Listening to the Voices of Youth

Are you wanting to listen to the voice of young people? The Worldlink's 12th Annual Youth Town Meeting will be held on Friday January 23rd 2009 in San Deigo. Over 700 students will be gathering and you can find out more about this exciting event that will be taped for those of us not young enough to be there and who want to learn more and hear more from this generation. Worldlink connects youth to global affairs and is an initative of the Joan B Croc Institute for Peace and Justice. This unique event has consistently delivered fresh, valuable and challenging environment for young people to consider global citizenship and the responsibilities of local participation with critical thinking. It calls upon youth to speak up and be heard about their concerns. It asks them to add their informed, curious, caring voices to a civil and responsible atmosphere in what we can build and engage in an increasingly interwined and interdependent world. It is an excerise that showcases how partnerships and collaborations can occur both locally and globally. If you are eager to hear the voices of the young listen in to this event and what the delegates have to say to inform your practice and theory around engagement and participation with this population.