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2008 Youth Conference |
Partners for
Freedom and Democracy, Inc.
In collaboration with
The Center for Africa Peace and Conflict Resolution (CAPCR), at
California State University, Sacramento (CSUS)
Presents
A Youth Leadership and Development Summit
At the Centre for Women Development, Abuja, Nigeria
From August 9 – 15, 2008 |
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Summit
Description
The purpose of the summit is to encourage youth ages 15 to 24 to
gain greater understanding and appreciation of democratic
governance, participation, and their role as citizens. The goal
is to provide a forum for cultural exchanges, education on human
rights, the rule of law, the environment, and an opportunity to
engage in leadership and development skills through interactive
group activities. The summit will offer participants an
opportunity to interact with peers from various countries
including the United States, the Caribbean and Africa. The
summit will serve as a networking medium and means of
collaboration. Overall, the summit will provide youth from
diverse backgrounds, the opportunity, not only to develop their
understanding of democracy and its principles, but empower
participants to take on leadership roles in their communities,
and to acquire skills that are targeted at development and good
citizenship. |
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About the
Sponsors
Partners for Freedom and Democracy (PFD), Inc. is a
US-based not for profit and non-partisan organization focused
and committed to promoting democratic principles and advancing
the rule of law through education, literature, research, and
development in the US, the Caribbean, and Africa. For more
information about PFD visit
www.partnersforfreedom.org
The Center for Africa Peace and Conflict Resolution (CAPCR)
at Sacramento University, California was established to
provide conflict resolution and reconciliation services for
agencies, governments, organizations, businesses communities and
groups through training, education, research, and intervention.
The goal of CAPCR is to develop and provide training on
mediation, negotiation, arbitration, and other conflict
resolution services for institutions, community agencies,
governments, and related professional groups (in US/Africa). For
more information about CAPCR visit
http://www.csus.edu/org/capcr/aboutcapcr.htm
PFD welcomes registration from young people ages 15-24 who are
interested in participating in the summit. To register, please
download the
registration materials and
submit by the DEADLINE, JUNE 15, 2008. |
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Contact
Edna C. Udobong
Director
Partners for Freedom and Democracy, Inc.
P.O. Box 1974
Silver Spring, MD 20915
Phone: (770) 309 0853
Fax: (202) 558 5469
Email:
contact@partnersforfreedom.org
eudobong@partnersforfreedom.org
partnersforfreedom@yahoo.com
Websites:
www.partnersforfreedom.org
http://www.csus.edu/org/capcr/aboutcapcr.htm |
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Empowering
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