Why Take WYA’s Advocacy Academy?
Last 2020, the World Youth Alliance launched the pilot of its highly requested Advocacy Academy online. Since then, it has been officially offered as part of the available training in all regional offices at the beginning of the 2021. Due to popular demand, regions have released the application deadlines for the Batch 2 and 3 […]
WYANA Regional Director Addresses Students at Thomas Aquinas College
April 9, 2021, Thomas Aquinas College, Massachusetts – On April 9, WYA North America Regional Director Siobhan Heekin-Canedy visited her alma mater and shared some career advice with current students. Siobhan graduated from Thomas Aquinas College’s Santa Paula, California campus in 2018, but since then, the college has opened a second campus in Northfield, Massachusetts, […]
Meeting the 2021 Viktor Frankl Awardees
“Joining WYA’s mission does not stop in signing the Charter. It is rather the beginning of a once in a lifetime journey to create long-lasting social impact.” – Angelo Carlo Roxas, WYA Asia Pacific 2021 Viktor Frankl Awardee WYA is delighted to present the Viktor Frankl Award to exemplary members from the Philippines, Kenya, Croatia, […]
WYA North America: Meet our Batch 1 2021 Interns
Teddy-Ann Quamina, WYANA’s new program management intern, is a university student in Trinidad and Tobago pursuing a degree in International and Sustainable Business. In 2020, she signed the WYA Charter and became one of the first certified members of the WYA Trinidad and Tobago Chapter. Teddy continues to be involved in her local WYA […]
Welcoming Breck Giltner, WYA’s Communications and Administrative Assistant
The World Youth Alliance is glad to introduce our new staff member from the USA, Breck Giltner. Prior to her role as WYA’s Communications and Administrative Assistant, Breck studied Politics at the University of Dallas (UD). She also spent a semester after graduation at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. It was there that […]
The Radical Capacity in All Humans
Our lives are not our own. The human body is subject to time; inevitably our physical capacities begin to decline. Some of us may lose our ability to hear, and others our ability to walk. There comes a time in our lives where we might have to be cared for by someone else. Unfortunately, today […]
CTP Trainers Lead “Read the CTP” Pilot in WYA Africa (Part 1)
During the months of August and September, WYA Headquarters and WYA Africa will be hosting the pilot “Read the CTP with the WYA Trainers” in Africa. Led by the WYA Africa Regional Director, Cynthia Wangari, WYA hopes to introduce the core Certified Training Program (CTP) readings to WYA members and potential CTP trainees, educate members […]
All 4 Kids Center Shares HDC Experiences
At the beginning of February 2020, the All 4 Kids Center in Steubenville, Ohio began to implement the Human Dignity Curriculum to elementary school children in their local community. The classes, initially held in person, successfully shifted to a virtual format due to the pandemic. What follows is a helpful narrative from Dr. Megan Reister, […]
What America Can Learn From the Great Leap Forward
Today in my country of America, there is mistrust and division between the Republican and Democratic Parties. Different visions of the world are maligned by their respective opponents. However, I believe not all the political disagreement in the public sphere in the U.S. today is a bad thing. History demonstrates that being shielded from criticism […]
Recommitting to American Founding Principles: The Founders’ Understanding of Dignity and the Constitution
Over the course of the past 100 years in my home country of the United States, there have been many complaints and criticisms of the Founding Fathers and the American government, particularly the Constitutional structure. One commonly hears criticisms of the electoral college being an “undemocratic system,” or that there are forces at play, like the “top […]
