UNwired Generation: Youth Leveraging Technology for the MDGs

   

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11th YOUTH ASSEMBLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS

Lead Endorser: The Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations

Other Permanent Missions to the United Nations Endorsing the YA:

Angola, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Finland, Hungary, Madagascar, New Zealand, Romania, Senegal, South Africa, Switzerland

Missions Hosting Visits:

Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burundi, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Mauritania,

Nigeria, Netherlands, New Zealand, Liechtenstein, Lebanon, Romania, Samoa, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, and Switzerland

Program Coordinators, 11th Youth Assembly at the United Nations Gayatri Amatya, Nepal Eliane Sussman, Belgium

And with Special Thanks to the YA Academic Partner

Fairleigh Dickinson University • Office of Global Learning Jason Scorza, Associate Provost • Jo Anne Murphy, UN Global Pathways Program Director

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There  is  a  saying: The more  things  change,  the more  they  remain  the  same.    I  have  been  noticing  that, myself, lately.  This year, the Foundation invited Ms. Tami Kesselman to join us as the YA Co‐Chair.  She has brought us new and fresh ideas, a wide assortment of extremely impressive speakers and panelists, and  a  clear  vision  that  adds  to  the  success  of  the  program. We  are  proud  to  have  her  with  us.    Last September,  in  Bonn,  I  was  asked  to  be  Treasurer  for  the  UN  Department  of  Public  Information conference.    There  nearly  2000  NGO  leaders  began  to  form  what  may  become  the  new,  SDGs:  the 

Sustainable Development Goals, for the future beyond the current MDGs.  Finally, this June, the UN (and many well‐connected young people!) met again in Rio to examine the pressing issue of sustainability.  New people, new paradigms, new energy but all in response to eternal challenges that are indicative of our human frailties. The struggles, opportunities, and crises we face remain the ones we faced before, in different incarnations or forms.    A great writer once noted that the world seems doomed nearly every day, but always makes it  ‘by the skin of its teeth’ and moves  on.    To  that  I  will  add  that  these  new  forces,  changes,  people,  and  ideas  all  help  us  understand  anew  the  human condition and our longstanding challenges to promote peace and development. And, this is the value of a youthful eye on these age‐old issues, now and forever more.  Although the issues never seem to change, it is up to you as youth to help move humanity forward as it implements new techniques and inventions  that will  affect each of  those challenges and opportunities  in brand new and  indefinable ways.   This  is your moment; make the most of  it, and  help  each  other.    Now,  like  the MDGs  to  the SDGs, help bring the concept of ‘development’ out of  the  past  into  a  new  and  brighter  focus  and future for us all.    Seize the day!  

With many thanks to our talented professional and intern youth staff. When you see them, please thank them for making this YA a powerful event:

FAF/YA STAFF AND INTERNS 2012 - From left to right from the top: Catherine DiMarzo, Adriana Hevia, Victor Izquierdo, Yin‐Chu Jou, Syed Kamal, Stella Kim, Yanyu Li, Carsen Mata, Sona Shrestha, Adya Sinha, Erin Wolfe 

Welcome  … from the 2012 Youth Assembly

Project Director, Staff and YA Interns Patrick Sciarratta Co-founder and Project Director Youth Assembly at the United Nations Executive Director, FAF

Tami Kesselman Co-Chair

Youth Assembly at the United Nations

   

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The 11th Youth Assembly at the United Nations UNWIRED GENERATION: YOUTH LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MDGs

UN HEADQUARTERS, NYC, USA

Official Program – Check for Daily Updates Online between August 1 - 3

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 (Morning - UN General Assembly Hall; Afternoon – UN North Lawn) ENTER AT VISITORS ENTRANCE: 1st AVE & 45TH STREET REGISTRATION 9:00 – 9:30am YA Registration Desk in the UN Secretariat Lobby OPENING SESSION

9:00am Doors open to GA Hall

9:30 – 9:40 am Youth Assembly Welcome Patrick Sciarratta (Opening Session Officiant) Executive Director, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation Tami Kesselman, Co-Chair, Youth Assembly at the United Nations Conference Musical Opening Jourdan Urbach, Violinist; Founder, Concerts for a Cure

9:40 – 10:40am UN Welcome to the United Nations www.un.org

Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (invited) Welcome Address to Youth on Importance of Participation & Leadership Moderator: Ramu Damadoran Outreach Division, UN Department of Public Information Dr. AK Abdul Momen, H. E. Ambassador Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations Simona Miculescu, H. E. Ambassador Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations Dr. Josephine Ojiambo, H. E. Ambassador Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations 10:40 – 10:45am Youth Welcome to the United Nations Sam Vaghar, YA@UN alumnus, International Youth Council

& Founder, Millennium Campus Network

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& Founder, Millennium Campus Network

WEDNESDAY (continued)

10:45 – 11:55am Report from Rio+20: The MDGs, The SDG’s, the Final Document, and How YOU Fit into the Bigger Picture as UNwired Youth www.uncsd2012.org Moderator: Tami Kesselman, Co-Chair, Youth Assembly at the UN

UN Perspective: Chantal line Carpentier, Ph.D., Sustainable Dev’t Officer & Major Groups Programme Coordinator, UN DESA, Division for Sustainable Devt NGO Perspective: Fabien Cousteau

Ocean Explorer, Filmmaker, & Founder, Plant-a-Fish NGO Consolidator Perspective: Kelly Rigg, Executive Director,

Global Campaign for Climate Action & TckTckTck Social Entrepreneurship & Corporate Perspective: Tess Mateo, Founder, CxCatalysts; Advisor, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

11:55 – Noon Pavegen Intro: Generating Energy from Your Footsteps, Pavegen Laurence Kemball-Cook, Founder, Pavegen 12:00 – 2:00pm LUNCH BREAK At the end of lunch, convene at assigned UN area for afternoon sessions

2:00pm-5:00pm Afternoon “CLASSROOM PLENARY” for Group 1 (Check online for location)

Group 2 Delegates: UN lobby for U.N. Mission Visits. Note: reverse on Friday morning: Group 1 to Lobby 2:00pm-2:15pm Call to Order & Announcements and Introduction Erin Wolfe, Youth Fellow, FAF VIDEO: 8 Goals for Africa, Angelique Kidjo

2:15– 3:30pm EDUCATION: TECHNOLOGY + YOUTH = SOCIAL EQUITY + SOCIAL CHANGE Moderator: Eliane Sussman, Development Manager, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation > Tara Abrahams, Deputy Director, 10x10 > Adam Braun – Founder, Pencils of Promise > Tammy Tibbetts, Founder, She's the First

> Kristen Titus, Executive Director, Girls Who Code Networking Break

4:00– 5:00pm PLANET HEALTH: TECHNOLOGY + INFRASTRUCTURE + COMMUNITY = SUSTAINABLE DEVT Moderator: Gayatri Amatya, Program Coordinator, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation Opening video: WorldWide Web Foundation’s ReGreening4Africa Adrienne Bermingham, 2012 Youth Leadership Fellow, Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots > Perry Hartswick, IBM Distinguished Engineer & Chief Architect for IBM Smarter Water Solutions, IMB Smarter Planet

Peter Wolfe, Vice President, ARCADIS US

5:00pm CLASSROOM SESSIONS END (Group 1: will visit the Missions on Friday)

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  5:00pm CLASSROOM SESSIONS END (Group 1)

THURSDAY, August 2 ECOSOC Chamber, North Lawn Building @ United Nations Headquarters, NYC

9:00am CHECK IN AT UN LOBBY 9:30am DOORS OPEN, UN NORTH LAWN BUILDING, ECOSOC CHAMBER 10:00-10:05am CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Carsen Mata, Youth Fellow, FAF 10:05-11:05am SOCIAL INCLUSION: TECHNOLOGY + OPPORTUNITY = EMPOWERMENT Moderator: Tami Kesselman, Co-Chair, Youth Assembly at the UN      Economic Inclusion: Jasmine Nahhas di Florio Education for Employment (EFE) Foundation  Governance: Roland Rich, UN Democracy Fund, UN Democracy Fund Financial Inclusion: TBA, Dalberg, Mobile money initiatives for the 'unbanked' Gender Inclusion: UN Women (invited) 11:05-11:20am BREAK Assignment: MEET PEOPLE FROM 2 OTHER COUNTRIES 11:20-11:30am MDG KEYNOTE 1: Social Enterprises Making Every Step Count Laurence Kemball-Cook, Founder, Pavegen 11:30-12:15pm MOVING FROM WORDS TO ACTION: CONCEPT + HARD WORK + RIGHT TEAM = SUCCESS (A Practicum on Building a Board, Budget, Competitive Landscape, Brand Messaging, etc) Moderator: Patrick Sciarratta, Executive Director, FAF > Laurence Kemball-Cook, Founder, Pavegen > Maria Guralnik, Arts Management, SUNY Purchase 12:15-2:00pm LUNCH BREAK & YA SOCIAL VENTURES FORUM (Delegate Ideas in Action!) RESOLUTION SOCIAL VENTURE FORUM AT Y.A - Check it out on the way to lunch!

The Social Venture Forum gives all delegates a unique opportunity to learn about inspiring, impactful social ventures proposed by fellow YA delegates during the Resolution Project's Social Venture Competition, launching at this year’s Youth Assembly.

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THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION: THE VITAL ROLE OF PARTNERSHIPS Between 2 – 5pm Side event: Semifinal contestants meet with The Resolution Project during the afternoon; judges make final decisions on grant-making allocations and mentoring.

2:05pm-2:10pm Call to Order & Announcements Carsen Mata, Youth Fellow, FAF

2:10pm-2:30pm MDG KEYNOTE I: Cultural Exchange & The MDGs Youth + CULTURE + MDGs = Better World R.N. Ramgoolam, Consul General, Trinidad and Tobago  2:30pm-3:30pm PARTNERING for the MDGs: Public + Private + NGO = Results

Moderator: Gayatri Amatya, Youth Ambassador, FAF

> Amir Dossal, Global Partnerships Forum > Robb Skinner, Associate Director, UN Foundation > Susan McPherson, Senior VP/Director of Global Mktg, Fenton

3:30pm – 4:00pm BREAK Assignment: MEET PEOPLE FROM 2 OTHER COUNTRIES

4:00pm-5:00pm WHERE TO FROM HERE? What’s Next on the UN YOUTH Horizon

Moderator: Eliane Sussman, FAF (and global UN Rep for AIESEC)

> Nina Brewster, Campus Rep, Two Degrees > Florent Meiyi, President, AIESEC International AIESEC International (invited) > Noor Doukmak, WISE Program Fellow WISE Learners Fellow, Qatar Foundation > Ani Phoebe Hao, Youth moderator, online pre-forum & Youth Event at UNAOC Forum, Doha, UN AOC

5:00pm END OF PLENARY CLASSROOM SESSION, DAY 2 6:00pm-9:00pm Youth Assembly Culture Night Aboard a YA Manhattan Dinner Cruise (Optional: Delegates must book in advance. Cruise is included in program for all delegates staying with YA Delegate Dorms at Pace University)

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Friday, August 3, 2012 (Morning – UN ECOSOC Chamber, NLB; Afternoon - UN General Assembly Hall) 9:00am-12:00pm Morning “CLASSROOM PLENARY” for Group 2 Delegates

(Group 1 Delegates: UN lobby, then to U.N. Mission Visits) Note: reverse of Wednesday afternoon, so all delegates attend both programs! 9:10– 9:15pm VIDEO: 8 Goals for Africa, Angelique Kidjo 9:15– 10:45am EDUCATION: TECHNOLOGY + YOUTH = SOCIAL EQUITY = SOCIAL CHANGE

Moderator: Eliane Sussman, Program Manager, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation > Tara Abrahams, Deputy Director, 10x10 > Reshma Saujanis, Founder, Girls Who Code > Tammy Tibbetts, Founder, She's the First > Kevin O Williams, Founder, Crimson Oak Academy (invited)

10:45am–11:00am NETWORKING BREAK 11:00am–12:00pm PLANET HEALTH: TECHNOLOGY + COMMUNITY + INFRASTRUCTURE = SUSTAINABLE DEVT Moderator: Gayatri Amatya, Program Coordinator, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation > Adrienne Bermingham, 2012 Youth Leadership Fellow, Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots > Perry Hartswick, IBM Distinguished Engineer & Chief Architect for IBM Smarter Water Solutions, IMB Smarter Planet > Peter Wolfe, Vice President, ARCADIS US 12pm CLASSROOM SESSIONS END for Group 2 MISSION VISITS END for Group 1 12:00 – 1:30pm LUNCH BREAK 1:30pm Doors open to GA Hall

2:00 – 5:00 PM CLOSING SESSION: UN General Assembly Hall, UNHQ

2:00pm-2:15pm Joint Address, Co-Chairs, 11th Youth Assembly at the UN 2:15pm–3:10pm Light the World…Youth-led Global Partner Action: Moderator: Patrick Sciarratta, Executive Director, FAF > Illac Diaz, Founder, 1 Liter of Light > Tami Kesselman, Sr. Advisor on Global Expansion for 1Liter of Light > Anton Alvarez, Head of Alvarez & Marsal, Singer/Songwriter, Philanthropist

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3:10-4:25pm LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA: Connecting to Causes, Amplifying Your Impact Moderator: Tami Kesselman > Talia Leman, Founder, RandomKid.org > Grant Garrison, Community Engagement Director, GOOD 4:25–4:45pm YOUTH SOCIAL VENTURE COMPETITION WINNERS Resolution Social Venture Recipients Announced (Up to $3,000 start-up award announced for each, plus ongoing mentoring) 4:45–5:00pm CLOSING KEYNOTE "Now that you've got the tools and have seen what you're capable of...." Monique Coleman, Actress; First-ever UN Youth Champion, UN Youth CLOSING MUSICAL PIECE: NOB A Change Gonna’ Come (Musical Accompaniment: Mr. Stacy Penson)

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11th YOUTH ASSEMBLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS  •  SPECIAL EVENTS     

July 28 – 31 Emerging Global Leaders Seminar: Fairleigh Dickinson University Mini-Course Led by FDU and FAF faculty and senior staff. Certificate based. Intensive, Open to all global leadership training. Corporate & NGO visits; beautiful location. Wed., 1 Aug MDG Campaign Night Dinner

6:30 – 9:00pm Dinner and an opportunity to get involved! Featuring NGOs with MDG-related projects in the field. (Event sells out early due to pre-registration & limited space)

Thurs., 2 Aug Resolution Project: Rewarding Social Entrepreneurship for MDGs ALL DAY @ YA Resolution's Social Venture Challenge encourages and rewards Youth Assembly

delegates for building teams or submitting individual plans for actual social ventures that can make a real impact on global development today. Registering projects for consideration takes place in July online, in advance of the conference. It is free and open to all college-level Youth Assembly delegates. For details on submitting projects, Click Here.

Finalists present to all YA delegates during the Youth Assembly’s Resolution Social

Venture Forum on Aug 2nd and then present in front of a panel of judges on Aug 3rd. Winning pitches will be announced on Friday in the U.N. General Assembly Hall and will receive a Resolution Fellowship grant of up to US $3,000 and a year of mentorship support. There are already 28 Fellows on six continents working in diverse, high-impact fields including education, healthcare, human rights & water resources. Will you or one of your friends be next?

Thurs., 2 Aug YA Culture Night (Event sells out early due to pre-registration and limited space) 6:30 – 9:00pm Dinner cruise along Manhattan: Dinner, cultural performance sharing 6:30 – 9:00pm Farewell Networking Dinner: Chinatown Buffet! Fri., 3 Aug (Optional, open to all; YA Registration Desk will have further info and reservation form)

   

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8 GOALS FOR AFRICA MUSIC: JIMMY DLUDLU (SOUTH AFRICA) LYRICS: ERIC WAINAINA (KENYA) People working for less than a dollar a day And thereʼs no answer to the hunger And the poverty never seems to go away Theyʼre asking how much longer?

Let the children go to school Let there be no reason They canʼt get an education I see the beautiful minds coming From miles and miles like butterflies Letʼs feed the thirst in their eyes CHORUS TIME IS TICK, TICK, TICKING ITʼS TICKING AWAY HEAR THE CALL FOR A THROUGH-BALL YES! A LUTA CONTINUA THEREʼS NO TIME TO DELAY THE AFRICA WE DREAM OF ONLY 8 GOALS AWAY. AFRICA E! AFRICA O!

If we teach a girl to read A future generation rejoices, rejoices Put a microphone in the hands of our sisters Hear their voices, know their choices

We have the power at this very hour To decide weʼre losing no child under five That they will grow and live to see their eighties And live to see their babiesʼ babies [Repeat CHORUS]

She puts his hand on her stomach His other hand is on the heart, card in his pocket Their doctor, knows sheʼll make it As for the baby that both parents created Sitting at the gateway They are new parents-to-be Itʼs a good, good day

Weʼve made such major steps In the right direction We took the road less traveled by Weʼve pulled hard on the reigns of major sickness No, we wonʼt bear the burden of the sadness [Repeat CHORUS]

Smoke from factories Killing rivers and trees The waterʼs not drinkable The situationʼs unthinkable We must have somewhere to go when we need to go Overcrowded spaces Like a maximum sentence

What we need is opportunity A world in unity A level playing field See where we went wrong Take a look at the replay Itʼs time for fair play [Repeat CHORUS]

Congratulations 11th Youth Assembly at the United Nations from Arcadis

 ARCADIS’ mission is to improve the quality of life around  the  world  by  creating  places  of distinction  and  providing  sustainable  solutions that  enhance  the  built  and  natural environments.  As an international company that provides  consultancy  services  in  Infrastructure, Water,  Environment  and  Buildings,  ARCADIS understands our  role  as a  trusted  consultant,  as an  employer,  and  as  a  corporate  citizen supporting  societal  advances  and  global economic  stability.  This  led  us  to  significant partnerships  with  the  UN  to  include  our membership  in  the  UN  Global  Compact,  our creation  of  the  SHELTER  program,  a  UN‐HABITAT  partnership,  and  our  sponsorship  of the  World  Urban  Campaign.   We  are  proud  to support  and  work  alongside  future  leaders  of public policy and private enterprise at the Youth Assembly  at  the  United  Nations  so  that  we  may collectively  envision  a  better  world,  and  then engineer it. 

Venue  Notes:  Due  to  the  Capital  Master  Plan (CMP)  at  the  United  Nations  and  the  Rio+20 Summit (which moved an important arms treaty back  into  conflict with  our  schedule),  the Youth Assembly  this  year  will  take  advantage  of  the entire, extended UN campus for its program.  We will of  course open and close  in  the UN General Assembly Hall.  In  fact,  the YA will  be  one of  the very last major events in the GA prior to its long overdue closure for major renovations as part of the  CMP.  That makes  our  presence  here, where so  many  other  major  world  figures  have  stood, even more special.    Other  venues:  We  will  also  conduct  some programming at the North Lawn Building, in the “ECOSOC  Chamber,”  the  Church  Center  of  the United  Nations  (CCUN)  and  the  Church  of  the Holy Family (which facilitated the visit by a Pope to  the UN as well as  the recent  “Convocation on the  Rights  of  the  Child”  in  2012,  among  many other UN related events).  CCUN and Holy Family Church  are  nearby,  just  off  1st  Avenue,  on  44th and 47th Street, respectively.    Please  ask  our  excellent,  youth  intern  staff  for any  directions  and  thanks  in  advance  for  your understanding.   

   

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 SPECIAL THANKS

Faruk Hossian, Permanent Mission of Bangladesh: without whom, we probably would not have succeeded with this challenging program; Lilli Schindler, Vivian Bernstein and their team at UN DPI for all the advice and coordination services, Nagy Naser for his help leading the UN logistics and tech team

for the event, the team at the Resolution Project, for their patience, generosity, and goodwill, and our collaborating partners from: EACT, Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots, Washington Scholars

Fellowship Program, Nigerian National Youth Award, Management Arts and Events, WISE Initiative, Brain Education, New York Academy, and finally, our friends, hosts, and sponsors from: A. A. Rano,

Robert Slaughter and Arts Olympus, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Sanofi, Newark Community Corporation, Arcadis, Pace University, Holy Family Church, United Nations Church Center, Sliceperfect

JOIN A CAMPAIGN IN 2012-13! Friendship Ambassadors Foundation is conducting several volunteer and cultural exchange

travel projects in the fall and winter of 2012 – 13 from campaigns created or highlighted at the Youth Assembly at the UN. In 2012-13, you or your group can join in these trips, below:

• Philippines and South East Asia to the 1 Liter of Light Campaign: Help bring light to many. An

incredible journey for two weeks, meeting new people and discovering new cultures, while helping those in the developing world who need it most. (Proposed: Early 2013)

• Ecuador: Rebuilding the Indigenous Shuar Community of Central Ecuador. Assistance with sustainable development building, tourism development, and agriculture assistance to a grateful community in the Central Ecuadorian rainforest close to the Equator. Homestays available. (Dates throughout 2012-13)

• The Rhythms of One World: A Celebration for Peace through Music. International choirs come together to celebrate the signing of the UN Charter (Its birth, on June 26, 1945) and a fund raising tool for NGOs worldwide. At Lincoln Center and the United Nations. Volunteers sought. (May - June 2013, NYC)

For those with interest, please write for more information, dates and costs, as well as registration information

to: Victor Izquierdo, at Victor@faf.org.

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