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Promoting the International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, 12 August 2010 - 11 August 2011.
On 18 December 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming the year commencing on 12 August 2010 as the International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding. For more information about the year, please visit this website: http://social.un.org/youthyear.
To spread the word about the International Year, the UN is looking for a powerful 1-5 word slogan that encapsulates the Year and its theme. From 25 January 2010 – 12 February 2010, you will have the chance to suggest a slogan for the International Year and to vote on your favourites through the “I like” function on our Facebook website:
http://www.facebook.com/people/UnitedNations-ProgrammeonYouth/100000636643703
The Gandhi King Chavez Season for Nonviolence
January 30 - April 4, 2010
Compassionate Activism for Global Healing
Co-founded and Convened by the Association for Global New Thought
A season for Nonviolence, January 30 - April 4, is a national 64-day educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities. Inspired by the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this international event honors their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world.
International Essay Contest: "My Role in Creating a Peaceful World" - Deadline June 30, 2010
Young people from around the world are invited to enter the 2010 International Essay Contest organized by UNESCO and the Goi Peace Foundation.
The theme for this year's contest is "My Role in Creating a Peaceful World." The deadline for entry is June 30, 2010. First prize winners will receive a cash award and a trip to Japan.
Please see the complete guidelines on the Goi Peace Foundation website: http://www.goipeace.or.jp/english/activities/programs/1001.html
Please spread the information about the essay contest to young people in your network.
May Peace Prevail on Earth!
The Goi Peace Foundation
Endorsed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Nikkei Inc., Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education
The United Nations University (UNU)
The UN University is dedicated to the generation and transfer of knowledge, and the strengthening of individual and institutional capacities in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. Visit http://www.unu.edu.
On December 21st 2009 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution amending the UNU Charter. The resolution was co-sponsored by 112 countries and adopted by consensus. This was the first time that the UNU Charter had been amended since its adoption. The United Nations University will now have the right to grant master’s degrees, doctorates, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions. It establishes UNU as a global degree granting university, within the framework of the United Nations, and will strengthen its efforts in resolving pressing global problems.
Scholarship Announcements in Sustainable International Development
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University will soon celebrate its 50th year delivering graduate education programs grounded in the pursuit of social justice. The Programs in Sustainable International Development (MA in SID and MS in International Health Policy and Management) are among the largest and oldest such programs in the United States. Entering its 15th year, SID is consistently recognized by major organizations such as the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and the Open Society Institutes as a leader in training development professionals.
Service for Peace
Service and Learning with a Global Peace Perspective
Service For Peace is an independent nonprofit organization providing service and learning opportunities through community projects which promote transformational and sustainable personal and community development around the world. We bring together people and partners of diverse faiths, ethnicities, nationalities, generations, and cultures to address profound social needs by discovering commonality and genuine appreciation for differences – all through service. We believe that peace begins with the inner peace fostered by service to others and that active cooperation provides the foundation and the real hope for peace.
ONGOING RESOURCES:
Programs at the University of San Diego Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
UN Youth Events ...Check it out!
Environmental Awards
Job Opportunities at UN Environment Programme
Youth Delegates to the United Nations
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