SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 | 10:30AM - 11:30AM EST

Join us for the fourth webinar in our series, YPS In Action: Localizing the YPS Agenda, on Wednesday, September 23, from 11:00am - 12:00pm EST. Be sure to stay on the line for 30 minutes of additional Q&A until 12:30pm EST in the form of a fireside chat.

The global youth population is over 1.8 billion. Today, 1 in 4 youth are living in conflict-affected environments. Much of the developing world has a majority youth population. The YPS Agenda set forth by the United Nations through the UN Security Council Resolution 2250 was designed to empower young people to become active agents for positive change in their communities and countries. Yet, not many young people are involved in many peace processes. Many coalitions and INGOs working in peace processes around the world often work top-down. Too often young people are sidelined for being too naive, inexperienced, or even scapegoated as a problem that needs solving. There needs to be a shift for the peace and security conversation to be bottom-up. Youth should be empowered to be a part of the peace and security conversations so they can be connected to the peacebuilding and humanitarian initiatives.

We are excited to hold this discussion with youth localizing the YPS agenda in their own communities. Speakers will include: Ramiz Bakhtiar, Co-founder, iPeace, Lika Torikashvili - Co-founder, iPeace; Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi - Executive Director & Founder, HIVE; Regina Arauz - former UN Youth Delegate for Mexico; and Satta F Sheriff - Founder and Executive Director, Youth in Action for Peace and Development (YAPE) & Global Youth Leadership Council, SFCG.

Please RSVP here to join in on the conversation!

Join the livestream on the U.S. YPS Coalition’s Facebook page.