Global Kids Annual Youth Conference ''Global Media: Log On'': 600 NYC Public High School Students to Address Theme of Media in a Globalized World.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Speakers Will Include Recording Artist Talib Kweli, City Commissioners and Many Experts on the Media On March 23, 2006, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. educational nonprofit Global Kids, Inc.(TM) will bring together over 600 NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City public high school students for a day of youth-led workshops, distinguished speakers, and debates and discussions focused on the theme of media in a globalized world. "Global Media: Log On" will be held from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at New School University's Tishman Auditorium (66 West 12th Street in Manhattan). The conference is conducted in collaboration with the Institute for Urban Education at Eugene Lang Eugene M. Lang or Gene Lang (In Hungarian: Láng Jenő) (New York City, 1919 – ) is an American philanthropist who founded REFAC Technology Development Corporation in 1951. He created the I Have A Dream Foundation in 1981, and Project Pericles, Inc. in 2001. College. Keynote speakers in two plenary sessions Plenary session is a term often used in s to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance. These sessions may contain a broad range of content from Keynotes to Panel Discussions and are not necessarily related to a specific style of delivery. will include Talib Kweli (at 1 PM), a critically acclaimed recording artist from Brooklyn; Mark Winston Griffith (at 9am), a journalist and the Executive Producer of Talking Democracy Media; and three Commissioners from the New York City Voter Assistance Commission, Jane Kalmus, Robert McFeeley and Elizabeth Sunshine (9am). The morning plenary session will also include a performance by youth in Global Kids' Undesirable Elements Theatre Project, a collaboration with Ping Chong Ping Chong (Chinese name: ; pinyin: Zhāng Jiāpíng; b. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1946) is an American contemporary theater director, choreographer, video and installation artist. He was born in Toronto and raised in the Chinatown section of New York City. & Company. During the afternoon plenary session, Julia Stasch, Vice President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, philanthropic institution founded 1978 by John D. MacArthur (1897–1978), owner of a prominent insurance company and other businesses, and his wife Catherine T. , will present awards to the student winners of the recent Global Kids' Digital Media Essay contest. (See www.globalkids.org/olp/dmec/ for more information.) Following the plenary sessions, more than sixty young people in Global Kids' Power of Citizenry cit·i·zen·ry n. pl. cit·i·zen·ries Citizens considered as a group. citizenry Noun citizens collectively Noun 1. Leadership program will conduct interactive workshops for their peers about topics such as the Role of Media in International Affairs Noun 1. international affairs - affairs between nations; "you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television" world affairs affairs - transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state" , the Digital Divide, War and the Media, Violence in the Media, and Media and Human Rights, among many others. Each year, the Global Kids Annual Youth Conferences provides an opportunity for high school students to learn and share perspectives on critical issues. The majority of the students who participate in the event live in underserved communities in New York City and many attend schools with high dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human and low graduation rates. The Global Kids Youth Leaders active in organizing the Conference have devoted hundreds of hours to planning the event, including research on the conference topics and participation in a three-day retreat and numerous weekend trainings. During the process, they have worked closely with Global Kids staff members and experts from a range of organizations, corporations, and educational and cultural institutions. They have selected and researched topics of importance to them and developed workshops to educate their peers about these issues. Adult guest speakers in conference workshops will include representatives from The Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an influential and independent, nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (corner Park Avenue) in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. , Children's Press Line, the Wall Street Journal, Educational Video Center, Harlem Children's Zone, the Independent Press Association of New York, Chica Luna Productions, the National Coalition Against Censorship The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), founded in 1974, is an alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations in the United States, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. , and Long Island University, among others. The conference program is as follows:
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM--Registration and Breakfast
9:00 AM to 9:45 AM--Morning Plenary
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM--Morning Youth-Led Workshops
1:00 PM to 1:45 PM--Afternoon Plenary
1:45 PM to 3:15 PM--Afternoon Youth-Led Workshops
3:30 PM to 4:15 PM--Reflections and Closure: Open Microphone and Youth
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The Global Kids Annual Youth Conference is sponsored by the Stephen and May Cavin Leeman Foundation and also supported by the NYC Department of Education, the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, and other foundations and individuals. About Global Kids, Inc. (www.globalkids.org) Founded in 1989, Global Kids' mission is to transform urban youth into successful students and global and community leaders by engaging them in socially dynamic, content-rich learning experiences. Through its leadership development and academic enrichment programs, Global Kids educates youth about critical international and domestic issues and promotes their engagement in civic life and the democratic process. Through professional development initiatives, Global Kids provides educators with strategies for integrating experiential learning methods and international issues into urban classrooms. Over 90% of the high school seniors who participate in GK's leadership program graduate and attend college. About the Institute for Urban Education, Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. (www.lang.edu/iue) The Institute for Urban Education prepares high school students for the transition to college through innovative community-based programs, public programs at the university, and professional development for educators. For more information on the conference or on Global Kids, call 212-226-0130 or send us an email at: conference@globalkids.org |
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