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Jesse Hawkes,GlobalYouthConnect
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Global Youth Connect 2011 Summer Programs in Rwanda and Bosnia
Global Youth Connect is seeking young leaders (ages 18-35) to apply to GYC's Summer 2011 International Human Rights Delegations to Rwanda and Bosnia. Information on the programs can be found on our…Continue
Tags: rwanda, bosnia, youth, rights, human
Started Dec 1, 2010
Definition of Human Rights
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This looks like a wonderful coalition! Congrats! I have a question:What is the coalition's definition of "Human Rights"? Is the coalition talking about any specific categories of Human Rights or all…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Oliver Spencer Nov 12, 2010.
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- Jesse is a social activist, professional theatre and film artist and youth development worker who currently lives in New York, but who lived and worked in Kigali, Rwanda for nearly six years. Jesse is currently the Executive Director and Rwanda Program Director for Global Youth Connect, a human rights education and activism organization creating multicultural and interdisciplinary programs for youth and grassroots organizations in Rwanda, Bosnia, and other countries around the world, including the USA. Before joining GYC, Jesse co-founded Rwandans Allied for Peace and Progress (RAPP), a local NGO in Kigali, Rwanda, and worked as program director for RAPP's HIV/AIDS prevention program. Jesse’s work at RAPP included developing and managing a creative HIV prevention program for Rwandan high schools, associations of people living with HIV/AIDS, and communities, utilizing a combination of innovative theatre methods, peer education, and outreach activities. He also has written and/or directed numerous short films and radio dramas for RAPP and for Population Services International (PSI-Rwanda). He also served as a visiting artist at the Community Arts Project in Cape Town, South Africa where he facilitated and directed a community development theatre project in collaboration with township youth and South African artists. Jesse received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1999.
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- Global Youth Connect
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- Youth Human Rights Learning Community Coordinator
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- http://www.globalyouthconnect.org
- How I heard about fD and why I'm here
- Through ED Todd Lester. Am here because I would like to see what fD does, how it does it, and if by chance I can be of service, or if someone can be of service here to myself or people I know
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