TRUELY DYNAMIC

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Applications are due by: March 12, 2012 at 11:59PM EST

Eligibility
• Open to all young people, ages 18-29 as of October 7, 2012
• Applicants must be the founder/co-founder of an existing organization, or a project within an organization, with a demonstrated one year track record of leading societal change
• Proficiency in English is required; applications must be submitted in English
• Applicants must attend the full retreat (all expenses paid) to take place in the second week of October 2012

Key Dates

Applications for the 2012 Fellowship program are due by March 12, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST

All applicants will be contacted by March 28, 2012 regarding the status of their application.

Finalists will be notified by May 22, 2012.

The 2012 retreat will take place within in the second week of October 2012 in Turkey.

IMPORTANT: Click here to read application instructions BEFORE applying!

Click here to apply online.

Click here to download the Word application.

While online submissions are preferred, applicants may email completed application forms to: yan@iyfnet.org

For questions and comments, contact yan@iyfnet.org

BE A PART OF IT...

Who is the most outstanding young African woman leader you know? Help us find her!

Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa (Moremi Initiative) is pleased to announce its call for applications for the 2012 Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program- to identify Africa’s most promising young women leaders.

The MILEAD Fellows Program is a one-year leadership development program designed to identify, develop and promote emerging young African Women leaders to attain and succeed in leadership in their community and Africa as a whole. The program targets dynamic young women interested in developing transformational leadership skills that help them tackle issues affecting women in their communities and society as a whole- by equipping them with the world class knowledge, skills, values and networks they need to succeed as 21st century women leaders. Applications are welcome from young African women living in Africa and the Diaspora.

The MILEAD Fellowship will be awarded to 25 outstanding young women with exceptional qualities who have exhibited leadership potential in their community, organization, and/or profession. To be eligible for the one-year program, an applicant must be African, living on the continent or in the Diaspora; agree to participate in all required activities related to MILEA- including a three-week residential Summer Institute in Ghana; and commit to a community change project. Applicant must be between 19 – 25 years of age. Specific requirements of the program and related dates are outlined in the application package. Please review program and application guidelines carefully, before completing your application.

Click here to download the application form: http://afterschoolpmp.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/call-for-applicationsmoremi-initiative-fellowship-for-young-women-in-africa/

Friday, January 27, 2012

CrowdOutAIDS

DEAR ALL,

Your ideas for action in UNAIDS strategy on young people and HIV needed!

We are excited to announce that CrowdOutAIDS has achieved two significant milestones and now moves into the find solutions phase!

The next couple of weeks CrowdOutAIDS will focus on high level strategic interactions with you to agree on actions to include in the new strategy document. This will be done via a new application on the CrowdOutAIDS website: The CrowdOutAIDS solution app!

The app allows YOU to suggest and vote up concrete actions that you think should be included in the new UNAIDS strategy on young people and HIV.

Based on preliminary analysis of key concerns and recommendations expressed in the Open Online and Offline forums, we have developed 7 strategic areas for action. For each area we have formed a question as well as a background rationale. Actions can be voted up and down by the crowd.

Click on the links to submit your actions for each of the strategic priority areas:

Strategic partnerships http://ow.ly/8H2BH
Transparent participation http://ow.ly/8H2CG
Increase (out) reach http://ow.ly/8H2HW
Leverage innovation http://ow.ly/8H2B8
Accessible information http://ow.ly/8H2Ew
Smarter funding http://ow.ly/8H2FG
Skills for leadership http://ow.ly/8H2GG

Introducing CrowdOutAIDS Drafting Committee members

Your suggestions in the solutions app will be worked into the strategy by the Online Drafting Committee. The 10 selected young men and women will spend the next couple of weeks analyzing the data collated from all the Online and Offline Forums, using different online tools to work collaboratively to finalize the strategy.

The actual drafting will be done via a GoogleDocs application. All CrowdOutAIDS participants will be able to comment on the content of the strategy as it is drafted in real time. Click here to meet the team!

Building momentum

The CrowdOutAIDS team presented the project progress thus far to UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé. Mr Sidibé asked us to convey that he will be following the work of the drafting committee and the participants closely as we move to finalize the strategy. We are also planning an online event with Mr Sidibé towards the middle of February where you will be able to interact directly with the Executive Director.

Connections for shared knowledge

With active participation from all different regions of the world, CrowdOutAIDS has connected over 5 000 young people in online and offline forums. You have shared your experience and ideas on youth participation, leadership and HIV. We thank you all for your willingness to participate, and look forward to take the next step in the process with you via the CrowdOutAIDS solution app!

UNICEF-TAP PROJECT

Dear all,

The UNICEF Tap Project kicks off its first regional trainings of the season this Saturday January 28^th in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Also, due to high demand, New York City will have and additional regional training. January 29th. Click here to register for those trainings.

Houston and Washington, D.C. round out the trainings, next weekend on February 4th. Click here for event details or to register.

As always, we offer training opportunities for volunteers who cannot attend these sessions in person. Register Here for a February Webinar.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

STRIKE IN NIGERIA HAS TO END

The nationwide strike in Nigeria is taking longer than expected has the president of the federal republic of Nigeria has refused to dialogue or agree with the Labour Union over the removal of fuel subsidy in the country. What more can the people do than to protest and rally to put an end to the high level of corruption and suffering in Nigeria. Majority of the people affected by this new development are the masses. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan should enlighten the public on the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy on the nation and how they will effectively use the money to develop Nigeria through reduction in the high level of unemployment and poverty among others.

Pending the time this will be effected, the price of fuel has to revert back to the status quo which is 65naira per litre. This in my view will properly initiate the commencement of an appreciable dialogue between the government and the masses where a detailed plan of how the government intends to assuage the consequential sufferings and hardship that the masses are likely to go through upon the eventual removal of the fuel subsidy.

Mr President we expect you and your executives to pay more sacrifices than your alleged 25% cut in official salaries, cut down governmental waste evident in duplicative committees, repetitive portfolios and outright transparent governance whereby governmental processes of awards of contracts, execution and performance of contracts are done under public scrutiny.

Oluwamayowa ...

Monday, January 9, 2012

WISHING YOU THE BEST

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL... I WISH YOU THE BEST OF 2012. BE THE BEST YOU DESIRE TO BE AND NEVER GIVE UP ON YOURSELF.