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Debate
to Action: Building
Capacity in Youth Organizations
SWA-Ghana Members Selected for Program to
Help Meet Millennium Goals - Accra, Ghana
In response to the British Council and the
World Bank’s call for youth leaders in Ghana to participate
in “Debate
to Action: Building Capacity in Youth Organizations,”
Student World Assembly-Ghana nominated two of their own
outstanding members: Aaron Nii Lamptey Lawrence and Kingsley
Razak to take part in this program. SWA is very proud to
announce that both Aaron Nii Lamptey Lawrence and Kingsley
Razak, members of the Accra ’07 International Convention
Planning Committee, were selected to participate in this
exciting, new learning program.
“Debate to Action,” a year-long program being
carried out by a partnership of the World Bank and British
Council, is a capacity-building program aimed at training
active youth leaders of well-established youth organizations
in East and West Africa, as well as Great Britain to become
effective role models and guides for others in their community.
This program was created to give young, dynamic activists
increased access to development education in order to become
effective in helping to achieve not only the Millennium
Development Goals but local development goals within Ghana
as well. These include improving literacy skills and occupational
opportunities, addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, safeguarding
the environment, and others.
Participants in this pilot program will work together with
youth from a number of organizations to share their experiences
of running local development projects and learn how to create
their own training programs that in return can be implemented
in the student and youth population within their own communities.
In this way, the program is expected to lead more young
people into promoting sustainable development and empower
them to promote transparency and accountability to supports
good governance.
Congratulations to SWA-Ghana —it is wonderful to be
part of such a worthy endeavor!
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Making Student Voices
Count in the Global Arena
A Symposium on Human Rights and
Conflict Resolution
Hackensack, New Jersey - USA
On Wednesday, October 18th, Student World
Assembly staff facilitated a workshop as part of Farleigh
Dickinson University’s two-day Symposium on Human
Rights and Conflict Resolution. The two-day Symposium
was sponsored by Fairleigh Dickinson’s Office of Global
Learning, which brings together leading academics and practitioners
in the fields of human rights and conflict resolution, to
deepen knowledge and inspire activism concerning these crucial
and extremely pertinent issues of today.
SWA was graciously invited to be a part of the Symposium
to speak about “Making Youth Voices Count in the Global
Arena.” The energetic and interactive workshop, targeting
both high school and college-level students, provided information
about the structure and purpose of the SWA, focusing on
its long-term goals for global democracy, and how youth
can use an organization such as this to impact the world
through their collective voices and actions. Students attending
the workshop were also given an opportunity to share what
they consider issues facing youth today and were consequently
asked to think critically about how to approach these challenges
on the local/grassroots level while keeping in mind the
tools available to aid them in doing so.
The workshop concluded with a discussion on the role Student
World Assembly’s annual International Convention plays
in engaging youth leaders and activists in a global context
of democracy and activism, both of which go hand in hand.
Congratulations to SWA for another successful event and
welcome to all the new students who chose to have a global
voice on this day!
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Youth
Activist
Leadership Training
at Columbia University
On Saturday, November
4, 2006, SWA members will have an exciting opportunity
to participate in the Student Leadership & Activism
Training Seminar sponsored by Amnesty International
USA and the Student World Assembly at the Harriman
Institute in Columbia University in New York City.
This seminar is designed for students who are or
plan to be active leaders on their campus and in
their community. The workshops will offer training
in PR and media skills, planning of events, and
maximizing effectiveness of campus organizing. Some
other informational workshops will cover such topics
as: “Sex Trafficking in Russia”, “Business
& Human Rights/Corporate Accountability”,
and “Talking Global Issues with Americans,”
which will be presented by
Americans for Informed Democracy.
The day will run from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and dress
is business-casual.
Space is limited, please RSVP to RSVP@studentworldassembly.org.
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Suggested
Reading
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White
Man's Burden
In
White Man’s Burden, William Easterly says
that history has shown us that there are problems
with how developmental aid is used to assist people
living in poverty. This book not only discusses
mismanagement of funds despite the positive intensions
of aid donors, but more importantly offers solutions
to stop the cycle of repeated mistakes made by
international developmental organizations.
Clearly, there is no panacea to the complicated
problem of aid distribution, but Easterly suggests
we look at poverty eradication as a long term
investment of aid resources and distribution in
many small projects, not as a short-term, one-shot-deal
big plan with big money.
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