Year of Youth, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Programme on Youth (UNPY) invite you to attend a presentation of PLURAL+, a youth video festival on migration and social inclusion, [...]
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Connecting Cultures launches their new website
Connecting Cultures has a new website thanks to financial support from UNESCO. It has some great social media technology built in. They’ve started a Global Debate on ‘Culture’. What does the term mean to you? How do we define it? Join the debate at: http://www.connectingcultures.co.uk/debates.aspx?sitesectionid=25&sitesectiontitle=Global+Debate You can also phone in your comments. Call the number [...]
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2008 Youth Solidarity Fund winner Cultural Centre DamaD goes from success to success
Youth Recommendations were presented to Serbian state and local officials and non-government organizations at a Regional Forum for interethnic dialogue on November 30 in an attempt to gain greater recognition and integration of young people in intercultural, interfaith and interethnic dialogue. The Regional Forum was organized by Cultural Centre DamaD, one of six recipients of [...]
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UNAOC-BMW Group Award for Intercultural Innovation