The Funniest Spelling Bee You Will Ever Witness!
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will definitely be the funniest spelling bee you will ever witness! And not only will you get to enjoy a night of nonstop laughter, but you’ll also have a chance to help the World Youth Alliance when you buy your tickets from us. Each ticket sale made through […]
What do WYA girls do after work…..?
Heike, Teresa, current WYA interns in Brussels attended on Tuesday March 3rd the screening of the awarded movie Bella in the European Parliament with Iris (WYA Europe DO). They fought hard in the midst of hundred female fans to catch the mexican model, singer, and actor Eduardo Verastegui… You can check here how fun are […]
The Commission on Status of Women: Observations of a French Girl
The first day of the 53rd UN Commission on Status of Women: it’s -2°C, the snow and slush welcomes us this morning. Our mission, as it was for the Commission for Social Development, is easy: make many friends among the delegates. As in my previous blog, if you remember it well, networking is my favorite […]
WYA at Encounter 09
International Arts Movement – Yesh This past weekend, WYA had the excellent opportunity to be apart of and represented at the International Arts Movement in downtown Manhattan. This was an excellent conference based all around connecting art with everyone and the theme of the conference was “Art in Action”. The main piece that made this […]
WYA at Columbia University
Hey, check out the World Youth Alliance in the Columbia Spectator. Shannon gave a talk last night about artificial reproductive technologies that was written about in the campus newspapaper, the Spectator.
Life and Death
Life and death Life and death.Why?Because we met in a bar, where you drink the beer out of a skull, sitting at a coffin instead of a table.Black walls.Crosses.Cemetery. Gothic atmosphere.Looks a bit like death,just very alive.Life, because we met to discuss ‘beauty’.A smart person said once: “The soul lives off that,in which it rejoices” […]
Let’s paint !! Evening
Discover the Picasso in you! “Let’s paint” evening 10th of February ‘09 Equipped with all different kind of brushes and colours, papers and inspiration, we welcomed our guests in the WYA interns flat. While waiting for those who would arrive a bit later (they were probably still waiting for a flash of genius), we had […]
Commission on Social Development, February 3rd-5th
With the cold of winter comes the Commission on Social Development, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The theme for this year’s commission is social integration. This refers to the elimination of all forms of discrimination against certain people in the society, thus creating a “society for all”. The WYA delegation was […]
Lost in Translation? Kelly Schulz Multilingualism is, for me, one of the most fascinating aspects of the UN. Yesterday as I encountered a language barrier, I was reminded of how important the interpreters are for the work of the UN. After mustering up the courage, I approached the delegate from Paraguay to thank her for […]
WYA at the United Nations…young people can make a difference
Taken from the WYA North America blog…just to give you a taste of what you could achieve if you join us during UN commissions or European Parliament sessions. Here is a statement that the World Youth Alliance made at the United Nations’ 47th Commission for Social Development. WYA’s UN Advocacy Specialist, Shannon Joseph, can be […]