Our Common Humanity in the Information Age. Principles and Values for Development
William Gyude Moore, Liberian Refugee, Berea College
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William Gyude Moore, Liberian Refugee, Berea College
Gyude is from Cape Palmas in Liberia, West Africa. Forced to flee Liberia because of its long civil war, he graduated high school while living as a refugee in the Ivory Coast. As a refugee, Gyude and his family were kept alive by food rations from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Program. The experiences of war, being an internally displaced person and finally a refugee led him to decide, as a kid, that he wanted to spend his life helping create a world in which other children would not h ave to experience what he did. Gyude is a graduate of Berea College in Berea, KY, and for the past three and a half years has been an Oxfam America CHANGE Leader. He has served on numerous panels and given keynote remarks at colleges and universities, churches and at community events around the country. Gyude presently serves as a ONE Campaign Faith Outreach Organizer with Bread for the World. His work is concentrated in the northeast, from New Jersey to Maine. Jessica Rimington, One World Youth Project, Georgetown University Jessica Rimington is a student at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Jessica’s involvement in youth activism began over seven years ago when she joined the Jane Goodall Institute’s global environmental and humanitarian program for youth, Roots & Shoots. In 2002, she was one of two U.S. students chosen to travel to South Africa to represent the United States at the Children’s Earth Summit (held in conjunction with the World Summit on Sustainable Development). In April 2005, she also represented the United States and SustainUS at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York City. Jessica was the recipient of the 2004 BRICK Award from Do Something as well as the Massachusetts Governor’s Points of Light Award and recently, the 2005 Brower Youth Award. Jessica has also been a keynote speaker alongside Dr. Jane Goodall and former President Bill Clinton, as well as a speaker at UN World Environment Day, the UN Youth Assembly and the Green Festival. She is currently working on a non-profit organization she founded called One World Youth 206 | Our Common Humanity in the Information Age Project (www.oneworldyouthproject.org). One World Youth Project is a global sister- school initiative for middle and high school age youth, linking together schools and youth groups in the United States with the groups from around the world to work to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. This year over 44 schools are involved in One World Youth Project from 17 countries and 12 U.S. States. Download 0.61 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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