WYA Chamber Orchestra
You are cordially invited to attend a concert and holiday celebration featuring the… World Youth Alliance Chamber Orchestra Sunday, December 5th, 3:00 pm American Bible Society 1865 Broadway (between 61st & 62nd Street) New York, NY 10023 The World Youth Alliance Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble of musicians (ages 10-17) from The Juilliard School, Manhattan School […]
2011 International Solidarity Forum
The 7th Annual International Solidarity Forum entitled, “Population and Economics:Investing in the Human Person” is going to take place at the WYA and UN Headquarters in New York, March 21-24, 2011. If you wish to participate, please send in your completed application before January 31.
Immediate Need for Relief and Aid!
Please Join the World Youth Alliance and The Consulate General of Saint Lucia in providing relief for the children and families who are suffering from the effects of Hurricane Tomas A Special Relief and Aid Event for Saint Lucia Friday, November 19, 2010 6:00 – 9:00 PM World Youth Alliance Townhouse 228 East 71st Street […]
Women just need their dignity respected
At the start of the new millennium, world leaders pledged to tackle poverty, disease, ignorance, and inequality. They went beyond generalities and committed themselves to eight specific Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be met by 2015. Ten years later, the goals — particularly those relating to women — remain a distant hope. Although women were […]
Intern Training in the European Parliament – ‘Europe in Search for Identity and Values’ by Sam Gannon
On Friday 22nd October, the World Youth Alliance Europe interns attended a workshop in the European Parliament entitled ‘Europe in Search for Identity and Values’. The workshop was led by Magda Bien, former Director of Operations for WYA Europe who now works in the European Parliament. In addition to our WYAE interns, additional interns from […]
THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF HAPPINESS
As I watched a program on TV the other day, I started wondering if that world they were showing was the actual world, the one that we have to accept; what for dreamers is followed by a phrase like “you need to face reality.” So I started wondering: do I really have to accept things […]
New WYAE Interns!
WYA Europe would like to welcome three new interns for the autumn term! Here is a bit about them: Salut! My name is Virginia Millan. This October, I started as an intern for World Youth Alliance in Brussels, the capital of Europe! As a young Spanish lawyer this is a great opportunity for me to […]
WYA Member at the UN MDG Review Summit
I recently got a rare opportunity, through the World Youth Alliance, to engage in an interactive, global and multi-cultural learning experience, with global leaders from all over the world at the UN High Level plenary Summit for the 65th General Assembly in New York. The UN MDG Review Summit was hosted at the United Nations […]
WYAA AT THE KENYAN YOUTH CLIMATE CONFERENCE
The world Youth Alliance Africa was at Kenya’s youth gathering on climate change. The youth conference was held from 27th– 30th October at the Multimedia University in Nairobi. The event was organized by Kenya youth climate network which is a movement by leading youth organizations among them St John community centre, Third movement, Africa Youth […]
From the Bronx to the World
My name is Hadrien le Hodey. I am from Belgium, which is the best country without government, and this is how I came to the World Youth Alliance headquarters. I first stayed 10 days in a shelter for homeless in the Bronx run by Franciscan friars. The friars wore long monk’s cassock, a long beard […]