Community engagement and diverse representation for social transformation
Details
- September 19, 2023
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1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
- Issues:
- Climate & EnvironmentSDGsSustainable Development
Panelists will share experiences of how underrepresented groups at the local level have been the protagonists of social change in their community, and the potential this has for future transformation.
TOPICS
The contribution of women to sustainable agriculture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Christian Lupemba
The Combili Urban Garden initiative in Yerevan, Armenia – Alda Aflatuni
Alda’s project attempts to address one of the biggest problems of our time: by 2050 air pollution will be the leading cause of deaths worldwide. The Combili Urban Garden -initiative started from a realization that millions of people suffer from a simple fault in our behavior. We dump our kitchen bio waste into landfills and it turns into toxic gasses. By creating a model that has technological and educational components, all this could be changed. How to bring the children and youth into the forefront? How to influence habits on a community level? How to inspire decision makers to take part? These are some of the questions addressed in Alda’s presentation.
Coral Reef Restoration and Youth Empowerment in Fiji – Austin Bowden-Kerby
Dr Austin will be sharing with us a bit of his work over the last few decades in the Pacific and Caribbean with establishing coral nurseries and restoration sites and especially the engagement and role of the youth and indigenous communities in this. He will share about the further plans to put these groups at the forefront of the restoration work.
The transforming power of education, a story from Uganda – Emmanuel Weere
Emmanuel shares the story of Sylvia who participated in the Preparation for Social Action program which is based around the concept of creating “promoters of community well-being” through material that explores the areas of language, mathematics, science, and processes of community life including education, agriculture, health, and environmental conservation. Her acquired knowledge in planting crops and in Math helped her to create a business which allowed her to stay in her community. She is an example of how the program is empowering women to become active agents of change in their communities.
The Power of Hope: Peer Education for Suicide Prevention among Inuit Youth In Greenland – Ismael Velasco
Due to the scars of colonialism, forced displacement in the name of modernisation, systemic discrimination, and destructive globalisation, Greenland faces the highest rates of suicide in the world. Climate change, global mineral exploration and the imposition of a party political system, create instability and profound social, economic and psychological challenges. This is the story of how a small group of Inuit youth in Greenland’s capital responded to a theatre performance by mobilising 1 in 10 youth in Greenland ‘s capital in a movement for hope, psychological resilience and integration of both, their indigenous heritage and identity, and their sense of global citizenship.
Panelists will share experiences of how underrepresented groups at the local level have been the protagonists of social change in their community, and the potential this has for future transformation.
TOPICS
The contribution of women to sustainable agriculture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Christian Lupemba
The Combili Urban Garden initiative in Yerevan, Armenia – Alda Aflatuni
Alda’s project attempts to address one of the biggest problems of our time: by 2050 air pollution will be the leading cause of deaths worldwide. The Combili Urban Garden -initiative started from a realization that millions of people suffer from a simple fault in our behavior. We dump our kitchen bio waste into landfills and it turns into toxic gasses. By creating a model that has technological and educational components, all this could be changed. How to bring the children and youth into the forefront? How to influence habits on a community level? How to inspire decision makers to take part? These are some of the questions addressed in Alda’s presentation.
Coral Reef Restoration and Youth Empowerment in Fiji – Austin Bowden-Kerby
Dr Austin will be sharing with us a bit of his work over the last few decades in the Pacific and Caribbean with establishing coral nurseries and restoration sites and especially the engagement and role of the youth and indigenous communities in this. He will share about the further plans to put these groups at the forefront of the restoration work.
The transforming power of education, a story from Uganda – Emmanuel Weere
Emmanuel shares the story of Sylvia who participated in the Preparation for Social Action program which is based around the concept of creating “promoters of community well-being” through material that explores the areas of language, mathematics, science, and processes of community life including education, agriculture, health, and environmental conservation. Her acquired knowledge in planting crops and in Math helped her to create a business which allowed her to stay in her community. She is an example of how the program is empowering women to become active agents of change in their communities.
The Power of Hope: Peer Education for Suicide Prevention among Inuit Youth In Greenland – Ismael Velasco
Due to the scars of colonialism, forced displacement in the name of modernisation, systemic discrimination, and destructive globalisation, Greenland faces the highest rates of suicide in the world. Climate change, global mineral exploration and the imposition of a party political system, create instability and profound social, economic and psychological challenges. This is the story of how a small group of Inuit youth in Greenland’s capital responded to a theatre performance by mobilising 1 in 10 youth in Greenland ‘s capital in a movement for hope, psychological resilience and integration of both, their indigenous heritage and identity, and their sense of global citizenship.