Proposal

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 Topic 

 Mobilizing Grassroots Youth Advocacy with Education Institutions: the Future of Global Social Justice, Community Building, and Youth Flourishing 

 https://sciencesummitunga78.sched.com/event/1O478/empowering-youth-as-changemakers-for-digital-well-being-a-discussion-on-emerging-technology-and-generative-ai-in-teen-social-media-use 

 Introduction and Aims 

 From climate change to human rights abuses, from global democracy crisis to divisive emergent technologies, for many urgent issues of our times, youth want to help, to advocate, and to fight for what we believe in. 

 Youth is the future. Youth advocacy is the future of global sustainable development and social justice. To us individual youth, advocacy means something beyond. It means not only doing good to the communities that have nurtured us but a valuable opportunity to step out of our comfort zones and grow through helping others, the key to our own flourishing. 

 We have a dream: to find ways to mobilize all grassroots youth for advocacy, thereby, with our own hands, advancing a sustainable globe, engaging our local communities, and bringing flourishing to all youth. And education institutions provide critical pathways. 

 Education institutions not only shape and mold the minds of the next generation, equipping us with the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to address pressing societal issues, but more importantly, serve as the community hubs where youth can find like minded peers, critical mentorships, and plugs to local and broader communities where we can get involved with or make a advocacy project happen. 

 Recognizing the potential of education in nudging social change, this event brings together most prominent grassroots youth leaders from the United States of America, United Kingdom, India, German, Japan, China, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey. The session consists of two parts. In the first part, youth leaders will share our experiences, success stories, and insights on our advocacy journey, how we mobilize the peers, and how education institutions helped facilitate our work. In the second part, grassroots leaders from across the globe will showcase their work, big or small, their experiences, their needs, and their dreams and hopes. 

 Keywords 

 Youth Advocacy, Community Building, Partnership, Well-Being, Education 

 Sustainable Development Goals 

 Direct Goals 

 Goal 4 QUALITY EDUCATION 

 Goal 3 GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING 

 Goal 17 PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS 

 Goal 11 SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES 

 Related Goals 

 Goal 1 NO POVERTY 

 Goal 2 ZERO HUNGER 

 Goal 5 GENDER EQUALITY 

 Goal 6 CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION 

 Goal 7 AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY 

 Goal 8 DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 

 Goal 9 INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 

 Goal 10 REDUCED INEQUALITIES 

 Goal 12 RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION 

 Goal 13 CLIMATE ACTION 

 Goal 14 LIFE BELOW WATER 

 Goal 15 LIFE ON LAND 

 Goal 16 PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS 

 Expected outcomes 

 We are a global group of youth leaders who are united in utilizing youth led community projects as a catalyst for positive social change and meaningful impact in our communities. 

 We intend for the session to have the following objectives: 

 

 Showcase grassroots youth advocacy efforts and inspire more youth to participate in advocacy and community work 

 Foster a discussion across youth leaders of different country on what’s the most effective way and strategy to mobilize more peers for advocacy, especially with with education institutions 

 Amplify the stories, efforts, struggles and needs of young changemakers from around the world advocating for a variety of issues 

 Build a coalition of renewed youth leaders as an unifying voice for change and an open community where we can help each other and empower more that seek changes