Saturday’s free Youth Empowerment Summit arrives with a sense of urgency
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. On Saturday, February 27th, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Canvas Institute will host Island Voice’s 15th Annual Youth Empowerment Summit.
“The Youth Summit is the only free event of its kind in Staten Island that brings our youth together to amplify their voice and awaken the power that they have to change their community and world,” according to the Canvas Institute.
Founder of the Canvas Institute, Bobby Digi, describes the summit as arriving with a sense of particular urgency this year. He referenced 16-year-old Jasier Kelly of Stapleton who committed suicide earlier this month as an example of the concerning mental health challenges that youth are experiencing during the pandemic. According to Kelly’s family, the social isolation that came with remote learning and spending a majority of time inside due to COVID-19 took an extreme toll on
Published February 9, 2021, 5:52 PM
Yes, you can be someone else’s hero.
Even when most children feel they are powerless when it comes to issues that affect their welfare and well-being, a group of young people gathered together to develop a “league” that would fight against sexual exploitation of children (OSEC).
(Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
In celebration of Safer Internet Day, children of Cagayan De Oro City on Tuesday, Feb. 9, launched a month-long #OSECWarriorsCDO campaign.
Led by youth themselves, the campaign hopes to “raise public awareness to make the internet safer for children” while harnessing children’s leadership and championing children’s voices to #ShutdownOSEC in their communities.
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Military handed over power to incompetent people Gov Bello
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By Tordue Salem, Abuja
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, said the military handed over leadership of the country in 1999, to incompetent civilians.
He attributed the failures recorded in governance within the period, to that decision, 22 years ago.
The helmsman of the “Power State”, gave his opinion on Thursday in Abuja, at a Youth Summit, organised by Shina Peller, a member of the House of Representatives and Chairman Board of Trustees of Lead Generation Initiative, LGI, a non-governmental organisation on whose platform, the event held.
Also in audience at the LGI occasion, were former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Barr. Yakubu Dogara, who delivered a keynote address, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, Mrs Ayobola Peller, Executive Director of LGI and other members of the National Assembly.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd of about 200,000 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, “I Have a Dream,” speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, civil rights march in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Marines photo/The Washington Post) The Gazette
Here are some of the free events in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Cedar Rapids
• Monday: 7 p.m. on Facebook Live, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church annual celebration with music and speakers; Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris “Who is My Neighbor” Award will be given to an adult and a high school senior, recognized for diligently working for justice in Linn County. Details: facebook.com/stpaulsunitedmethodistchurchcedarrapids