[Hum_Calendar_Events] Global Perspectives on Youth & Violence, Thurs., 3/12, Covel Commons, 10am-4pm

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The Department of French and Francophone Studies, the Center for Near
Eastern Studies,

the Latin American Institute, the African Studies Center, and USA for
Africa present 

 

Global Perspectives on Youth and Violence
Thursday, March 12, 2009

 

Covel Commons
UCLA Campus
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

 

Free and open to the public

Lunch will be provided

 

Young people make up almost a fifth of the world's population.  Close to
85% of the 1.1 billion young men and women between the ages of 15 and 24
live in developing countries.  Rapid population growth, the
unavailability of housing and support services, poverty, unemployment
and underemployment among youth, the decline in the authority of local
communities, overcrowding in poor urban areas, the disintegration of the
family, and ineffective educational systems are some of the new
pressures young people must deal with.

 

This forum will examine the issues facing young people today and explore
the increased global phenomena of youth involvement in violence both as
perpetrators and victims.

 

Panels (schedule is subject to change):

 

10 AM - Opening - UCLA & USA for Africa

Broad Overview - Malia Lazu, The Gathering

 

Social Justice Panel - Moderated by Alex Sanchez, Homies Unidos

*	Tshaka Barrows (Community Justice Network for Youth) - "US and
Cuba: Youth and Social Justice System"
*	Julie Peteet (University of Louisville) - "Palestinian Youth in
the Refugee Camps
*	Juan Pacheco (Barrios Unidos) - "Trans-nationalization of Youth
Gangs"

Q & A for Youth and Social Justice Panel

 

12:00 PM - lunch break for approximately an hour; free lunch will be
provided for all attendees

 

Afternoon Sessions: 

 

Culture and Technology Panel - Moderated by Cheryl Keyes, UCLA
Ethnomusicology (2009 NAACP Image Award winner for World Music for her
CD, "Let Me Take You There")

*	Gregory (beef) Jones (The Run Group) - "Hip-Hop, Culture and
Technology"
*	Ben Herson (Nomadic Wax) - "African Underground: Exploring,
Youth, Hip-Hop, Technology & Social Change in Africa"
*	Malia Lazu (The Gathering for Justice) - "Youth Mobilization in
Africa"

Q & A for Culture and Technology Panel

 

Special Presentation

*	Ysamur Flores Pena (OTIS College of Art & Design) - New
Approaches to Youth and Urban Violence

Q & A for Professor Flores Pena

 

Closing and Exhibition

*	"'Homeboy' Histories" works from OTIS College of Art & Design
class

 

PARKING INFO:  Parking is $9 in the Sunset Village (PSV) structure;
purchase permit at parking kiosk # 4, then proceed to the PSV parking
structure.  For additional parking info, visit 
http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/events/showevent.asp?eventid=72
97
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/events/showevent.asp?eventid=7
297> .  Or, take the Northwest campus shuttle (runs through 2:30 PM).
For campus map, directions, transportation options to UCLA, visit 
www.ucla.edu/map
<blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::http://www.ucla.edu/map> .

 

Sponsored by:

USA for Africa - www.usaforafrica.org/ <http://www.usaforafrica.org/> 
UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies - 
www.french.ucla.edu/index.html <http://www.french.ucla.edu/index.html> 

UCLA African Studies Center - www.international.ucla.edu/africa
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa> 
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies - www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/> 
UCLA Latin American Institute - www.international.ucla.edu/lac/
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/lac/> 
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For more information about the forum, call 310-825-3686 or email 
africa at international.ucla.edu
<blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::mailto:africa at int
ernational.ucla.edu>  or visit any of the UCLA Center sites listed
above.

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