Introducing Siobhan Heekin-Canedy, the new WYANA Program Officer
The World Youth Alliance is pleased to welcome a new member to its staff: Siobhan Heekin-Canedy, the new WYA North America Program Officer. Siobhan is a previous Olympic figure skater. She spent 17 years of training and competing in the sport—but retired at the age of 22 in order to pursue her education. Siobhan […]
Meet the First Internship Batch of 2020!
In sunny – and sometimes cold – 71st Street of New York is the World Youth Alliance Headquarters, hosting over 10 interns from 4 different continents. The warmth of this internship batch can be felt through the happy smiles and bubbly atmosphere once you walk into the house. As the first internship batch of 2020, […]
3 Reasons Why You Need to Take the CTP:
The Certified Training Program (CTP) is one of the World Youth Alliance’s flagship programs. It can be offered in person if WYA staff or trainers are available or online. Currently, we are opening the first 2020 CTP Batch for our Middle East members. The CTP is the collection of texts that provide the philosophical underpinnings […]
Meeting the 2020 Viktor Frankl Awardees
“WYA is a place of inspiration, determination, and friendship which one enters into in order to seek and defend a very crucial element of our world: the human person.” – Rebecca Bruch, 2020 Viktor Frankl Awardee for North America WYA is delighted to present the Viktor Frankl Award to exemplary members from the Philippines, Kenya, […]
The Heart is Reached by Imagination
Having imagination is an intellectual gift that few consider necessary to excel. Some think that you are just born with it and that there is no need for exercise. We have become “calculators rather than poets, technocrats rather than contemplators”. As young people, we have to be able to form the habit of finding analogies […]
Meet the New York Interns of Fall 2019
This fall, the World Youth Alliance welcomed its last batch of interns for 2019. Their first week in New York overlapped with the 2019 United Nations General assembly with other conferences also happening around the city. This allowed them an early exposure to different discussions on topics such as Human Rights. Together, the interns will […]
WYA North America Welcomes New Director of Operations, Ethan Mack
WYA is happy to welcome Ethan Mack, our new Regional Director of Operations for WYA North America. Hailing from Portland, Maine, Ethan studied philosophy at the undergraduate and graduate level at Boston College. Since discovering philosophy and recommitting to his faith, Ethan has tried to live according to John Paul II’s call for young people […]
Meeting the 2019 Viktor Frankl Awardees
“When these (WYA’s) values are translated into actions, no matter how simple or small, they lead and ripple into big and positive changes.” WYA is delighted to present the Viktor Frankl Award to exemplary members from the Philippines, Kenya, Germany, Guatemala, Lebanon, and the United States of America. Now on its third year, the Viktor […]
Marxism and the Human Person
For over a hundred years, Karl Marx’s ideas have fueled controversy, conflict, and economic upheaval throughout the world. The 19th-century thinker believed that the strife of history is a result of the conflict between economic classes, and is well-known for proposing a Communist economic system in order to eliminate poverty and build peace. In particular, […]
“It felt like every problem deserved a violent solution”: How the CTP forms our Asia Pacific members
“The readings made a great impact on me as a woman, a Filipina, and an individual. It transformed me into someone who now knows how precious dignity is.” -Mariane, age 17, Asia-Pacific Summer Camp 2018 alumna The World Youth Alliance’s philosophy is captured in the Certified Training Program (CTP), the collection of texts that demonstrates human […]
