The Global Opportunity Youth Network continues to engage a growing global community, supporting collaboration across local ecosystems, and lifting the voice of opportunity youth.
This December we invited our network to come together for a two-day summit focused on a series of conversations about what it would take to create more structurally just and equitable livelihood and opportunity ecosystems.
GOYN young leaders, community, and global partners, facilitated conversations that:
- Shared how they are working to engage the most underserved youth across GOYN communities.
- Identified livelihood pathways and opportunities that are centered on Equity and addressed structural barriers to employment and economic opportunity.
- Explored the critical role of trauma-sensitive approaches when working towards Equity and Structural Justice.
- Explored how we can support local ecosystem partners to apply a structural justice and equity lens to the collaborative creation of livelihood and opportunity pathways.
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Day 1 – December 8th, 2021
Opening Session
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Follow the Young Leaders
Description: Young leaders from diverse global communities will share how they are leveraging their lived experience, and talent, to lead innovative work to address the needs of highly marginalized groups of OY like trans youth, differently-abled youth, and young people involved in the Criminal Justice system.
Moderator:
Jamiel Alexander, Aspen Institute
Panelists:
Sazi Jali, TransHope Durban, South Africa
Emily Achieng Juma, Amazing Persons With Disabilities, Mombasa, Kenya
Tavon Parker, The Advantage Program, York, Pennsylvania, US
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How are GOYN community partners creating livelihood opportunities centered on Equity?
GOYN community partners share how they are working with global and regional employers, and local institutions to create access to livelihood pathways that are intentionally focused on inclusion of highly marginalized Opportunity Youth.
Moderator:
Annu Mehta, Global Development Incubator
Panelists:
Swati Minz, Transforming Rural India – Ramgarh, India
Maria Paula Macias, Fundación Corona – Bogota, Colombia
Mandiphiwe Levani, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator – Durban, South Africa
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How are GOYN Global partners and allies promoting or working towards Equity?
During this session, we will discuss some of the work that GOYN Global Partners are doing to support equity within their own organizations, beyond GOYN. Our panelists will highlight the different ways this engagement on equity issues can look like, from an individual level to larger organizational and systemic dynamics.
Moderator:
Cyrielle Auffray, Global Development Incubator
Panelists:
John Valverde, President and CEO – YouthBuild
Dorrett Byrd, Regional Director for Southern Africa – Catholic Relief Services
Mallika Kirti, Senior Associate – Global Development Incubator
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Youth Vision for Equity through Youth Innovations
Closing presentation and music video
Presenters:
Lucas Gregorio, United Way, GOYN Sao Paulo, Brazil
Samuel Ravih, Youth Innovator, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Day 2 – December 9th, 2021
Welcome with GOYN Mexico Youth Manifesto
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Trauma sensitive practices as building blocks of Equity
The global youth unemployment crisis has been further exacerbated by the COVID19 pandemic, compounding the trauma experienced by global Opportunity Youth. During this session GOYN Global and Anchor Partners will share effective frameworks and practices when supporting and engaging Opportunity Youth.
Moderator:
Petula Nash. Catholic Relief Services
Panelists:
Lucy Steinitz, Catholic Relief Services
Bobby Zacharia, Lighthouse Communities Foundation
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Aspen Forum for Community Solutions: 10 years of learning and impact
In 2022, the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions will celebrate 10 years of leading and supporting work with OY and institutions across communities in the US, centered on equity, justice, and healing. This session will focus on progress over the last 10 years and its influence on perceptions of, and the narrative about, OY and the communities they come from.
Moderator:
Joel Miranda, YouthBuild International
Featured Speaker
Monique Miles, Vice President, Aspen Institute
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Shifting the Narrative: Telling the stories of OY and Communities through an Equity lens
GOYN Youth Leaders, Anchor Partners, and Global Partners will discuss how we can shift local and global perceptions and narratives about Opportunity Youth by telling their stories through an Equity lens.
Moderator:
Gichobi Stanley, Global Development Incubator
Panelists:
Itzel Pereda, YouthBuild Mexico
Ruchi Mathur, Lighthouse Communities Foundation
Alice Gugelev, Global Development Incubator
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GOYN Invitation to Learn Together
Speaker: Jamie McAuliffe, Director Global Opportunity Youth Network
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