youth leader iyons speaker profiles
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QUICK FACTS FOR CORPORATE PARTNERS about our venture at IYONS - speakers, solutions, program, scope, post-IYONS activities, educational outreach, leadership program + bank contacts + perks and options for collaboration for youth leadership programs in their spheres of influence. We are not boring, we are 100% genuine changemaker spirit and we are uniting to rock our global young generation at school, as education systems are embracing us with open arms! You will be DELIGHTED & INSPIRED by the young teenage changemakers in our program, our solutions, tools and services for COLLABORATION - from projects and campaigns to speakers at events! Feel encouraged and welcome to contact us any time. More at YL@IYONS BROCHURE http://bit.ly/1M4HHQN YL @ IYONS WEBPAGE http://bit.ly/1H7TKeI YOUTH-LEADER - about us: http://bit.ly/1Cnm0ez and www.youth-leader.orgTRANSCRIPT
YL @ IYONS PROFILES OF YL MEMBERS
confirmed as official representatives of their countries at IYONS World Conference for International Youth Organizations
involved in
addressing the global assemblythe Youth Campworkshopsschool and college presentationsthe YL Immersion Week
ADORA SVITAK
Multimedia Profile link
Pacific Standard Magazine described Adora as one of the "30 Top Thinkers Under 30," going on to call her "an activist for feminism, liberal politics, and youth-oriented causes [...] pretty far up the road to becoming intellectual royalty."
She is a 2011 recipient of the National Education Association Foundation's Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education.
In 2014, she served as a Youth Advisor to the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, DC.
XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ
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UNITED NATIONS Speech, opening high-level event on Climate Change as represen-tative of global civil society
HBO - "Saving Our Tomorrow"
Showtime- "Years of Living Dangerously"
PBS - "Statewide Ban on Fracking"
2013 Presidential Youth Council
2013 Indigenous Warriors Award
2013 Indigenous Youth
Environmental Activist Award
2012 International Eco Award
2012 Peace Maker of the Year Award
RACHEL PARENT
Articles about Rachel link
Biography link
Multimedia Profile link
CANADA
• Post City Magazine, Toronto Top 20 Under 20 2014
• Clean50 Summit, Toronto Emerging Leader 2014
• NOW Magazine, Toronto Environmental Heroes 2013
• Elle Quebec Magazine Our Woman of the Year 2013
USA
• Three Dot Dash, Global Teen Leader 2015
• Just Label It, Washington, DC Right to Know Champion
AVALON THEISEN
Biography link
Multimedia Profile link2014 Humane Student of the Year Award by Animalearn
2014 Summer of Service Award by Youth Service America
2014 Florida Achievement Award by the Florida Commission on theStatus of Women
2014 WEDU Be More Inspiring Rising Star Award
2013 SBN International Youth Award
2013 Greening Forward Earth Savers Club Award
2012 Temple Grandin Award
Radio Disney Heroes for Change Award (5/13)
2012 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
CASSANDRA LIN
Biography link
Multimedia Profile link
MTV Switch Award
Rhode Island School Recycling Club Innovations Award
Brower Youth Award
President’s Environmental Youth Award
NYLC Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Excellence Award
Nickelodeon HALO Award
RHIANNON TOMTISHEN
Multimedia Profile link
United Nations Forest Heroes Award
Brower Youth Award
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
Sea World Environmental Excellency Award
Giraffe Hero Commendation
CHLOE MAXMIN
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Brower Youth Award
Gloria Barron Prize
Focus feature of the Sundance Channel’s award-winning eco-documentary, “Big Ideas for a Small Planet,”
“Green Hero” by Rolling Stone for her climate activism.
Chloe has been featured in
The New York Times
NPR
Bill Moyers
Bloomberg
Real Time with Bill Maher
Chloe writes for The Crimson, The Nation, and other publications.
EMMA & JULIA MOGUS
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The sisters have been featured on CBC THE NATIONAL, CBC News, CTV Canada AM, Global Television Thunder Bay, TVO KIDS, CHCH TV, City TV, CBC Metro Morning Show, CBC Radio Here and Now and other media.
The Helen Keller Fellowship Award (2015, Lions International)
The Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award
Paul Harris Fellowship (2014, Coburg Rotary Club)
Top 20 under 20
Louise Russo W.A.V.E. Youth Award
International Diana Award
Ontario Heritage Trust’s Young Heritage Leader Award
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Peace Medallion Award
TVO KIDS ‘Super Citizen’ Award
BABAR ALI
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CNN IBN India's Real Hero
NDTV ‘Indian of the Year’ Award
His story is part of the syllabus for the CBSE 10th standard English textbook, PUC English textbook for Govt. of Karnataka, and also in a curriculum in Luxembourg, Europe.
He was featured on Aamir Khan’s TV show Satyamev Jayate in July 2012, and is regularly invited to speak at various conferences and forums all over the world.
TED Fellow
INK Conference speaker
ROBYN HAMLYN
Multimedia Profile link
Robyn has not been in the spotlight of official awards, but having convinced 27 cities to pass part or the whole 3-pronged „Blue Community“ Resolution
1) keeping / making water public
2) making water a human right
3) banning bottled water
is beyond awards.
ABBIE BARNES
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Associate of the Linnean Society of London, 2015
Received one of six places for the 'Wildscreen Roar Talent Bursary', 2014
Shortlisted for 'The Network', 2014
'Save Our Oceans, Recycle Your Plastic' - shortlisted for the Innsbruck Film Festival, 2013
'Save Our Oceans, Recycle Your Plastic' - winner of the EcoTales Film Festival, 2013
'Palm Oil' - winner of the Young People's Trust For The Environment Film Competition, 2012
HASSAN SAEED
Multimedia Profile link
Hassan has not been in the spotlight of official awards, but having changed the lives of dozens of girls and their families and children to come for life speaks for itself.
NOT TO FORGETWe have to get our founder to IYONS, too!That's 1,200 €, and they's worth it.
ERIC SCHNEIDER
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Founder of YL with an aim to connect humanity's best changemaking knowledge and support networks with the global young generation at school by defining and offering changemaking role models and model solutions in formats applicable in education on a single global platform, in close collaboration with the hero/ines themselves.
Works at the intersection of media, cultures, changemaking, education.Re-defines societal concepts and words for congruence with a global, peaceful, just, thriving and sustainable, a sacred civilization.
Images & Voices of Hope Award 2012
Known as „Nobel Prize for Media of World Benefit“, earlier laureates include the TED Director and founder of Frontline.
Led YL teams India and Youth Rising for Peace to win UNITED NATIONS Online Volunteering Awards 2010 and 2012
Has attracted 10% of the UNOV global flow of online volunteers to apply for YOUTH-LEADER, more than 11,000 applications
Member of the National Round table for the Implementation of the UNITED NATIONS Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNESCO)
Pacemaker in Ashoka's re:imagine Learning Challenge
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