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Youth Leadership

Youth make up 50% of the world's population - so why shouldn't we have a place in this world? Why shouldn't we be leaders? You don't need to be a motivational speaker, a loud personality, or good looking. You simply need to be. Motivated.
Here are three workshops I attended which prove that youth are taking the steps to inspire, inform and involve themselves in their communities today.

March 28 - Canadian Association for Community Living
Workshop: Poverty and Intellectual Disability
1 in 5 people living in poverty have a disability. We aim to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, including reducing poverty. This cannot be achieved if we compartmentalize and segregate People Living with Disabilities as a separate entity. The creation of policies, strategies, and initiatives should include PWDs, as poverty and disability are undeniably correlated.

March 29 - Town Youth Partnerships Strategy
Workshop: ICTs for social change
Information, Communication and Technology can be used for social change. Youth spend on average 8 hours on the internet. At TYPS conference, over 200 youth from across Canada who participated, worked or ran youth centers came to St. George, ON. Their energy that youth were indeed involved and active in their communities was exciting. Representatives from Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Saskatchewan, BC and Nunavut were present.

April 9 - Project MADE
Networking and Capacity Building
Youth leadership - 7 youth came to the TIG office to learn more about TIG and CLC, and how partnerships and collaborations could happen to strengthen youth leadership within two communities: Toronto and Accra, Ghana. Muneeb and Aurora presented awesomely and we are excited for the May 8 TIG training session at the head office!

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