February 2007


I have been travelling for the last one week to the US. Last week, after a three day workshop in New York, I travelled to Washington DC to speak at a conference of University Students’ at the John Hopkins University on “Education for All: Challenges and Opportunities in the Niger-Delta” which was a qualitative study supported by Global Rights Partners for Justice since 2005. I returned to New York yesterday to speak at the UN Commission for Social Development and later a meeting with the theme developing the World Youth Report 2007.

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REACH OUT, SPEAK UP! Ignite Change Now – Global Youth Assembly
August 1 – August 4, 2007

Join 700-1000 youth and young professionals 16- 28 years from around the world to discuss major global issues and what our generation can do about them. REACH OUT, SPEAK UP! Ignite Change Now!

Global Youth Assembly 2007 ia a satellite project of the Youth Assembly at the United Nations. The UN Youth Assembly welcomes you to Edmonton, Canada this summer from August 1 – August 4, 2007. The Assembly is under the patronage of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.

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Announcement for The Third Nigerian Youth Leadership Summit

We are pleased to announce the third Nigerian Youth Leadership Summit holding in Yenagoa, September 4-5, 2006. The NYLS is an annual capacity building meeting and intergenerational dialogue which brings together young leaders from across Nigeria, the international community and the Diaspora to discuss key national development issues, in order to evolve solutions and make commitments for affirmative community action. The theme of this year’s summit is: Youth Leadership in HIV/AIDS Research for Development.

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