WorldLink Youth Town Meeting Highlights

2009 Youth Town Meeting

 

 

Student delegates from the 11th Annual Youth Town Meeting elected WorldLink’s theme for the 2008-2009 academic year. The 12th Annual Youth Town Meeting’s (YTM) theme was "On the Brink: Responding to Underlying Causes of Conflict," focusing on gender inequality, racism and xenophobia, religious intolerance and economic inequity.

The 12th Annual YTM was held on Friday, January 23, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Resources

The student-produced YTM Newspaper details the 12th Annual Youth Town Meeting briefing sessions, plenaries, and delegate responses.

For important background knowledge regarding the YTM theme, access the 2009 Online Reader.

Virtual Classroom Project

A generous grant by the Beyster Family Foundation Fund at The San Diego Foundation for WorldLink's Virtual Classroom Project enabled us to share the YTM discussions with students all over the world. To view full videos of the YTM briefing sessions:

Finding Hope in Adversity: Perspectives from Former Refugees     

Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding

Disparity and Solidarity: A Ghanaian’s Story of Hunger and Hope  

Turning the Tables: Youth Transforming Conflict

What About Our Rights? Indigenous Peoples, Discrimination and Struggles for Social Justice

Learning to Coexist: Finding Unity in Religious Differences

Xenophobia: Cause or Weapon in Sudan’s Wars?

The Economics of Political Violence

Transforming Conflict into Love and Unity through Forgiveness

Act Like a Man: Think Outside the Box

The Challenge of National Identity in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Sustainability is Good Business

Working in Conflict Zones: The Job of U.S. State Department Diplomats

More Destructive than Death: Why Rape is Replacing the AK-47 as the Weapon of Choice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Closing Plenary - A World of Conflict: Where Do We Go From Here?