Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2005)
Global Youth Service Day (GYSD)is an annual global event led by Youth Service America with the Global Youth Action Network. The goals of GYSD are: to build the capacity of organizations to promote youth participation, service, and learning; to educate the public, the media, and policy-makers about the year-round contributions of youth around the world; to mobilize youth and adults to meet the needs of their communities through volunteering; and to share effective practices in youth service and civic engagement. On Global Youth Service Day, millions of young people in countries everywhere highlight and carry out thousands of community improvement projects. Join at: http://www.GYSD.net
World Program of Action for Youth Review
The World Program of Action for Youth (WPAY) is the UN's major policy paper dealing with youth. On October 6th, the UN General Assembly will devote two plenary meetings to review the situation of young people that result from the implementation of the WPAY 10 years after its adoption - and YOU are invited to give input! What has your government, what has civil society, done to better the lives of young people since 1995? Your input is crucial to help assess the success of the WPAY in the ten priority areas, which are: education, employment, hunger and poverty, health, the environment, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, leisure-time activities, girls and young women and participation. Please take the time to fill out our survey.
Panorama MDG-themed Writing Contest!
Enter our contest "What I Can Do to Help Achieve the Millennium Development Goals." In your essay, tell us how you or youth in your country, can work towards realizing the Goals. Think about creative and effective ways to lobby your government and campaign for policy change. Entries can be in the form of essays, poems, and short stories - all are eligible for a prize pack with lots of neat stuff!
Criteria:
- To enter, you must be between the ages of 13-31
- Please type "MDG Contest" before the title of your article.
- Word length for short stories, essays, and poems must not exceed 2500 words. Essays and short stories must be a minimum length of 500 words.
- Creative ideas!
Send us your contest submission at: http://www.takingitglobal.org/panorama/content.html
The contest closes May 31, 2005.
If you have any questions please contact: editorial@takingitglobal.org
Global Gallery Contest - "Vision 2015: Your Future"
Imagine a world where poverty is halved, boys and girls everywhere go to school, gender disparities are eliminated, child mortality is reduced, and maternal health is improved. Imagine HIV/AIDS is halted and its spreading reversed, environmental resources are preserved and sustainable development becomes an everyday practice. All this achieved by the world's countries together, working unanimously for a better future. Is this just a daydream? No, this is the future envisioned by the United Nations and all its member states at the Millennium Summit in 2000, where the Millennium Development Goals were born.
As such, The Global Gallery, in partnership with Art4Development (Art4Development.net) and the Millennium Campaign, is proud to present: "Vision 2015: Your Future." What is your vision for the world in 2015? What will your country be like if the MDGs are realized? These are just some of the questions that you can address in your image. It's your future, your vision to question and answer in an image that can be about the world or about yourself - your hopes, your fears, anxieties, challenges, goals, and of course, your dreams.
The contest closes May 31 - enter today! Go to: http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/contest
Video Conference: Russian and American Teens Talk about Change
On April 1, TakingITGlobal co-hosted a video conference between a group of Russian teens from Moscow and their American peers in Orlando, Florida.
During the event, young people had the opportunity to talk about issues affecting them and about the changes they want to make in their communities. The event was organized together with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Project Harmony/IATP Centre in Moscow. Be sure to check Russia Country Site for the event report and photos: http://russia.takingitglobal.org
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1,400 art submissions are now online and we continue to add new submissions to the growing collection of art work submitted by Russian youth to the art contest "Russia through the Eyes of Youth." In addition to individual submissions, there are 18 separate collections from art groups, youth centres and schools from different regions of Russia. To check out the new submissions and post your comments: 
