One click is all it takes: Dream big, create and inspire new solutions for a digital world | International Youth Day Event
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Every year on August 12th countries around the world gather for International Youth Day to celebrate the contribution of young people to our society and discuss potential solutions for the complex issues facing our future as a species.
This year's theme is 'From Clicks to Progress: Youth digital pathways for sustainable development' and Azure Beach Library asks you to join us in a fun and interactive afternoon with Gavin Choong, the United Nations Youth Representative for Australia where YOU get to decide how to the shape the future of Australia and our world.
Over the course of the evening participants will listen to talks from Gavin and Azure Beach Council's Youth Ambassadors for 2024 to hear their perspectives as they engage in a workshop where they will learn how to generate websites and start their own unique community-based programs with their ideas featured on the library website.
Meet Gavin
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Selected as the 2024 Australian Youth Representative to the United
Nations, Gavin Choong, is an Honours student with double degrees in Law and
Biomedical Science and has a strong track record of advocating for youth,
first nations and refugee rights. Every year the UN Youth representative takes
part in one of the largest in-person speaking tours across the country promoting awareness of the challenges faced by marginalized communities and supporting initiatives that tackle these issues.
What is International Youth Day?
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International Youth Day is commemorated annually on 12 August, bringing issues affecting the youth in our communities to the international stage, celebrating their contribution and potential as productive members of a globalized society. In 1998 with the cooperation of the United Nations and Portugese government, a resolution proclaiming 12 August as International Youth Day was adopted by the first session of the the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth.
Reserve your spot now before it's too late!
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