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shop with a conscience is one of the most powerful, yet
simple,
personal decisions you can make. The act of choosing
to shop through online marketplace will have an impact
on our organization. Start
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Vote
for Your Candidates!
Elect
2007-2008 SWA International Officers!
It is that time of year
again, time to vote for the candidates that you feel are
best suited to fill the roles of Assembly Speaker and Assembly
Vice-Speaker! These officers will oversee all international
committee activities during their 2007-2008 tenure in office.
As a reminder, the Assembly Speaker will be the candidate
that receives the greatest number of votes while the candidate
with the second-highest vote will be considered the Assembly
Vice-Speaker.
Click here to vote...
Duties of the Assembly Speaker
include representing the face of SWA in the media; providing
leadership and guidance to the International Committees
as well as serving as a liaison between the Execute Director
and the International Committees; and presiding over the
SWA International Convention in 2008. The Assembly Vice-Speaker
will provide support to the Assembly Speaker and take over
the duties of the Speaker if, for any reason, the Speaker
is unable to fulfill his/her duties.
This year we have 12 interesting
candidates from various parts of the globe - from Nigeria
to Ghana to Nepal to the United Kingdom. The list consists
of two women and ten men, all of whom have many diverse
skills and a vast amount of experience in leadership positions.
SWA is proud to welcome our candidates, and are excited
to once again have such well-equipped candidates participating
in our electoral process.
We look forward to welcoming
our new officers so make sure to get out your vote!
Click
here to vote...
Human Trafficking: What Can Students do?
High School for Global Citizenship, New York
On January 23-24, 2007,
the SWA held its inaugural event on the 2007 International
Convention and Campaign Issue of Human Trafficking: “Human
Trafficking: What Can Students Do?” at the High School for
Global Citizenship in Brooklyn, New York. This
two-day program, sponsored by the Student World Assembly,
was created upon request of the High School for Global Citizenship
administration specifically to educate the incoming freshman
on this most pressing issue.
The purpose of the event
was to give students an overview of human trafficking, in
order to better understand the different forms of human
rights abuses taking place, and to provide students with
the practical tools to spearhead efforts to combat this
cruelty. SWA offered workshops and lectures on leadership,
human trafficking, human rights, and what students, specifically,
can do to prevent trafficking. ECPAT-USA
(End Child Prostitution, Child Trafficking, and Trafficking
of Children for Sexual Purposes) gave a lecture which provided
insight into the problem of trafficking children, and GEMS,
an organization that works to empower young women who have
been abused by providing empathetic, consistent support
and opportunities to make positive changes in their lives,
spoke about trafficking and sexual violence, followed by
a workshop on how to prevent these human rights violations.
Finally, the Polaris Project presented an overview of the
problem of human trafficking in the United States region
alone.
Student World Assembly would
like to thank the High School for Global Citizenship for
hosting, and would also like to thank ECPAT-USA,
GEMS, and the Polaris
Project for participating in such an important educational
experience. Congratulations to the SWA-NY members on a very
successful event!
Click
here to view more photos of the event...
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Human Trafficking
Action Tool-Kit |
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SWA is pleased
to announce its most Pressing Global Issue for
2007- Human Trafficking. Selected by YOU, our
global membership has made clear their dedication
to bring international attention to this most
grave human rights issue. To guide you in your
SWA Chapter's event planning for the next year,
please use our newly developed HUMAN
TRAFFICKING ACTION TOOL-KIT. This easy guide
gives you background information on Human Trafficking,
ideas for cool events to hold on campus and in
your community, and a step-by-step break down
of all the things you need to hold an awesome
event!
Follow
this link to download the Tool-Kit
Help SWA eradicate this gross violation of personal
dignity, security, and basic individual rights
to freedom- plan an event today! (Don't have a
SWA Chapter in your school? Check
out the Chapter page to see how you can bring
SWA & global democracy to your campus.
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Suggested Reading |
Building
a Win-Win World: Life Beyond Economic Warfare
If you
are interested in new ideas that move beyond the
conventional economic theories of development, economist
Hazel Henderson is ready to show you how. In Building
a Win-Win World: Life Beyond Economic Warfare,
Henderson examines how jobs, education, health care,
human rights, democratic participation, socially
responsible business, and environmental protection
are all sacrificed to "global competitiveness."
She talks about the diminishing power of the old
economic paradigm and outlines a new economic paradigm
based on cooperative, sustainable systems.
Publishers
Weekly called Henderson’s new book “A thoughtful
handbook for planetary citizens and policy-makers…”
and Harlan Cleveland, President of the World Academy
of Art and Science, a coalition of scientists and
intellectuals, wrote that Hazel Henderson’s book's
“lucid and vigorous analysis points to a creative
and hopeful future, in which cooperation becomes
the most dynamic force in the world economy.”
Purchase
Book Here and Support SWA...
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your information to
Ginger Albertson, SWA’s Publications Coordinator,
at
ginger@studentworldassembly.org
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