NEW YORK, May 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 400 youth from the High School for Global Citizenship will assemble to debate and discuss critical discrimination issues at the Annual HSGC Youth Conference on Wednesday, May 20th.
The High School for Global Citizenship (HSGC) is located in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, and serves District 17. Students who attend the school reside in Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Flatbush, East Flatbush, and many other diverse neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
The event is organized by HSGC in collaboration with Global Kids, Inc., the foremost nonprofit organization in New York City specifically dedicated to educating students in underserved communities about international affairs and civic engagement.
The event is led and planned by HSGC's 10th grade students who will lead all of the day's workshops and activities. For the students, the conference is the culmination of months of community service, training, workshop development, research, planning and organizing. The aim of the conference is to analyze different forms of discrimination and develop strategies to promote awareness and international understanding.
EVENT DETAILS:
Address: The High School for Global Citizenship
883 Classon Avenue/ Brooklyn, NY 11225
Time: 8:30am to 1:30pm
* 8:30am - 9:30am Morning Plenary
* 9:30am - 11:30am Morning Workshop
* 11:40am - 12:20pm Lunch
* 12:20pm - 1:30pm Afternoon Plenary
Contact: Jessica Schulberg, jschulberg@globalkids.org;
212-226-0130. Ext. 128
Please click here for directions to HSGC: http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/17/K528/AboutUs/MapsAndDirections/default.htm
The conference will feature student-facilitated workshops, plenary speeches with experts from the field, and creative performances covering the following topics: Racism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Employment, Discrimination, Sexism, Abelism and Ageism.
Co-facilitators for the workshops will include representatives from Equality Now, Human Rights First, Safe Horizon, NY Civil Liberties Union and Harlem Children's Zone.
About HSGC
HSGC was opened by Global Kids in 2004 as a laboratory for the organization's highly respected approach to international education and experiential learning. More than 80% of the school's population is eligible for free or reduced lunch and the overwhelming majority enters below grade level in math and reading. However, HSGC students are succeeding academically and participating in an impressive array of extra-curricular activities. They regularly interact with business leaders, ambassadors, and other global leaders; they have presented at United Nations conferences; they have traveled to Africa, Europe, and the Middle East; and they organize impressive events in their communities to raise awareness about critical global issues.
About Global Kids, Inc.
Founded in 1989, Global Kids' mission is to educate and inspire urban youth to become successful students and global and community leaders by engaging them in socially dynamic, content-rich learning experiences. Through its leadership development and academic enrichment programs, Global Kids educates youth about critical international and domestic issues and promotes their engagement in civic life and the democratic process. Through professional development initiatives, Global Kids provides educators with strategies for integrating experiential learning methods and international issues into urban classrooms. Over ninety percent of the high school seniors who participate in Global Kids' leadership program graduate from high school.
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