2019 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit Agenda
Friday, October 4
Breakfast Breakout Sessions
8:15 - 9:00 A.M.
Breaking Down Barriers to Peace and Prosperity in Malakal South Sudan: War Child Canada's Youth Livelihoods Program
War Child Canada
The Power of Corporate Youth Partnerships in Social Entrepreneurship
Deloitte
Mozaik Foundation
Coffee & Transition Break
9:00 - 9:15 A.M.
9:15 - 9:45 A.M.
Morning Plenaries
TED Talk: Leslie Crutchfield, "How Change Happens"
Leslie Crutchfield is a leading authority on social movements, systems change, collective impact, corporate social responsibility and shared value. She serves as Executive Director of Georgetown University’s Business for Impact at the McDonough School of Business (formerly GSEI), which delivers world-class education, research and actionable cross-sector solutions to create significant social, economic and environmental change.
Leslie’s latest book is the critically-acclaimed How Change Happens: Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don’t (Wiley 2018), recognized in The New York Review of Books for offering “useful guidance for [groups] inspired to take action. In this morning TED Talk, Leslie will draw from the findings in her book to explain why some changes take hold, while others don’t, and reveal the leadership approaches, campaign strategies, and ground-level tactics used in a range of modern change campaigns. Based on several years of research with a team of 21 staff, students and faculty at Georgetown University’s Business for Impact team, Leslie unearthed six key factors that explain why winning movements triumph. Leslie will also explore how changemakers in our community can apply these best practices to promote and advance meaningful systems change for youth economic opportunity.
Speaker:
Leslie Crutchfield, Author, social change expert, educator, and Executive Director of Georgetown University’s Business for Impact at the McDonough School of Business
Youth Activists: The Unsung Agents of Systems Change
Responding to the 21st century’s complex global challenges requires not only new solutions but also new ways of acting and organizing. “Systems-thinking” is a topic of growing focus for the youth development community, one that increasingly informs how we understand the challenges facing young people.
While we get better at understanding the complexity of the system through this practice, are we missing the opportunity to have a more meaningful conversation - “how does systems CHANGE happen?”. Change is brought about PEOPLE, and so this discussion explores the people behind systems change.
We will explore what are the roles of different stakeholders that mobilize and drive change? In particular, what dynamics do young people bring as entrepreneurs and innovators, as leaders within institutions, as change agents and as an often overlooked stakeholder group for changing systems: young activists.
The discussion will challenge our audience to think about how activism can be a lever for systems change, and how to engage young people in more meaningful ways to capture the energy, innovation and drive that young people offer their communities. We will also consider how activism and civic engagement helps to develop foundational skills that can support young peoples’ leaderships, skills development and hence future opportunities to create more fruitful future.
Speakers:
Seema Patel, CEO, Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI)
Bojan Boskovic, Founder and CEO, Cinecons
9:45 - 10:15 A.M.
Coffee & Transition Break
10:15 - 10:35 A.M.
Breakout Sessions
10:35 - 11:35 A.M.
The Whys Behind Migration and How We Can Empower Youth to Build Their Own Future
Creative Associates International
Inter-American Dialogue
The Next Generation of Business Leaders: How a Youth-Led Training Model is Revolutionizing Social Business
Social Impact 360
The Biz Nation
Let's Empower, Advocate, and Do, Inc. (LEAD)
So How Much Does Your
Program Cost?
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
FUSADES
DecidoSer©: A Psychosocial Support Tool for Youth Affected by Conflict in Colombia
ACDI/VOCA
Program of Alliances for Reconciliation (PAR)
Coffee & Transition Break
11:35 - 11:55 A.M.
Breakout Sessions
11:55 A.M. - 12:55 P.M.
Networking Lunch
12:55 - 1:40 P.M.
Youth Leaders Program Networking Lunch
12:55 - 1:40 P.M.
Breakout Sessions
1:40 - 2:40 P.M.
Increasing Access: Innovative Finance for Higher Education
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL)
Uniterra A WUSC and CECI Program
Brighter Investment
Coffee & Transition Break
2:40 - 2:50 P.M.
Breakout Sessions
2:50 - 3:50 P.M.
Easing Labor Market Transitions: Evidence from Two Longitudinal RCTs in South Africa
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
RTI International
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
Coffee & Transition Break
3:50 - 4:15 P.M.
Closing Plenary
The Opportunity Puzzle: Youth-Led Reflection on What We’ve Learned & Where to Go from Here
Join us for a high energy, interactive and youth-led activity at the close of the 2019 GYEO Summit that brings together youth and adult perspectives on systems change. Youth facilitators from the 2019 GYEO Young Leader Program will lead Summit attendees in standing discussion groups to explore what we’ve learned, what’s impacted us, and how we plan to apply the knowledge we’ve gained to our work. We will also invite you to share your ideas about what where to go from here as a community to advance systems change for youth economic opportunity. Join us for the closing celebration immediately after the session.
Facilitators:
2019 GYEO Young Leaders