Annual Youth Assembly

at the United Nations

8:00-9:00am

REGISTRATION—United Nations Lobby

9:30-11:30pm

OPENING SESSION (Conference Room 4)

Conference Musical Opening

Welcome by Co-Founders
     Patrick Sciarratta
     Executive Director, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation
     Conference Co-Chair

     Dr. Elaine Valdov
     Executive Director, Int'l Institute for a Culture of Peace
     Conference Co-Chair

Welcome by Project Director
     Maria Mandova
     Youth Assembly at the United Nations

Message of Welcome from the UN Secretary General
     Ban Ki-Moon

United Nations Address

Ambassadorial Address
     Ambassador Heidi Schroderus-Fox
     Deputy Permanend Representative of Finland to the UN

Keynote Address 
     Devon Harris
     Captain Jamaica Bobsled Olympic Team;
     Right To Play Athlete Ambassador

11:30-12:45pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:00–2:40pm

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
(See Workshop Schedule for Program and Rooms)

3:00–4:15pm

BE THE CHANGE: Making a Difference Around the World
(Conference Room 4)

Opening Speakers
     Michelle Guerette
     Olympic Athlete, Right To Play Athlete Ambassador

     Jason Rogers
     Olympic Athlete, Right To Play Athlete Ambassador

A Call from the Youth of the World
     Karen Eloisa Galindo Ayala
     President of Youth Council
     Children International (Honduras)

     Bothaina Qamar
     United Nations Population Fund
     Youth Program Fellow (Jordan)

     Jin Zeyu
     HS Student from U-Link College of International Culture
     South China Normal University (China)

     Davron Mirdagatov
     United Nations Population Youth Fund
     Program Fellow (Uzbekistan) 

4:30–5:30pm

MDG SUCCESS STORIES FROM AFRICA
(Conference Room 4)

     Moderator:
     Specer Chiimbwe
     Executive Director, United African Congress
     Founder, New York Center for Conflict Dialogue

     Panel:
     Harriette Williams
     International Development Consultant

     Elizabeth Omondi
     Founder, Africa Project 53

     Aabubakar Sadick
     Founder, African Science Foundation
     National Youth Presindent, United African Congress

     Abby Bello
     Treasurer, Citywide (NY) Council on High Schools

 SPECIAL EVENT

  6:30-9:00pm

CAMPAIGN NIGHT and Light Dinner (optional, with cost)
Networking, Learning and Fun

8:00-8:45am

Breakfast in UN Cafeteria and NETWORKING WITH FELLOW DELEGATES

9:00-11:30am

THE "MDG TEACH-IN” (Conference Room 4)
Leaders and Innovators, Advancing the MDGs from Talk to Action

INTRODUCING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs)

9:00-9:30am

Opening Speaker 
     Ramu Damodaran
     Deputy Director, Outreach Division
     Department of Public Information (DPI), UN

Overview of TEACH-INs

     Hunger & Poverty:
     Donald Lee
     Senior Development Economist in the UN Office of the
     Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs
     (DESA)

     Education:
     Toni Maraviglia
     Founder, WiserBridge

     Women Empowerment & Gender Equality:
     Ravi Karkara
     UNICEF Gender Rights Expert

     Maria Mandova
     Youth Assembly Project Director

     Children's Health:
     Paul Mikov, World Vision International
     UN Representative

MDG TEACH-INs

     Teach-In 1: Hunger & Poverty - Donald Lee (UN DESA)
      -- Conf. Rm 4

     Teach-In 2: Education - Toni Maraviglia (WISER)
      -- Conf Rm 8

     Teach-In 3: Women Empowerment & Gender Equality
      - Ravi Karkara (UNICEF)
      -- Conf. Rm C

     Teach-In 4: Children's Health - Paul Mikov (World Vision)
      -- Conf. Rm D

11:30-12:45pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:00 – 2:45pm

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
(See Workshop Schedule for Program and Rooms)

UC Peace Festival Performance
by The Studio for Performing Arts & Al-Azhar Ensemble
(UN Lobby)

3:00-5:45pm

“THE MDG TEACH-IN” (Continued) (Conference Room4)

3:00-3:45pm

Keynote Speaker
     Dr.Bernard Amadei
     Engineers Without Borders, USA

Overview of TEACH-INs

     Women's Health:
     Fabian Dubuet
     Doctors Without Borders UN Representative

     HIV AIDS:
     Dr. Victor Ortega
     Director, UNAIDS, UN NY Office

     Environment:
     Joshua Cooper
     Executive Director, Hawaii Institute of Human Rights
     Director, OceaniaHR

     Partnerships in Development:
     Gerrit Beger
     Chief of Youth Sector, Division of Communications
     UNICEF

5:00-5:45pm

MDG TEACH-INs

     Teach-In 5: Women's Health - Fabian Dubuet
     (Doctors Without Borders)
      -- Conf. Rm D

     Teach-In 6: HIV AIDS - Dr. Victor Ortega (UNAIDS)
      -- Conf Rm 8

     Teach-In 7: Environment - Joshua Cooper (HIHR)
      -- Conf. Rm 4

     Teach-In 8: Partnerships in Development - Gerrit Beger
     (UNICEF)
      -- Conf. Rm C

 SPECIAL EVENT

  6:30-9:00pm

INTERNATIONAL CULTURE NIGHT 
and Light Dinner (optional, with cost)
Networking, Arts and Fun

8:00-9:00am

Breakfast in UN Cafeteria and NETWORKING WITH FELLOW DELEGATES

9:00-11:30am

YOUTH IN ACTION (Conference Room 4)

9:00-9:25am

Hip-Hop MDG Campaign
     Charles Fisher
     Director and Founder
     Hip Hop Summit Youth Council

9:30-10:25am

Celebrating International Youth Day – 2009
With the United Nations Programme on Youth

Sustainability: Our Challenge. Our Future.
     ° The Environment, The Society, The Economy

"It is imperative that youth embrace the challenge of sustainability in its fullness as they help pave the way forward through the 21st century and beyond. Youth Action, inclusion, and their full participation are key to developing today's world for the generations of today and tomorrow and central to a sustainable existence."

- UN Programme on Youth

10:30-11:30am

Making It Happen!
Nuts and Bolts of NGO Management, Development & Administration

     Moderator:
     Patrick Sciarratta
     Executive Director
     Friendship Ambassadors Foundation

     Panelists:
     Dorothy Bassett, Dean
     School of Leadership & Professional Advancement
     (SPLA) at Duquesne University

     Joanna Sherman
     Artistic Director and Co-Founder
     Bond Street Theater

     Maria Guralnik
     Visiting Assistant Professor
     Arts Management Degree Program, Purchase College

11:30-14:45pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:00–1:45pm

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
(See Workshop Schedule for Program and Rooms)

2:00-3:30pm

The MDGs in Action: Innovations for Change! 
(Conference Room 4)

Keynote Speaker
     Ronald Bruder
     Founder and Chief Executive Officer 
     Education for Employment Foundation

Panel
     Samuel Owusu Ofori
     Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department
     North Carolina A&T State University

     Yvonne Davis
     President and CEO of Davis Communications
     Contributor to the Huffington Post

     Ken Banks
     Founder, Kiwanja.net

     Tanuj Parikh
     Kiva.org Fellow

YOUTH ASSEMBLY CLOSING 

3:45-5:45pm

Keynote Speaker 
     Dr. Arun Gandhi
     Grandson on Mahatma Gandhi
     Founder, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non-Violence

We Can Overcome All Obstacles!
     Hou Bin
     Paralympics Gold Medalist

     Vanessa Chakour
     Right To Plan Athlete Ambassador
     Activist, Artist

Closing Words
     Dr. Elaine Valdov
     Co-Founder of Youth Assembly

 SPECIAL EVENT

  6:30-9:00pm

FAREWELL DINNER (optional, with cost)