{"id":49879,"date":"2016-09-09T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T02:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=49879"},"modified":"2019-02-12T15:57:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T01:57:24","slug":"world-youth-congress-to-be-held-at-the-university-of-hawaii-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/09\/09\/world-youth-congress-to-be-held-at-the-university-of-hawaii-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"World Youth Congress to be held at the University of Hawai\u02bbi in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v0YTm3LiHlc?showinfo=0\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hundreds of young leaders from around the globe will gather at the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/peacechild.org\/world-youth-congress\/\">World Youth Congress<\/a> June 24&#8211;July 1, 2017. The delegates will address many of the issues discussed at the 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org\/\"><abbr title=\"International Union for Conservation of Nature\">IUCN<\/abbr> World Conservation Congress<\/a>. The 2017 congress is being hosted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sustainability\/ssch\/\">Student Sustainability Coalition of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/a>, a <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> student organization, and <a href=\"http:\/\/peacechild.org\/\">Peace Child International<\/a> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Youth voices play an important role in international dialogue not only to introduce fresh ideas today, but also to empower the stewards of tomorrow to sustain future conversations,&rdquo; said <strong>Jessica Sevilla<\/strong>, a University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa Sustainability Fellow.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is thrilled to host the 2017 World Youth Congress (WYC), particularly after being the host for the first <abbr>WYC<\/abbr> in 1999,&rdquo; said Jessica Worchel, board chair of Peace Child International <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. &ldquo;Youth across the globe are actively engaged in exploring how communities are tackling international challenges by reconnecting to indigenous wisdom and identifying contemporary solutions and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is an ideal location to demonstrate how the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals can be owned and advanced at local levels. We also look forward to welcoming back the <span aria-label=\"Hokulea\">H&#333;k&#363;le&#699;a<\/span> and celebrating a new generation of youth voices&rdquo; <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49870\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/system-world-youth-congress-1999.jpg\" alt=\"international group of people\" width=\"620\" height=\"329\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/system-world-youth-congress-1999.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/system-world-youth-congress-1999-260x138.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first World Youth Congress in 1999 was held in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inspired by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hokulea.com\/\">Worldwide Voyage of <span aria-label=\"Hokulea\">H&#333;k&#363;le&#699;a<\/span><\/a> and its global call to M&#257;lama Honua, international delegates attending the 2017 World Youth Congress will explore the theme &ldquo;Reconnecting to our Ancestral Roots to build Sustainable Communities&rdquo; and work on the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do we repair, restore and regenerate our natural environment? <\/li>\n<li>What kind of livelihoods do we want to create to ensure that our communities and planet thrive? <\/li>\n<li>How can young leaders engage with and influence global decision makers? <\/li>\n<li>How can young leaders contextualize the United Nations Sustainable? <\/li>\n<li>Development Goals and work with member states to achieve them by 2030? <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;We are kind of a microcosm of the world,&rdquo; said Student Sustainability Coalition of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> member and <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> student <strong>Jeff Kim<\/strong>. &ldquo;If we can make sustainability work here, we know that there&#8217;s a lot of hope for the rest of the world as a whole.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The 2017 World Youth Congress reinforces next generation leadership on the Aloha+ Challenge, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8217;s statewide sustainability initiative to achieve the <abbr title=\"United Nations\">UN<\/abbr> 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at a local level,&rdquo; said Celeste Connors, executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiigreengrowth.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Green Growth<\/a>. &ldquo;This is an extremely exciting opportunity for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8217;s youth, especially as it will be timed with return of <span aria-label=\"Hokulea\">H&#333;k&#363;le&#699;a<\/span> from the Worldwide Voyage and the launch of the Aloha+ Green Workforce and Education 2030 goal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The World Youth Congress series began as the Millennium Young People&#8217;s Congress in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> in 1999 under the chairmanship of Senator Daniel K. Inouye and leadership of State Senator Suzanne Chun-Oakland, Mae Mendelson and Joanne Tachibana of the United Nations Association-<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>For more information on the World Youth Congress including how to apply or volunteer, email <a href=\"mailto:hawaii@peacechild.org\">hawaii@peacechild.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49883\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/system-world-youth-congress-2016-mou.jpg\" alt=\"group of people on stage\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/system-world-youth-congress-2016-mou.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/system-world-youth-congress-2016-mou-260x173.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>&#8217;s Student Sustainability Coalition of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> signed a memorandum of understanding with Peace Child International <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> to host the 2017 World Youth Congress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of young leaders from around the globe will gather at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> at M&#257;noa to discuss sustainability and conservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[134,1012,1038,73,947,56],"class_list":["post-49879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-international","tag-malama-honua","tag-office-of-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-system","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49879"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81654,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49879\/revisions\/81654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}